Thin sample this season. Ahmed Etman has played 1 match (9 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
drop between the centre-backs — mostly in the attacking third (60% of his 5 passes)
80% completion · 5× in 1/1 matches
↓
PROGRESS CENTRAL
break a line through the middle
20.0 prog/90 · 1× in 1/1 matches
Signature: Receive → Progress Central — the only steps proven repeatable this season (2 of 5 in the full pattern). Not enough evidence yet for the rest of the chain below.
Not a pattern: escape pressure — 0× (insufficient confidence, hidden — not enough evidence yet); screen / win ball — 0× (insufficient confidence, hidden — not enough evidence yet); recycle / progress — 0× (insufficient confidence, hidden — not enough evidence yet) — omitted from the signature rather than presented as one.
Part 2
Team Context
How much of the team's output runs through him, and what changes when he isn't on the pitch.
02
Impact on the Team
Ghazl El Mahalla FC's output per match with Ahmed Etman (1 matches) versus without him (18 matches). Insufficient evidence — the without-sample is only 18 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 (1)
WITHOUT (18)
Δ
goals against /match
0.00
2.67
-2.67
points /match
1.00
0.00
+1.00
goals for /match
0.00
0.33
-0.33
xG for /match
0.70
0.00
+0.70
03
His Share of the Team
Of everything Ghazl El Mahalla FC produced this season, the categories where the biggest share ran through Ahmed Etman specifically — his share of the team total, not a per-90 rate.
category
share
him / team
successful take-ons
6%
7 / 111
expected assists (xA)
6%
0.9 / 13.9
box entries
5%
11 / 213
Part 3
Recruitment
Style profile, closest comparables, and the summary verdict.
04
Playing-Style Profile
Not raw event counts — football style scores: weighted models scored 0–100 against the 211 defensive mids 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.
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Territory (wide vs central)
97
Carrying
97
Crossing
93
Box threat
87
Progression
85
Creativity
83
Line-breaking
79
Dribbling
72
Receiving zones
71
Final-third threat
61
Transition ~proxy
48
Press resistance ~proxy
43
Ball-winning
39
Defensive aggression
32
Through-balls ~proxy
30
Retention
28
Build-up
17
Passing directness
6
05
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.
Óscar Mingueza Crystal Palace · La Liga
68%
Driven by: creativity (14%), progression (12%), crossing (12%). Different mechanism — Etman more via box threat, defensive aggression; Mingueza more via through-balls, final-third threat.
Eslam Gaber Arab Contractors FC
67%
Driven by: build-up (18%), crossing (15%), box threat (14%). Different mechanism — Etman more via receiving zones, creativity; Gaber more via through-balls, defensive aggression.
Hugo Rincón Athletic Club · La Liga
66%
Driven by: territory (wide vs central) (16%), passing directness (14%), progression (10%). Different mechanism — Etman more via box threat, dribbling; Rincón more via through-balls.
Saša Lukic Fulham · Premier League
64%
Driven by: build-up (21%), passing directness (20%), box threat (15%). Different mechanism — Etman more via line-breaking, territory (wide vs central); Lukic more via defensive aggression.
Nahuel Molina Roma · La Liga
63%
Driven by: creativity (14%), territory (wide vs central) (14%), crossing (14%). Different mechanism — Etman more via box threat, carrying; Molina more via through-balls, passing directness.
Hugo Bueno Wolves · Premier League
63%
Driven by: carrying (18%), territory (wide vs central) (14%), passing directness (14%). Different mechanism — Etman more via box threat, receiving zones; Bueno more via through-balls, ball-winning.
06
Summary
Ahmed Etman is a deep-lying playmaker: 80% completion, 1 line-breaks and 20.0 progressive passes /90, resisting pressure with 0% dribble success. A central controller. [Off-ball screening position and scanning need tracking data.]
Based on 1 matches (9 minutes) — an early read, treat with caution until more minutes are logged. He profiles as a deep-lying playmaker — best used in a system built around that identity.
His biggest room for growth is build-up — even a modest improvement there would meaningfully lift his overall deep-lying playmaker profile.
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