Archetype
Ball-Playing Defender
Starts attacks the way midfielders do.
Creation84
Control84
Involvement71
Top rating84Percentile
Identity
Key passes
1.59(24)
Prog. carries
1.06(16)
Tackles won
1.52(23)
xA
0.22(3)
- Assists / 90Top 10%
- xA / 90Top 10%
- Pass accuracy %Top 25%
- Tackles won / 90Top 25%
- Key passes / 90Top 25%
- Successful dribbles / 90Bottom 10%
- Take-on success %Bottom 10%
- Dribbles / 90Bottom 25%
- Take-ons succeeded / 90Bottom 25%
Validation
Output is real: finishing sits in line with xG.
Goals vs xG2 · 0.8
Assists vs xA4 · 3.3
PenaltiesAll 2 from open play
Open-play threat: 100% of his non-penalty output comes in open play.
SourceGoalsxG
Open play21.1
Set pieces00.0
Penalties00.0
8 shots · UnderstatShows up against the best — output holds against top-third opponents.
| Stat | Top third | Middle | Bottom third |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 10 | 11 | 4 |
| Tackles /90 | 2.43 | 2.56 | 1.28 |
| Interceptions /90 | 1.33 | 0.40 | 0.64 |
| Blocks /90 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 0.32 |
| Duels won /90 | 4.64 | 4.05 | 2.55 |
| Pass accuracy | 84.6% | 90.3% | 90.0% |
Trajectory
Holding a steady profile vs last season at 27.
2024-25 → 2025-26 · percentile shift
Take-Ons
8510
-76Aerial
243
+41Ball Winning
4864
+16Distribution
7084
+14Ahead of his age group: 84th percentile for creation among midfielders aged 25–29.
vs midfielders aged 25–29 · 261 peers · pool pct → age bandCreation
8484th
+1Control
8489th
+5| Season | Team | League | Min | Apps | Tk/90 | Int/90 | KP/90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Lens | Ligue 1 | 1,356 | 25 | 2.26 | 0.73 | 1.59 |
| 2024-25 | AS Roma | Serie A | 205 | 31 | 1.32 | 0.88 | 0.88 |
Projection
Profiles like S. Lukić — midfielders with this shape at 27.
S. LukićFulham · Premier League
87match
J. VandeputteCremonese · Serie A
86match
N. MadsenQPR · Championship
86match
M. SaliakasFC St. Pauli · Bundesliga
85match
B. WhitemanPreston · Championship
85match
O. DemanWerder Bremen · Bundesliga
85match
J. BaasSparta Rotterdam · Eredivisie
84match
LizieroNacional · Primeira Liga
84match
Risk
Watch the downside: take-ons (10th pct) is a real weakness for the role.
Weakest traits for the role
Take-Ons10
Progression16
Shot Threat18
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.
Availability25 apps · 1,356 min · ~54/game — last 5: ~69 min/gameMinutes risk · medium — starts 56% of available games, 1356 minutes played
Market value
At a career-high valuation.
Current value
€5.0M
Peak value
€5.0M
Mar 2026
Career transfers
0
Market-value timeline
16 valuations · AS OF 06 MAY 2026Match evidence
Top underlying game: 0.31 xG away to Stade Brestois 29.
Biggest underlying gamesxGxGOTG
@ Stade Brestois 290.310.000
vs Metz0.170.901
vs Toulouse0.130.73110 of 31 matches