Archetype
All-Action Defender
Up and down all day — tackles, carries, repeats.
Ball Winning90
Take-Ons70
Involvement21
Top rating90Percentile
Identity
Tackles won
0.84(17)
Interceptions
1.68(34)
Aerials won
1.20(24)
Touches
64.3
- Prog. carries / 90Top 10%
- Interceptions / 90Top 10%
- Take-ons attempted / 90Top 10%
- Dribbles / 90Top 25%
- Take-ons succeeded / 90Top 25%
- Pass accuracy %Bottom 5%
- Passes / 90Bottom 25%
- Clearances / 90Bottom 25%
Validation
Output is real: finishing sits in line with xG.
Goals vs xG0 · 1.6
Assists vs xA1 · 1.0
PenaltiesNo goals this season
Shows up against the best — output holds against top-third opponents.
| Stat | Top third | Middle | Bottom third |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 9 | 6 | 8 |
| Tackles /90 | 1.50 | 1.63 | 1.31 |
| Interceptions /90 | 1.33 | 0.98 | 1.97 |
| Blocks /90 | 0.50 | 0.65 | 0.49 |
| Duels won /90 | 5.16 | 3.59 | 3.93 |
| Pass accuracy | 71.4% | 80.5% | 77.4% |
League-adjustedBChampionship → Big-5 baseline
Goals / 90raw 0.00
0.00–0.00
Assists / 90*raw 0.05
0.01–0.08
Shots / 90raw 0.69
0.29–0.89
Key passes / 90raw 0.54
0.18–0.69
Tackles / 90raw 1.53
1.00–2.12
Interceptions / 90raw 1.68
0.87–2.22
Adjustment v1.1 · calibrated against 1401 league transitions + 1004 cross-league cup fixtures · methodology
Trajectory
Holding a steady profile vs last season at 27.
2024-25 → 2025-26 · percentile shift
Involvement
1521
+5Take-Ons
6570
+5Control
1215
+3Ball Winning
9090
+0Elite among his peers: 90th percentile for ball winning among defenders aged 25–29.
vs defenders aged 25–29 · 275 peers · pool pct → age bandBall Winning
9090th
-1Take-Ons
7070th
-1| Season | Team | League | Min | Apps | Tk/90 | Int/90 | KP/90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Stoke City | Championship | 1,824 | 29 | 1.53 | 1.68 | 0.54 |
| 2024-25 | Stoke City | Championship | 2,046 | 33 | 1.80 | 1.41 | 0.66 |
Projection
Profiles like L. Assignon — defenders with this shape at 27.
L. AssignonVfB Stuttgart · Bundesliga
95match
D. SpenceTottenham · Premier League
93match
Diogo DalotManchester United · Premier League
93match
A. AdelgaardGO Ahead Eagles · Eredivisie
90match
Tom AtchesonBlackburn · Championship
90match
A. Maitland-NilesLyon · Ligue 1
89match
João HenriqueQPR · Championship
89match
A. DantéArouca · Primeira Liga
89match
Risk
Watch the downside: aerial (1st pct) is a real weakness for the role.
Weakest traits for the role
Aerial1
Sweeping1
Distribution1
Reliable: form in line with his season rate — no meaningful swings.
Steady — recent form is in line with his season rate across all 4 tracked stats.
Availability29 apps · 1,824 min · ~63/game — last 5: ~81 min/gameMinutes risk · medium — starts 72% of available games, 1824 minutes played
Market value
Rising asset — up 267% over the last year, at a career high.
Current value
€2.2M
Peak value
€2.2M
Mar 2024
Career transfers
5
Market-value timeline
12 valuations · AS OF 06 MAY 2026Transfer history
| Date | From | To | Fee | Market value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2024 | Sint-Truiden | Stoke City | €1.2M | €2.2M |
| Jul 2022 | Mouscron | Sint-Truiden | free | €400K |
| Aug 2020 | LOSC Lille B | Mouscron | free | — |
| Jul 2019 | Brest B | LOSC Lille B | free | — |
| Jul 2018 | Dijon FCO B | Brest B | free | — |
Match evidence
Top underlying game: 0.39 xG away to Swansea.
Biggest underlying gamesxGxGOTG
@ Swansea0.390.000
vs Blackburn0.350.000
vs Sheffield Wednesday0.290.65010 of 40 matches