Archetype
Ball-Playing Defender
Starts attacks the way midfielders do.
Creation98
Control83
Shot Threat78
Top rating98Percentile
Identity
Key passes
2.00(11)
Prog. carries
0.00(0)
Tackles won
—
xA
0.31(2)
- Assists / 90Top 1%
- Errors → shot / 90Top 1%
- xA / 90Top 5%
- Take-ons succeeded / 90Top 10%
- Key passes / 90Top 10%
- Pass accuracy %Bottom 1%
- Prog. carries / 90Bottom 5%
- Blocks / 90Bottom 25%
- Duels won / 90Bottom 25%
Validation
Output is real: finishing sits in line with xG.
Goals vs xG1 · 1.0
Assists vs xA4 · 1.7
PenaltiesAll 1 from open play
Small sample — 19 apps, 494 min. Treat the percentiles with caution.
Trajectory
Elite among his peers: 98th percentile for creation among midfielders aged 26–30.
vs midfielders aged 26–30 · 244 peers · pool pct → age bandCreation
9898th
+1Control
8387th
+4Projection
Profiles like Matheus Pereira — midfielders with this shape at 28.
Risk
Watch the downside: progression (16th pct) is a real weakness for the role.
Weakest traits for the role
Progression16
Ball Winning40
Finishing63
Availability19 apps · 494 min · ~26/game — last 5: ~37 min/gameMinutes risk · high — starts 30% of available games, 494 minutes played
Match evidence
Top underlying game: 0.26 xG vs DC United, 1 goal.
Biggest underlying gamesxGxGOTG
vs DC United0.260.431
@ Orlando City SC0.230.000
@ FC Cincinnati0.120.00010 of 24 matches