| Aristote Nsiala |
Aristote Nsiala was born on Wednesday, 25th March, 1992, in Kinshasa. The 6' 4 (13st 1lbs) defender joined Alan Archibald's Thistle for a trial in July, 2013, having most recently been with Accrington Stanley. Aged 21, he made his only appearance on Saturday, 20th July, 2013, in a 1-0 friendly defeat away to Arbroath. There were no goals for Aristote in his one-off appearance for Thistle. At August, 2026, Aristote's club-list included Everton, Macclesfield Town, Accrington Stanley, Partick Thistle, Hà Nội, Đồng Tháp, Southport, Grimsby Town, Hartlepool United, Shrewsbury Town, Ipswich Town, Bolton Wanderers, Fleetwood Town, Burton Albion and Bury. |
| Aristote Nsiala's Summary Totals |
| League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Competitive | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All Games | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
![]() Aristote was born in Kinshasa in 1992, but moved to Paris with his mother and four siblings when he was three years old. He and his family moved again in 2002, to Liverpool. He began his football career playing for youth side Kingsley United in Toxteth, and was recruited by Everton's youth academy in 2007. Eligible to play for DR Congo, England, Scotland and Wales, Aristote was first called up by Wales to their under-19 training squad in July 2009. After graduating from the youth academy of Everton in 2009, Aristote spent time on loan at Macclesfield Town and Accrington Stanley, before joining Accrington Stanley permanently in May 2012. He was released by Accrington in January 2013. He made his international debut for DR Congo in a qualifier for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations against the Seychelles on 15 June 2012, coming on as a substitute for Diego Kazadi Mutombo in a 3–0 victory. During a period as a free agent in the latter half of 2013, Nsiala had trials with Torquay United, Dundee United and Partick Thistle, but was not offered a contract with any of those clubs. While on holiday, he briefly played for Vietnamese clubs Ha Noi FC and TDCS Dong Thap in the V. League 2. He then joined Southport in January 2014, before joining Grimsby Town in June 2014. After winning the 2016 National League play-off final he joined Hartlepool United, staying there for six months before a switch to Shrewsbury Town. Following defeat in the 2018 EFL League One play-off final he signed for Ipswich Town, where he made over 60 league appearances in just over 3 years. Aristote is included in our feature piece, The Definitive Who's Who Of The Partick Thistle Internationalists → |
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1 cap, 0 goals
retired