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 →
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.
In possession
In possession
What he does with the ball: build-up, progression, creation, carrying and finishing.
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
Filter:
chance creation (0)assist (0)% of the selected group's key passes originating in each zone
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.
Team
Team context
How much of the team runs through him, and what changes without him.
ZED FC's output per match with Abdo Gouda (2 matches) versus without him (4 matches). Insufficient evidence — the without-sample is only 4 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 (4)
Δ
goals against /match
1.00
1.00
+0.00
points /match
1.50
1.25
+0.25
goals for /match
0.50
1.00
-0.50
xG for /match
1.14
0.00
+1.14
05
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
16%
110 / 700
interceptions
8%
17 / 226
threat added by passing (xT)
7%
19.6 / 297.0
Recruitment
Style and verdict
Style profile, closest comparables, and the summary.
Not raw event counts — football style scores: weighted models scored 0–100 against the 635 centre-backs in the pool (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 retention 76 (weight 30%) + build-up 74 (weight 30%) + progression 71 (weight 25%) + press resistance 72 (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
77
Retention
76
Build-up
74
Press resistance ~proxy
72
Progression
71
Dribbling
71
Carrying
68
Receiving zones
66
Defensive aggression
63
Transition ~proxy
60
Ball-winning
60
Passing directness
56
Creativity
54
Final-third threat
49
Box threat
49
Territory (wide vs central)
39
Through-balls ~proxy
12
Crossing
7
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. A light physical-profile term (height / weight) is included at a quarter of one style axis's weight — enough to break ties between stylistic twins, not to override style.Scope: pooled across the Egyptian Premier League, Bundesliga, La Liga, Ligue 1, Premier League and Serie A, 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 · 184 cm
81%
Driven by: retention (16%), press resistance (15%), build-up (13%). Different mechanism — Gouda more via territory (wide vs central); Samy more via crossing, final-third threat.
Mahmoud Marei Pyramids FC · 185 cm
77%
Driven by: through-balls (16%), press resistance (15%), retention (15%). Different mechanism — Gouda more via box threat, line-breaking; Marei more via crossing.
Tjark Scheller Paderborn · Bundesliga · 192 cm / 85 kg
76%
Driven by: crossing (23%), through-balls (18%), build-up (14%). Different mechanism — Gouda more via territory (wide vs central), line-breaking; Scheller more via creativity.
Nayef Aguerd Marseille · Ligue 1 · 190 cm / 83 kg
74%
Driven by: crossing (19%), through-balls (14%), retention (11%). Different mechanism — Gouda more via line-breaking, dribbling; Aguerd more via passing directness, transition.
Finn Jeltsch Stuttgart · Bundesliga · 187 cm / 86 kg
72%
Driven by: crossing (27%), retention (15%), press resistance (13%). Different mechanism — Gouda more via passing directness, defensive aggression; Jeltsch more via through-balls, territory (wide vs central).
Kamal Aboul-Fetouh Wadi Degla · 186 cm
71%
Driven by: crossing (27%), through-balls (18%), press resistance (14%). Different mechanism — Gouda more via carrying, progression; Aboul-Fetouh more via passing directness.
08
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 progression — even a modest improvement there would meaningfully lift his overall ball-playing centre-back profile.
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