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Player reportSerie A 2026

Enzo Ebosse

Udinese
Ball-playing centre-back CB
6.3 progressive passes/90 · 1.0 line-breaking/90
Capability Analysis
Aerial & Box Defending16%vs 45 centre-backs
"Can he win the individual defensive battle in his own box?"
Aerial duels won /900.00%
Aerial win rate: 0.0%
Clearances /903.6733%
Ball-Winning15%vs 45 centre-backs
"How actively does he win the ball back?"
Interceptions /900.7413%
Ball recoveries /902.6518%
Tackles /900.9711%
Duels won /901.2118%
Breaking Pressure
only 87 pressured-passing actions across 2 high-press matches -- not enough sample (needs 5+ matches and 12+ actions)
Progression66%vs 45 centre-backs
"Can he move the team forward with a pass, not just recycle it sideways?"
Progressive passes /903.7164%
Line-breaking passes /900.9367%
Threat added by passing /901.15xT73%
Pass accuracy89.0%58%
Ball-Carrying94%vs 45 centre-backs
"Does he advance the ball himself when the pass isn't on?"
Progressive carries /907.3391%
Carry distance /90176.86m96%
centre-backball-playing centre-backbuild-upline-breaking
557
minutes
7 apps
408
passes
88% completed
88%
pass completion
408 passes
39
progressive passes
6.3/90
56
line-breaking passes
9.0/90
87
defensive actions
14.1/90
15
tackles + interceptions
56% tackle win
16
clearances
2.6/90
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 408 passes)
88% completion · 408× in 7/7 matches
↓
CARRY OUT
step into midfield to commit a presser
2 carries · 4× in 2/7 matches
↓
BREAK A LINE
vertical pass past the opponent midfield
6.3 prog/90 · 56× in 7/7 matches
↓
SWITCH PLAY
diagonal to the far side
cross-field balls · 24× in 7/7 matches
↓
PROGRESS
entries into the final third
4.8/90 · 30× in 7/7 matches
Signature: receive in the first line → break the midfield line vertically → switch or progress. Press him early and shut the vertical lane to force the safe sideways ball.
18

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 →
58
passes / match
14.1
def actions / 90
42–99
pass range (matches)
16
clearances
Pass range = his fewest and most passes in any single match this season (42 at the low end, 99 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

124 tracked carries (20.0/90, 29 progressive, 1217m 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.

5%8%10%4%2%9%18%24%15%6%1%
progressivelateral/short% of his 124 carries originating in each zone · own goal left, attacking →
Every carry, exact path — median 8m, longest 61m
By zone — where the carry started → where it ended
13Outside → Inside
65Inside → Inside
25Outside → Outside
21Inside → Outside
First (37)Second (36)Third (26)Fourth (25)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).

9
tackle duels
5
won
4
beaten · 44%
brighter band = more tackle duels · own goal left, attacking →
INSIDE 56%
OUTSIDE 44%
Tackle-duel location — 5 inside · 4 outside
Right Wing
0 · 0%
Right Half-Space
0 · 0%
Central
1 · 11%
Left Half-Space
4 · 44%
Left Wing
4 · 44%
Vision AI beaten in 4 of 9 tackle duels (44% loss rate) — a real defensive leak worth flagging.
Every tackle duel, exact location
wonlost — dribbled pastown goal left, attacking →

He attempted only 2 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?

13%
vertical passes
29×
8%
switches
19×
40%
carries
91×
40%
short circulation
91×
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 →RWRHSCLHSLWRW1100%1RHS425%175%3C544%230%1648%267%411%6LHS1743%59%1634%5915%2639%68LW1271%13%417%2131%3949%62FROM
Rows normalised: each row sums to 100% of that lane's completed passes. Grey number = passes from that lane.

Primary route: the left wing in the middle third → the left half-space in the middle third — 3 progressive passes (12% of his progression) at 0.002 xT each. He moves it inside.

His progression is inward: 54% of progressive passes move the ball toward the middle versus 8% going wider — he cuts in rather than holding width.

11% of his passes are cross-field switches — he changes the point of attack often.

