Azor

Matusiwa

DM Ipswich Town #5

Defensive Midfield – Midfielder

Azor Matusiwa

Ipswich Town Premier League

Top 2% of defensive midfielders in the world
#13 defensive midfielder aged 26–29
Top 4% in the Championship

Date of birth / Age: 28 Apr 1998 (28)
Citizenship: NetherlandsAngola
Foot: Right
Height / Weight: 1.73 m / 72 kg
Main position: Defensive Midfield
Contract until: 2029

Benchmarks

defensive midfielders with 900+ minutes, last two seasons

World rank

#40

defensive midfielder in the world by TSH Score

In his age group

#13

among defensive midfielders aged 26–29

In his league

96%

of Championship defensive midfielders rank below him

Finishing

−0.5

goals below expected · better than 45% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons (no penalties)

Goals

3 Expected

3.5

35 shots. He scores about what the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

7 Expected

Teammates converted more of his chances than expected.

Season 2025/26

AppsAppearances: 46
StartsStarting eleven: 46
GoalsGoals: 1
AssistsAssists: 3
YellowYellow cards: 9
2nd yellowSecond yellows: 0
RedRed cards: 0
MinutesMinutes: 3,948

Starting eleven100%

46 of 46 appearances

Minutes played3,948

86 per appearance

Goal involvement4

1 goals · 3 assists

Positions played

260 matches · since 2016/17

RBLWAMCBCMDM

Position	Apps	G	A
Defensive Midfield	178	2	6
Central Midfield	69	2	3
Centre-Back	9	0	0
Attacking Midfield	2	0	1
Other · LW, RB	2	0	0

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2025/2625/26	ChampionshipChampionship	Ipswich Town	45	45	1	3	9	0	0	3,858
2025/2625/26	FA CupFA Cup	Ipswich Town	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2024/2524/25	Ligue 1Ligue 1	Rennes	29	23	1	3	3	0	0	2,081
2024/2524/25	Coupe de FranceCoupe de France	Rennes	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	180
2023/2423/24	Ligue 1Ligue 1	Reims	16	16	1	–	3	–	0	1,387
2023/2423/24	Ligue 1Ligue 1	Rennes	12	9	0	–	2	–	0	793
2023/2423/24	UEFA Europa LeagueEuropa League	Rennes	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	109
2023/2423/24	Coupe de FranceCoupe de France	Rennes	2	2	0	–	2	–	0	180
2023/2423/24	Coupe de FranceCoupe de France	Reims	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2022/2322/23	Ligue 1Ligue 1	Reims	30	29	0	0	4	0	0	2,491
2022/2322/23	Coupe de FranceCoupe de France	Reims	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2021/2221/22	Ligue 1Ligue 1	Reims	29	29	1	0	7	1	0	2,469
2021/2221/22	EredivisieEredivisie	Groningen	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	270
2021/2221/22	Coupe de FranceCoupe de France	Reims	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	120
2020/2120/21	EredivisieEredivisie	Groningen	23	22	0	0	3	1	0	1,819
2020/2120/21	KNVB BekerKNVB Beker	Groningen	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2019/2019/20	EredivisieEredivisie	Groningen	23	23	0	0	4	0	0	2,052
2019/2019/20	KNVB BekerKNVB Beker	Groningen	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2018/1918/19	EredivisieEredivisie	De Graafschap	20	20	0	2	7	0	0	1,715
2018/1918/19	Eerste DivisieEerste Divisie	Ajax II	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	129
20212021	UEFA U21 ChampionshipU21 Championship	Netherlands U21	4	2	0	–	0	–	0	221
2017/1817/18	Eerste DivisieEerste Divisie	Ajax II	6	18	0	1	6	1	0	265
2017/1817/18	EredivisieEredivisie	Ajax	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	90
2016/1716/17	Eerste DivisieEerste Divisie	Ajax II	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	15
2016/1716/17	UEFA Youth LeagueYouth League	Ajax U19	3	0	0	–	0	–	0	80
2015/1615/16	UEFA Youth LeagueYouth League	Ajax U19	1	1	0	–	1	–	0	67

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			263	253	4	9^*	53	3^*	0	20,841

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
Ligue 1	116	3	3
Eredivisie	70	0	2
Championship	45	1	3
Eerste Divisie	12	0	1
Coupe de France	7	0	–
Netherlands U21	4	0	–
UEFA Youth League	4	0	–
KNVB Beker	2	0	–
UEFA Europa League	2	0	–
FA Cup	1	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 2 Nov 2026.

Clubs and transfers

DateMoveFee
Jul 2025 Jul 2025 · Transfer Rennes Ipswich Town Transfer
Jan 2024 Jan 2024 · Transfer Reims Rennes Transfer
Aug 2021 Aug 2021 · Transfer Groningen Reims Transfer
Jul 2019 Jul 2019 · Transfer Ajax II Groningen Transfer
Jun 2019 Jun 2019 · Back from Loan De Graafschap Ajax II Back from Loan
Jan 2019 Jan 2019 · Loan Ajax II De Graafschap Loan Loan
Jul 2011 Jul 2011 · Transfer Almere City Ajax II Transfer

Clubs

ClubAppsGoals
Ipswich Town 2025 46 1
Rennes 2023–2025 47 1
Reims 2021–2024 78 2
Groningen 2019–2022 51 0
De Graafschap 2018 20 0
Ajax II 2016–2019 12 0
Ajax 2017 1 0
Ajax U19 2015–2017 4 0

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