Archetype
All-Action Defender
Up and down all day — tackles, carries, repeats.
Ball Winning93
Take-Ons28
Involvement24
Top rating93Percentile
Identity
Tackles won
0.94(32)
Interceptions
1.03(35)
Aerials won
4.24(144)
Touches
56.6
- Aerials won / 90Top 5%
- Clearances / 90Top 5%
- Blocks / 90Top 5%
- Duels total / 90Top 10%
- Duels won / 90Top 25%
- Prog. carries / 90Bottom 25%
- Touches / 90Bottom 25%
Validation
Output is real: finishing sits in line with xG.
Goals vs xG2 · 3.5
Assists vs xA2 · 1.4
PenaltiesAll 2 from open play
Set-piece reliant: 75% of his non-penalty output comes from set pieces.
SourceGoalsxG
Open play00.8
Set pieces22.3
Penalties00.0
37 shots · UnderstatSteady across opponent tiers — no big drop against the top third.
| Stat | Top third | Middle | Bottom third |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 14 | 10 | 10 |
| Tackles /90 | 1.36 | 1.60 | 1.00 |
| Interceptions /90 | 0.57 | 1.70 | 1.00 |
| Blocks /90 | 1.00 | 0.90 | 1.80 |
| Duels won /90 | 5.29 | 7.60 | 6.20 |
| Pass accuracy | 84.7% | 87.5% | 88.5% |
Trajectory
Holding a steady profile vs last season at 31.
2024-25 → 2025-26 · percentile shift
Control
4118
-23Involvement
4624
-22Ball Winning
9893
-5Take-Ons
2428
+4Elite among his peers: 92nd percentile for ball winning among defenders aged 29–33.
vs defenders aged 29–33 · 171 peers · pool pct → age bandBall Winning
9392nd
-1Take-Ons
2838th
+10| Season | Team | League | Min | Apps | Tk/90 | Int/90 | KP/90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 1. FC Heidenheim | Bundesliga | 3,060 | 34 | 1.32 | 1.03 | 0.29 |
| 2024-25 | 1. FC Heidenheim | Bundesliga | 3,240 | 36 | 1.56 | 2.03 | 0.22 |
| 2023-24 | 1. FC Heidenheim | Bundesliga | 3,060 | 34 | 2.47 | 1.41 | 0.09 |
Projection
Profiles like C. Taylor — defenders with this shape at 31.
C. TaylorMillwall · Championship
90match
F. CeccheriniCremonese · Serie A
90match
G. MaripánTorino · Serie A
89match
K. MavropanosWest Ham · Premier League
89match
S. WhartonBlackburn · Championship
89match
G. GómezPalmeiras · Serie A
89match
D. DoekhiUnion Berlin · Bundesliga
88match
Zé VitorNacional · Primeira Liga
88match
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.
Availability34 apps · 3,060 min · ~90/game — last 5: ~90 min/gameMinutes risk · low — starts 100% of available games, 3060 minutes played
Market value
Valuation holding steady.
Current value
€2.5M
Peak value
€3.0M
Oct 2024
Career transfers
0
Market-value timeline
33 valuations · AS OF 06 MAY 2026Match evidence
Top underlying game: 0.60 xG vs SC Freiburg, 1 goal.
Biggest underlying gamesxGxGOTG
vs SC Freiburg0.600.841
@ Werder Bremen0.500.000
@ Hamburger SV0.440.00010 of 34 matches