Archetype
All-Action Defender
Up and down all day — tackles, carries, repeats.
Ball Winning79
Take-Ons57
Involvement11
Top rating79Percentile
Identity
Tackles won
0.75(21)
Interceptions
0.96(27)
Aerials won
2.27(64)
Touches
49.6
- Clearances / 90Top 25%
- Blocks / 90Top 25%
- Touches / 90Bottom 5%
- Passes / 90Bottom 25%
- Errors → shot / 90Bottom 25%
Validation
Output is real: finishing sits in line with xG.
Goals vs xG1 · 1.8
Assists vs xA0 · 0.3
PenaltiesAll 1 from open play
Steady across opponent tiers — no big drop against the top third.
| Stat | Top third | Middle | Bottom third |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 9 | 10 | 12 |
| Tackles /90 | 1.20 | 1.40 | 1.52 |
| Interceptions /90 | 0.75 | 0.70 | 1.11 |
| Blocks /90 | 2.25 | 0.35 | 0.51 |
| Duels won /90 | 3.29 | 5.03 | 6.39 |
| Pass accuracy | 79.5% | 82.7% | 87.4% |
League-adjustedBChampionship → Big-5 baseline
Goals / 90raw 0.04
0.01–0.04
Assists / 90*raw 0.00
0.00–0.00
Shots / 90raw 0.21
0.09–0.28
Key passes / 90raw 0.25
0.08–0.32
Tackles / 90raw 1.28
0.84–1.78
Interceptions / 90raw 0.96
0.50–1.27
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 — and he's doing it at 21.
2024-25 → 2025-26 · percentile shift
Take-Ons
1057
+47Ball Winning
3479
+44Involvement
311
+9Control
29
+7Middle of his age group: 73rd percentile for ball winning among U21 defenders.
vs U21 defenders · 62 peers · pool pct → age bandBall Winning
7973rd
-6Take-Ons
5740th
-17| Season | Team | League | Min | Apps | Tk/90 | Int/90 | KP/90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Sheffield Wednesday | Championship | 2,529 | 35 | 1.28 | 0.96 | 0.25 |
| 2024-25 | Sheffield Wednesday | Championship | 478 | 11 | 1.32 | 0.75 | 0.00 |
Projection
Profiles like Zak Norton Sturge — defenders with this shape at 21.
Zak Norton SturgeMillwall · Championship
87match
Ali Yousef MusratiNantes · Ligue 1
87match
A. MbengueQPR · Championship
86match
A. ArousKasımpaşa · Süper Lig
84match
J. TravisColorado Rapids · Major League Soccer
84match
J. HurtadoRB Bragantino · Serie A
84match
S. OtoaGenoa · Serie A
84match
M. FlorianiSan Jose Earthquakes · Major League Soccer
83match
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.
Availability38 apps · 2,713 min · ~71/game — last 5: ~83 min/gameMinutes risk · low — starts 80% of available games, 2713 minutes played
Match evidence
Top underlying game: 0.60 xG vs Charlton, 1 goal.
Biggest underlying gamesxGxGOTG
vs Charlton0.600.961
@ Stoke City0.330.000
vs Ipswich0.200.88010 of 44 matches