Thin sample this season. Takumi Minamino has played 1 match (51 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
Right Half-Space, Middle third — between the lines — mostly in the middle third (60% of his 15 passes)
100% completion · 15× in 1/1 matches
↓
CREATE
through-ball, cut-back, key pass
1.76/90 · 1× in 1/1 matches
Signature: Receive → Create — the only steps proven repeatable this season (2 of 4 in the full pattern). Not enough evidence yet for the rest of the chain below.
Not a pattern: turn / beat man — 0× (insufficient confidence, hidden — not enough evidence yet); finish — 0× (insufficient confidence, hidden — not enough evidence yet) — omitted from the signature rather than presented as one.
Team
Team context
How much of the team runs through him, and what changes without him.
Monaco's output per match with Takumi Minamino (1 matches) versus without him (7 matches). Insufficient evidence — the without-sample is only 7 matches; treat every Δ below as noise until more games exist. A proper on-off model needs many more minutes.
WITH (1)
WITHOUT (7)
Δ
goals for /match
0.00
1.57
-1.57
xG for /match
0.82
0.42
+0.39
goals against /match
1.00
0.86
+0.14
points /match
0.00
2.14
-2.14
03
His Share of the Team
Of everything Monaco produced this season, the categories where the biggest share ran through Takumi Minamino specifically — his share of the team total, not a per-90 rate.
category
share
him / team
expected assists (xA)
5%
1.1 / 22.6
expected goals (xG)
5%
2.5 / 52.6
shots
5%
21 / 466
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 247 attacking mids 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.
Half-space creator45%Advanced playmaker (8)43%
Why Half-space creator 45%: a weighted blend of creativity 57 (weight 40%) + final-third threat 39 (weight 30%) + box threat 59 (weight 15%) + dribbling 19 (weight 15%). The score reflects how distinctively his profile SHAPE matches this archetype vs his peers.
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Passing directness
91
Box threat
59
Creativity
57
Receiving zones
55
Crossing
49
Through-balls ~proxy
47
Transition ~proxy
44
Build-up
43
Final-third threat
39
Line-breaking
33
Defensive aggression
29
Retention
28
Press resistance ~proxy
27
Progression
25
Ball-winning
23
Dribbling
19
Carrying
10
Territory (wide vs central)
9
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. A light physical-profile term (height / weight; this player: 172 cm / 68 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.
Ismaïla Sarr Crystal Palace · Premier League · 185 cm / 76 kg
76%
Driven by: press resistance (14%), dribbling (13%), carrying (11%). Different mechanism — Minamino more via creativity, through-balls.
Mert Kömür Augsburg · Bundesliga · 183 cm / 77 kg
66%
Driven by: ball-winning (16%), progression (15%), press resistance (10%). Different mechanism — Minamino more via passing directness, receiving zones; Kömür more via carrying, territory (wide vs central).
Junior Kroupi Bournemouth · Premier League · 179 cm / 70 kg
65%
Driven by: carrying (20%), territory (wide vs central) (16%), progression (15%). Different mechanism — Minamino more via crossing, passing directness; Kroupi more via box threat, dribbling.
Tiago Tomás Stuttgart · Bundesliga · 180 cm / 69 kg
65%
Driven by: carrying (20%), progression (12%), territory (wide vs central) (10%). Different mechanism — Minamino more via passing directness, through-balls; Tomás more via dribbling, territory (wide vs central).
Iñaki Williams Athletic Club · La Liga · 186 cm / 81 kg
62%
Driven by: ball-winning (16%), press resistance (14%), dribbling (14%). Different mechanism — Minamino more via build-up, passing directness; Williams more via territory (wide vs central), defensive aggression.
Federico Chiesa Liverpool · Premier League · 175 cm / 70 kg
62%
Driven by: dribbling (18%), press resistance (17%), retention (11%). Different mechanism — Minamino more via crossing, through-balls; Chiesa more via territory (wide vs central), ball-winning.
06
Summary
Takumi Minamino is a half-space creator: 1.76 key passes /90, 1.8 progressive passes, 0 goals from 0.00 xG. A between-the-lines creator. [Off-ball movement into pockets needs tracking.]
Based on 1 matches (51 minutes) — an early read, treat with caution until more minutes are logged. He profiles as a half-space creator — best used in a system built around that identity.
His biggest room for growth is dribbling — even a modest improvement there would meaningfully lift his overall half-space creator profile.
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