Quality behind the volume: 6 line-breaking passes and 30 final-third entries, 5.9 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
0%0%0%5%5%6%4%1%7%18%20%24%9%1%
completedincomplete408 passes · any zone → any zone · own goal left, attacking →
408
passes
88%
completed
48
lost
Vision AIIn line with his 88% season completion rate.
04

How does he progress play?

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

39
progressive · 6.3/90
30
final-third entries · 4.8/90
7
box entries · 1.13/90
25
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.
13

How does he create chances?

6 key passes (0.97/90), 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:
33%50%17%
chance creation (6)assist (0)% of the selected group's key passes originating in each zone
09

Where does he become vulnerable?

50 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.

11
attacking third (cheap)
23
middle third
16
own third (dangerous)
Vision AI 22% of losses are in the attacking third — a notable share happen deeper, which invites transitions.
Mistake danger (proxy): 3.32 danger-index/90 · 0.411 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?

408
passes attempted
51%
mostly forward
48%
mostly short
Direction
Forward
209 · 51%
Sideways
120 · 29%
Backward
79 · 19%
Length (completed)
Short (<15m)
172 · 48%
Medium
149 · 41%
Long (>30m)
39 · 11%
10

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.

0.570.430.340.310.300.29
own goal left, attacking →
Highest-value routes (xT)
0.57
Left Half-Space Att third → Central Att third
2 passes · 2 to a shot
0.43
Left Wing Mid third → Left Wing Att third
3 passes
0.34
Left Half-Space Att third → Left Half-Space Att third
2 passes
0.31
Left Half-Space Mid third → Left Half-Space Att third
1 passes · 1 to a shot
0.30
Left Wing Def third → Left Wing Mid third
5 passes
0.29
Left Wing Att third → Right Half-Space Att third
1 passes
06

Where Does He Receive?

The zones where Enzo Ebosse 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
26%
Primary
Left Half-Space, Middle third
22%
Secondary
Left Wing, Middle third
16%
Third
Left Half-Space, 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 Enzo Ebosse 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:
287282973552222261541111
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.

0%0%0%5%5%6%4%1%7%18%20%24%9%1%
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.

6Key pass
9Cross
2Cutback
39Progressive
56Long ball
24Switch
By zone — where the pass started → where it landed
65Outside → Inside
150Inside → Inside
63Outside → Outside
82Inside → Outside
By direction
209Forward
79Backward
120Sideways
own goal left, attacking →
03

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 plays inside from the left hs toward the central in the final third — 2 passes worth 0.57 xT.
Where do his chances come from?
Of 6 key passes, his busiest route is a delivery where he plays inside from the left hs toward the central in the final third — 3 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 left wing in the defensive third: 27% of his 45 touches there are lost (12 times).
—0 touches · too few—3 touches · too few3%1/32 lost5%3/64 lost27%12/45 lost—0 touches · too few—1 touch · too few4%1/23 lost9%9/105 lost13%12/91 lost—1 touch · too few—0 touches · too few—1 touch · too few26%6/23 lost21%4/19 lostRWRHSCLHSLWDEFMIDATT
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Crosses & Cutbacks

9 crosses (1.45/90, 1 completed) and 2 cutbacks (0.32/90, 1 completed) — two separate wide-delivery patterns into the box, each its own map with a completed/failed filter. Neither is a tagged event, so both are inferred from pass geometry — the intended end point of a failed attempt is still real data (an interception doesn’t erase where the ball was aimed): a cross is a pass aimed into the box starting from a wide channel; a cutback starts almost on the byline but is squared back rather than driven forward, aimed centrally around the box. The completed-cross count was checked against this platform’s own real match-level cross totals and lands within about 1 cross of the true count.

Crosses — close-up on the final third
Cutbacks — close-up on the final third
completedfailed (dashed)close-up on the box — attacking ↑ toward goal
Out of possession

Out of possession

Where and how he defends and presses.

14

How & where does he defend?

87 defensive actions across the season (14.1/90). 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 →
9
tackles · 56% won
6
interceptions · 1.0/90
24
recoveries · 3.9/90
16
clearances · 2.6/90
2
blocks
35
avg action height
6
won high (att 3rd)
34
middle third
47
own third
Vision AI A mid-block defender. He wins the ball mainly by stepping in — tackles, interceptions & recoveries outweigh clearances. 39 proactive ball-wins (6.3/90), tackle success 56%. He defends mostly around the middle third.
15

Can he play under pressure?

