Thin sample this season. Abdo Gouda has played 2 matches (54 min) so far, so sections that need a bigger sample to say anything reliable are not shown here — they are missing on purpose, not broken. See all seasons combined →
Part 1
Overview
The headline read on him, and how he compares to his peers.
01
What Patterns Define Him?
His repeatable signature. A step only appears if its reliability score (sample size × match coverage) reaches at least Medium confidence — pattern mining, not anecdotes.
RECEIVE
in the first line of build-up — mostly in the defensive third (46% of his 39 passes)
62% completion · 39× in 2/2 matches
↓
BREAK A LINE
vertical pass past the opponent midfield
11.7 prog/90 · 9× in 2/2 matches
↓
PROGRESS
entries into the final third
3.3/90 · 2× in 2/2 matches
Signature: Receive → Break A Line → Progress — the only steps proven repeatable this season (3 of 5 in the full pattern). Not enough evidence yet for the rest of the chain below.
Not a pattern: carry out — 0× (insufficient confidence, hidden — not enough evidence yet); switch play — 1× (low confidence, shown as a number only, no tactical conclusion drawn) — omitted from the signature rather than presented as one.
Part 2
In Possession
What he does with the ball — build-up, progression, creation, carrying and finishing.
02
Where does he become vulnerable?
15 times he gave the ball away. For a defender the danger is where — a loss in his own third can turn into a chance against; higher up it costs little.
2
attacking third (cheap)
4
middle third
9
own third (dangerous)
Vision AI 13% of losses are in the attacking third — a notable share happen deeper, which invites transitions.
Mistake danger (proxy): 13.52 danger-index/90 · 0.541 avg/turnover. Weights each loss by threat conceded at that location. True xT-conceded needs the opponent possession model; positional proxy.
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How does he create chances?
0 key passes (0.00/90), 0 of them assists — where his chance creation specifically comes from, 18 zones (6×3), showing his share of key passes originating there.
Chance creation — key pass origin zone share
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Part 3
Team Context
How much of the team's output runs through him, and what changes when he isn't on the pitch.
04
Impact on the Team
ZED FC's output per match with Abdo Gouda (2 matches) versus without him (17 matches). Insufficient evidence — the without-sample is only 17 matches; treat every Δ below as noise until more games exist. What his own defending should move — goals conceded and results — leads; attacking output (largely out of a defender's hands) is shown after, for context. A proper on-off model needs many more minutes.
WITH (2)
WITHOUT (17)
Δ
goals against /match
1.00
1.00
+0.00
points /match
1.50
0.06
+1.44
goals for /match
0.50
0.50
+0.00
xG for /match
1.14
0.00
+1.14
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His Share of the Team
Of everything ZED FC produced this season, the categories where the biggest share ran through Abdo Gouda specifically — his share of the team total, not a per-90 rate.
category
share
him / team
clearances
17%
110 / 654
interceptions
8%
17 / 206
threat added by passing (xT)
7%
19.6 / 272.0
Part 4
Recruitment
Style profile, closest comparables, and the summary verdict.
06
Playing-Style Profile
Not raw event counts — football style scores: weighted models scored 0–100 against the 292 centre-backs in the league (min 450 min). This is what separates players who post similar numbers but play differently. Proxy dimensions are inferred from on-ball data; true off-ball running / under-pressure context is not measured.
Ball-playing centre-back79%Stopper centre-back69%
Why Ball-playing centre-back 79%: a weighted blend of build-up 74 (weight 30%) + retention 74 (weight 30%) + progression 75 (weight 25%) + press resistance 70 (weight 15%). The score reflects how distinctively his profile SHAPE matches this archetype vs his peers.
territory (wide vs central), through-balls, crossing
Unknown
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Line-breaking
80
Progression
75
Retention
74
Build-up
74
Carrying
71
Press resistance ~proxy
70
Dribbling
69
Receiving zones
65
Defensive aggression
64
Transition ~proxy
63
Ball-winning
59
Passing directness
58
Creativity
53
Final-third threat
52
Box threat
52
Territory (wide vs central)
39
Through-balls ~proxy
13
Crossing
6
07
Similar Players — in style space
Closest comparables measured on the style scores above, within the same position family — so it separates how players are alike, not just how much they touch the ball. Each line explains the shared strength and the divergent mechanism. Scope: pooled across the Premier League, La Liga and the Egyptian Premier League, percentiled within each player's own league before comparing — a match from another league is marked with its league name.
Style, not quality:a high match here means two players tend to produce the ball in similar ways — it is not a ranking, a scouting recommendation, or a claim that they are equally good.
Ahmed Samy Pyramids FC
81%
Driven by: retention (14%), press resistance (13%), build-up (12%). Different mechanism — Gouda more via territory (wide vs central); Samy more via crossing, through-balls.
Mahmoud Marei Pyramids FC
74%
Driven by: press resistance (16%), through-balls (15%), retention (14%). Different mechanism — Gouda more via box threat, territory (wide vs central); Marei more via crossing, retention.
Nayef Aguerd Marseille · Premier League
72%
Driven by: crossing (21%), through-balls (15%), transition (12%). Different mechanism — Gouda more via line-breaking, dribbling; Aguerd more via passing directness, transition.
Dao Cyrille National Bank of Egypt
70%
Driven by: retention (14%), progression (13%), build-up (12%). Different mechanism — Cyrille more via crossing, ball-winning.
Seif Teka Wadi Degla
69%
Driven by: crossing (22%), build-up (18%), progression (11%). Different mechanism — Gouda more via dribbling; Teka more via through-balls, box threat.
Mahmoud Alaa Al-Ittihad Alexandria
67%
Driven by: crossing (31%), build-up (16%), progression (9%). Different mechanism — Gouda more via dribbling, territory (wide vs central); Alaa more via passing directness, through-balls.
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Summary
Abdo Gouda is a ball-playing centre-back / stopper centre-back: 62% pass completion, 9 line-breaking passes and 11.7 progressive passes /90. A build-and-progress centre-back whose value is in beating the first line with the pass, not in raw defensive volume. [Aerial duels, marking, line-height and 1v1 recovery need aerial-event + tracking data, absent here.]
Based on 2 matches (54 minutes) — an early read, treat with caution until more minutes are logged. He profiles as a ball-playing centre-back / stopper centre-back — best used in a system built around that identity.
His biggest room for growth is press resistance — even a modest improvement there would meaningfully lift his overall ball-playing centre-back profile.
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