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Marquinhos

PSG
Ball-playing centre-back CB
12.9 progressive passes/90 · 1.1 line-breaking/90
Capability Analysis
Aerial & Box Defending4%vs 43 centre-backs
"Can he win the individual defensive battle in his own box?"
Aerial duels won /900.00%
Aerial win rate: 0.0%
Clearances /902.817%
Ball-Winning36%vs 43 centre-backs
"How actively does he win the ball back?"
Interceptions /900.515%
Ball recoveries /903.9366%
Tackles /900.9614%
Duels won /901.8561%
Breaking Pressure
no action recorded in any high-press match yet
Progression71%vs 43 centre-backs
"Can he move the team forward with a pass, not just recycle it sideways?"
Progressive passes /902.9243%
Line-breaking passes /900.6252%
Threat added by passing /901.65xT95%
Pass accuracy93.43%95%
Ball-Carrying82%vs 43 centre-backs
"Does he advance the ball himself when the pass isn't on?"
Progressive carries /907.9282%
Carry distance /90173.01m82%
centre-backball-playing centre-backbuild-upline-breaking
473
minutes
5 apps
432
passes
90% completed
90%
pass completion
432 passes
68
progressive passes
12.9/90
80
line-breaking passes
15.2/90
78
defensive actions
14.8/90
3
tackles + interceptions
50% tackle win
14
clearances
2.7/90
Overview

The player

Who he is and how he compares with 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 middle third (54% of his 432 passes)
90% completion · 432× in 5/5 matches
↓
BREAK A LINE
vertical pass past the opponent midfield
12.9 prog/90 · 80× in 5/5 matches
↓
SWITCH PLAY
diagonal to the far side
cross-field balls · 42× in 5/5 matches
↓
PROGRESS
entries into the final third
11.2/90 · 59× in 5/5 matches
Signature: Receive → Break A Line → Switch Play → Progress — the only steps proven repeatable this season (4 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) — omitted from the signature rather than presented as one.
16

Where is he influential — vs where is he merely present?

Red fill = raw touch territory. Gold rings = zones where his influence (xT added, progression, line-breaks, key passes) outweighs how often he's actually there — one combined map instead of two separate maps to compare by eye. Red with no ring: present but not dangerous. A ring on faint red: rare touches, outsized impact.

own goal left, attacking →
86
passes / match
14.8
def actions / 90
66–115
pass range (matches)
14
clearances
Pass range = his fewest and most passes in any single match this season (66 at the low end, 115 at the high) — a measure of match-to-match involvement, not pass distance.
In possession

In possession

What he does with the ball: build-up, progression, creation, carrying and finishing.

08

How dangerous are his carries?

Real ball-carries

114 tracked carries (21.7/90, 22 progressive, 875m total) — the ball moving with his touches, a different signal from dribbles below (beating an opponent 1v1). even a player who rarely dribbles past a man can still carry the ball forward constantly in build-up; this is that.

7%24%24%8%4%4%9%9%11%1%1%
progressivelateral/short% of his 114 carries originating in each zone · own goal left, attacking →
Every carry, exact path — median 6m, longest 32m
By zone — where the carry started → where it ended
8Outside → Inside
88Inside → Inside
4Outside → Outside
14Inside → Outside
First (41)Second (33)Third (29)Fourth (11)grouped by carry pattern (start + end position), largest group first
startendown goal left, attacking →

Beaten in the tackle

How often an attacker gets past him in a 1v1 defensive duel — the closest signal the data has to "dribbled past" (no attacker-beat-defender field exists directly, so this counts tackles he attempted and lost).

2
tackle duels
1
won
1
beaten · 50%
brighter band = more tackle duels · own goal left, attacking →
INSIDE 0%
OUTSIDE 100%
Tackle-duel location — 0 inside · 2 outside
Right Wing
2 · 100%
Right Half-Space
0 · 0%
Central
0 · 0%
Left Half-Space
0 · 0%
Left Wing
0 · 0%
Vision AI beaten in 1 of 2 tackle duels (50% loss rate) — a solid 1v1 defensive record.
Every tackle duel, exact location
wonlost — dribbled pastown goal left, attacking →

He attempted only 0 dribbles of his own all season — dribbling is not part of this role; his ball-carrying is covered above, his defending against the dribble below.

02

How does he build & move the ball?

How does he escape the first line?

17%
vertical passes
46×
9%
switches
23×
33%
carries
88×
41%
short circulation
108×
Answer: he escapes the press primarily through carrying — stepping out with the ball.

How he moves the ball — his 4 busiest progression routes, not where every pass starts and ends separately. Arrow width = how often, colour = xT gained, dashed = switch of play. The full breakdown is in the lane matrix below.

own goal left, attacking →
Lane transition matrix — when he receives in a lane, where does it go?
TO →RWRHSCLHSLWRW7342%3118%1333%244%33%2RHS25341%10412%3129%7413%344%10C5728%1616%926%1526%154%2LHS540%240%220%1LW1100%1FROM
Rows normalised: each row sums to 100% of that lane's completed passes. Grey number = passes from that lane.