Split by how hard the opponent pressed (opponent PPDA — lower = more intense press). Can Enzo Ebosse still play out when the opponent presses high? His build-up quality split by press intensity — the key question for a ball-playing defender. Tiers of ~2-3 matches — directional evidence, not proof.

press tier
completion
prog /90
line-breaks /90
xT /90
High press (PPDA 4.2, 2m)
86%
5.7
8.6
0.95
Mid press (PPDA 4.4, 2m)
82%
8.7
12.4
1.09
Low press (PPDA 9.1, 3m)
91%
5.3
7.4
1.81
Team

Team context

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

16

Impact on the Team

Udinese's output per match with Enzo Ebosse (7 matches) versus without him (1 matches). Insufficient evidence — the without-sample is only 1 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 (7)
WITHOUT (1)
Δ
goals against /match
2.29
2.00
+0.29
points /match
0.57
0.00
+0.57
goals for /match
1.29
0.00
+1.29
xG for /match
1.07
0.68
+0.39
17

His Share of the Team

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

category
share
him / team
final-third entries
7%
110 / 1492
clearances
7%
79 / 1075
threat added by passing (xT)
6%
24.7 / 390.6
Recruitment

Style and verdict

Style profile, closest comparables, and the summary.

19

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-back59%Stopper centre-back21%
Why Ball-playing centre-back 59%: a weighted blend of progression 76 (weight 25%) + retention 54 (weight 30%) + build-up 51 (weight 30%) + press resistance 44 (weight 15%). The score reflects how distinctively his profile SHAPE matches this archetype vs his peers.
Elite
final-third threat
Strong
carrying, through-balls, creativity, progression, receiving zones, crossing, territory (wide vs central), line-breaking
Average
retention, build-up, transition, press resistance
Weak
dribbling, defensive aggression, passing directness, box threat, ball-winning
Unknown
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Final-third threat
85
Carrying
83
Through-balls ~proxy
81
Creativity
77
Progression
76
Receiving zones
75
Crossing
75
Territory (wide vs central)
75
Line-breaking
71
Retention
54
Build-up
51
Transition ~proxy
49
Press resistance ~proxy
44
Dribbling
36
Defensive aggression
26
Passing directness
20
Box threat
19
Ball-winning
19
20

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: 185 cm / 74 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 Serie A, Bundesliga, La Liga, Ligue 1 and 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.

Adam Boayar Elche · La Liga · 181 cm / 83 kg
78%
Driven by: final-third threat (20%), progression (12%), through-balls (12%). Different mechanism — Ebosse more via creativity, carrying; Boayar more via box threat, ball-winning.
Jon Pacheco Real Sociedad · La Liga · 184 cm / 77 kg
75%
Driven by: box threat (19%), through-balls (18%), defensive aggression (10%). Different mechanism — Ebosse more via carrying, final-third threat; Pacheco more via ball-winning, passing directness.
Karim Coulibaly Strasbourg · Ligue 1 · 191 cm / 75 kg
72%
Driven by: ball-winning (20%), creativity (17%), defensive aggression (15%). Different mechanism — Ebosse more via final-third threat, carrying; Coulibaly more via dribbling.
Josip Stanisic Bayern · Bundesliga · 186 cm / 77 kg
72%
Driven by: creativity (14%), final-third threat (11%), crossing (10%). Different mechanism — Stanisic more via dribbling, box threat.
Javi Rodríguez Celta Vigo · La Liga · 178 cm / 70 kg
72%
Driven by: ball-winning (14%), final-third threat (13%), passing directness (10%). Different mechanism — Ebosse more via through-balls, carrying; Rodríguez more via dribbling, box threat.
Tino Livramento Newcastle · Premier League · 183 cm / 71 kg
71%
Driven by: final-third threat (13%), crossing (11%), passing directness (10%). Different mechanism — Ebosse more via carrying, retention; Livramento more via ball-winning, dribbling.
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Summary

Enzo Ebosse is a ball-playing centre-back: 88% pass completion, 56 line-breaking passes and 6.3 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 7 matches (557 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 press resistance — even a modest improvement there would meaningfully lift his overall ball-playing centre-back profile.
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