Archetype
All-Action Defender
Up and down all day — tackles, carries, repeats.
Ball Winning99
Take-Ons75
Involvement25
Top rating99Percentile
Identity
Tackles won
2.12(15)
Interceptions
1.31(9)
Aerials won
1.51(10)
Touches
71.2
- Errors → shot / 90Top 1%
- Duels total / 90Top 5%
- Tackles won / 90Top 5%
- xA / 90Top 10%
- Ball recoveries / 90Top 10%
- Aerial win %Bottom 25%
- Pass accuracy %Bottom 25%
- Blocks / 90Bottom 25%
Validation
Output is real: finishing sits in line with xG.
Goals vs xG2 · 0.9
Assists vs xA1 · 1.0
PenaltiesAll 2 from open play
Small sample — 22 apps, 619 min. Treat the percentiles with caution.
Flat-track: production drops sharply against the top third.
| Stat | Top third | Middle | Bottom third |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Tackles /90 | 1.85 | 2.50 | 2.36 |
| Interceptions /90 | 0.62 | 5.00 | 0.89 |
| Blocks /90 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.59 |
| Duels won /90 | 8.01 | 7.50 | 5.90 |
| Pass accuracy | 84.3% | 76.5% | 82.7% |
League-adjustedBChampionship → Big-5 baseline
Goals / 90raw 0.29
0.09–0.35
Assists / 90*raw 0.15
0.04–0.23
Shots / 90raw 1.16
0.48–1.50
Key passes / 90raw 1.02
0.33–1.30
Tackles / 90raw 2.76
1.80–3.84
Interceptions / 90raw 1.31
0.68–1.73
Adjustment v1.1 · calibrated against 1401 league transitions + 1004 cross-league cup fixtures · methodology
Trajectory
Rising: ball winning and take-ons up sharply vs last season.
2024-25 → 2025-26 · percentile shift
Progression
991
-98Ball Winning
699
+93Involvement
9925
-74Control
8117
-64Elite for his age: 99th percentile for ball winning among U23 defenders.
vs U23 defenders · 139 peers · pool pct → age bandBall Winning
9999th
+0Take-Ons
7566th
-9| Season | Team | League | Min | Apps | Tk/90 | Int/90 | KP/90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Coventry | Championship | 619 | 22 | 2.76 | 1.31 | 1.02 |
| 2024-25 | Preston | Championship | 3,672 | 46 | 1.67 | 0.56 | 0.59 |
| 2023-24 | Plymouth | Championship | 1,711 | 24 | 1.37 | 1.47 | 0.79 |
| 2022-23 | Huddersfield | Championship | 884 | 14 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Projection
Profiles like M. Araújo — defenders with this shape at 23.
M. AraújoSporting CP · Primeira Liga
96match
N. WilliamsNottingham Forest · Premier League
94match
A. BrownFenerbahçe · Süper Lig
94match
A. FreemanVillarreal · La Liga
91match
Z. SwansonPortsmouth · Championship
91match
T. DevlinPortsmouth · Championship
90match
M. ChávezAZ Alkmaar · Eredivisie
89match
J. BosFeyenoord · Eredivisie
89match
Risk
Watch the downside: aerial (1st pct) is a real weakness for the role.
Weakest traits for the role
Aerial1
Sweeping1
Distribution1
Availability22 apps · 619 min · ~28/game — last 5: ~17 min/gameMinutes risk · high — starts 23% of available games, 619 minutes played
Market value
At a career-high valuation.
Current value
€2.2M
Peak value
€2.2M
Dec 2023
Career transfers
11
Market-value timeline
7 valuations · AS OF 06 MAY 2026Transfer history
most recent 8 of 11| Date | From | To | Fee | Market value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2024 | Aston Villa U21 | Aston Villa | — | €2.2M |
| Jan 2024 | Plymouth | Aston Villa U21 | free | €2.2M |
| Jul 2023 | Aston Villa U21 | Plymouth | free | €1.5M |
| Jan 2023 | Huddersfield | Aston Villa U21 | free | €1.5M |
| Aug 2022 | Aston Villa U21 | Huddersfield | free | €300K |
| May 2022 | MK Dons | Aston Villa U23 | free | €250K |
| Jan 2022 | Aston Villa U23 | MK Dons | free | €250K |
| Jan 2022 | Swindon Town | Aston Villa U23 | free | €250K |
Match evidence
Top underlying game: 0.34 xG away to Millwall, 1 goal.
Biggest underlying gamesxGxGOTG
@ Millwall0.340.811
vs Portsmouth0.180.191@ Portsmouth0.090.02010 of 36 matches