Primary route: the right wing in the middle third → the right half-space in the middle third — 4 progressive passes (17% of his progression) at 0.021 xT each. He moves it inside.

His progression is inward: 46% of progressive passes move the ball toward the middle versus 29% going wider — he cuts in rather than holding width.

17% of his passes are cross-field switches — he changes the point of attack often.

Quality behind the volume: 6 line-breaking passes and 59 final-third entries, 8.5 total xT added.

Origin and destination are measured on the same event row — no receiver inference. Receiver identity is not recoverable from this data source.
All passes — origin zone share
Filter: from to
12%19%20%18%4%2%7%9%7%2%1%0%0%
completedincomplete432 passes · any zone → any zone · own goal left, attacking →
432
passes
90%
completed
43
lost
Vision AIIn line with his 90% season completion rate.
03

How does he progress play?

How much he drives the ball forward. Progressive = completed pass advancing ≥15 toward goal.

68
progressive · 12.9/90
59
final-third entries · 11.2/90
1
box entries · 0.19/90
29
progression index /90
Progression index: one composite number — progressive passes + progressive carries + 2% of total distance progressed + 8× positive xT added, all per 90. Weights VOLUME and THREAT together rather than counting progressive actions alone.
12

How does he create chances?

2 key passes (0.38/90), 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:
50%50%
chance creation (2)assist (0)% of the selected group's key passes originating in each zone
10

Where does he become vulnerable?

43 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)
15
middle third
26
own third (dangerous)
Vision AI 5% of losses are in the attacking third — a notable share happen deeper, which invites transitions.
Mistake danger (proxy): 5.01 danger-index/90 · 0.612 avg/turnover. Weights each loss by threat conceded at that location. True xT-conceded needs the opponent possession model; positional proxy.
05

What is his passing profile?

432
passes attempted
58%
mostly forward
54%
mostly medium
Direction
Forward
249 · 58%
Sideways
135 · 31%
Backward
48 · 11%
Length (completed)
Short (<15m)
113 · 29%
Medium
211 · 54%
Long (>30m)
65 · 17%
09

Preferred Progression Routes — xT-weighted

His progressive passes as zone→zone routes, weighted by expected threat (xT) added — arrow width and the number are the total xT generated on each route, not just how often he plays it. This is where he actually moves the needle.

1.230.580.570.560.450.34
own goal left, attacking →
Highest-value routes (xT)
1.23
Right Half-Space Mid third → Right Wing Att third
14 passes
0.58
Right Half-Space Mid third → Left Wing Att third
5 passes
0.57
Right Half-Space Mid third → Right Half-Space Att third
2 passes · 1 to a shot
0.56
Right Half-Space Mid third → Right Wing Mid third
9 passes
0.45
Right Half-Space Def third → Right Wing Mid third
7 passes
0.34
Central Mid third → Right Wing Att third
5 passes
06

Where Does He Receive?

The zones where Marquinhos gets on the ball — his top three ball-collection areas highlighted (gold = primary). Reception is proxied by where his on-ball actions begin (no explicit receiver is recorded).

123
1 = primary, 2 = secondary, 3 = third · own goal left, attacking →
His collection zones
35%
Primary
Right Half-Space, Middle third
23%
Secondary
Right Half-Space, Defensive third
11%
Third
Right Wing, Defensive third
These are the zones where he collected the ball most.
07

Where Does He Operate? — Every Zone

Every on-ball touch (pass, dribble, shot) binned into a 6×3 grid — raw counts of where Marquinhos actually gets on the ball. Hover any zone for its breakdown by action type, its share of all touches, and the exact coordinate range it covers.

Filter:
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own goal left, attacking → · brighter + higher number = more touches

Passes only — completed vs incomplete, by zone

Same zone grid, restricted to passes so completed/incomplete and match filters actually mean something — a shot or a dribble has no "completed" in the pass sense.

12%19%20%18%4%2%7%9%7%2%1%0%0%
own goal left, attacking →
11

Every Pass This Season — completed vs incomplete

Every pass this season, plotted individually — green = completed, grey (dashed) = incomplete, gold = key pass. Filter by outcome or isolate one match below.

2Key pass
68Progressive
80Long ball
42Switch
By zone — where the pass started → where it landed
40Outside → Inside
182Inside → Inside
34Outside → Outside
133Inside → Outside
By direction
249Forward
48Backward
135Sideways
own goal left, attacking →
04

Tactical patterns — how his football actually looks

Three clustered sequence diagrams from his own event data — his three busiest routes: the way he progresses, the pattern behind his chances, and where a turnover turns dangerous.

own goal left, attacking →
How does he progress the ball forward?
His most common route for progressing play: he switches it out from the right hs to the right wing, advancing it forward in the middle third — 14 passes worth 1.23 xT.
Where do his chances come from?
Of 2 key passes, his busiest route is a delivery where he plays straight through the right hs, advancing it forward in the middle third — 1 times. The receiver isn't identifiable in this data, only where the pass started and ended.
Where does he lose the ball most?
This is a RATE, not a raw count — the share of his touches in each zone that end in a turnover, so a zone he simply plays in more often doesn't automatically look riskier. His weakest zone is the right wing in the defensive third: 32% of his 47 touches there are lost (15 times).
32%15/47 lost8%8/99 lost12%3/25 lost—2 touches · too few—1 touch · too few7%3/42 lost7%10/152 lost5%2/37 lost—3 touches · too few—0 touches · too few—2 touches · too few5%1/21 lost—1 touch · too few—0 touches · too few—0 touches · too fewRWRHSCLHSLWDEFMIDATT
Out of possession

Out of possession

Where and how he defends and presses.

13

How & where does he defend?

78 defensive actions across the season (14.8/90). Where he wins the ball, and how — the core question for a defender. Aerial duels are not recorded for this competition, so aerial dominance is not measured here.

click a card to isolate that action type · own goal left, attacking →
2
tackles · 50% won
1
interceptions · 0.2/90
27
recoveries · 5.1/90
14
clearances · 2.7/90
1
blocks
34
avg action height
6
won high (att 3rd)
29
middle third
43
own third
Vision AI A mid-block defender. He wins the ball mainly by stepping in — tackles, interceptions & recoveries outweigh clearances. 30 proactive ball-wins (5.7/90), tackle success 50%. He defends mostly around the middle third.
Team

Team context

How much of the team runs through him, and what changes without him.

14

Impact on the Team

PSG's output per match with Marquinhos (5 matches) versus without him (3 matches). Insufficient evidence — the without-sample is only 3 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 (5)
WITHOUT (3)
Δ
goals against /match
1.40
0.67
+0.73
points /match
1.60
3.00
-1.40
goals for /match
1.60
2.67
-1.07
xG for /match
2.11
1.18
+0.93
15

His Share of the Team

Of everything PSG produced this season, the categories where the biggest share ran through Marquinhos specifically — his share of the team total, not a per-90 rate.

category
share
him / team
goals
27%
3 / 11
clearances
8%
50 / 634
final-third entries
6%
181 / 3025
Recruitment

Style and verdict

Style profile, closest comparables, and the summary.

17

Playing-Style Profile

Not raw event counts — football style scores: weighted models scored 0–100 against the 515 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-back82%Stopper centre-back44%
Why Ball-playing centre-back 82%: a weighted blend of retention 96 (weight 30%) + build-up 66 (weight 30%) + progression 66 (weight 25%) + press resistance 79 (weight 15%). The score reflects how distinctively his profile SHAPE matches this archetype vs his peers.
Elite
retention, receiving zones, final-third threat
Strong
crossing, press resistance, box threat, carrying, transition, through-balls
Average
passing directness, build-up, progression, creativity, dribbling, line-breaking, defensive aggression
Weak
territory (wide vs central), ball-winning
Unknown
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Retention
96
Receiving zones
91
Final-third threat
91
Crossing
79
Press resistance ~proxy
79
Box threat
76
Carrying
75
Transition ~proxy
75
Through-balls ~proxy
74
Passing directness
67
Build-up
66
Progression
66
Creativity
60
Dribbling
55
Line-breaking
49
Defensive aggression
41
Territory (wide vs central)
30
Ball-winning
28
18

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; this player: 183 cm / 75 kg) 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 Ligue 1, Bundesliga, La Liga, 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.

Marc Guéhi Man City · Premier League · 183 cm / 80 kg
81%
Driven by: final-third threat (13%), receiving zones (13%), retention (13%). Different mechanism — Guéhi more via territory (wide vs central), line-breaking.
Dean Huijsen Real Madrid · La Liga · 195 cm / 87 kg
81%
Driven by: retention (16%), final-third threat (12%), receiving zones (11%). Different mechanism — Marquinhos more via through-balls; Huijsen more via line-breaking, progression.
Mario Gila AC Milan · Serie A · 185 cm / 74 kg
79%
Driven by: transition (14%), receiving zones (12%), retention (10%). Different mechanism — Marquinhos more via retention; Gila more via ball-winning, line-breaking.
Lisandro Martínez Man Utd · Premier League · 175 cm / 78 kg
78%
Driven by: press resistance (13%), retention (12%), final-third threat (11%). Different mechanism — Marquinhos more via box threat, defensive aggression; Martínez more via line-breaking, dribbling.
Malick Thiaw Newcastle · Premier League · 194 cm / 86 kg
76%
Driven by: retention (20%), press resistance (18%), receiving zones (12%). Different mechanism — Marquinhos more via final-third threat, crossing; Thiaw more via line-breaking, dribbling.
Aitor Paredes Athletic Club · La Liga · 186 cm / 76 kg
76%
Driven by: retention (14%), transition (14%), press resistance (13%). Different mechanism — Marquinhos more via through-balls, final-third threat; Paredes more via ball-winning, line-breaking.
19

Summary

Marquinhos is a ball-playing centre-back: 90% pass completion, 80 line-breaking passes and 12.9 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 5 matches (473 minutes) — an early read, treat with caution until more minutes are logged. He profiles as a ball-playing centre-back — 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 ball-playing centre-back profile.
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