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Aurélien Tchouaméni

Real Madrid
Ball-winning 6 (destroyer) DM
14.6 defensive actions/90
Capability Analysis
Breaking Pressure
no action recorded in any high-press match yet
Progression78%vs 19 defensive mids
"Can he move the team forward with a pass, not just recycle it sideways?"
Progressive passes /903.8575%
Line-breaking passes /901.2165%
Threat added by passing /901.25xT85%
Pass accuracy91.61%85%
Ball-Winning69%vs 19 defensive mids
"How actively does he win the ball back?"
Interceptions /901.5780%
Ball recoveries /904.8355%
Tackles /902.2545%
Duels won /902.1395%
defensive midball-winning 6press resistancescreening
2734
minutes
33 apps
1927
passes
91% completed
91%
pass completion
1927 passes
159
progressive passes
5.2/90
442
defensive actions
14.6/90
115
tackles + interceptions
60% tackle win
144
recoveries
4.7/90
112
line-breaking passes
3.7/90
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
drop between the centre-backs — mostly in the middle third (66% of his 1927 passes)
91% completion · 1927× in 33/33 matches
↓
PROGRESS CENTRAL
break a line through the middle
5.2 prog/90 · 112× in 29/33 matches
↓
SCREEN / WIN BALL
protect the back four
8.5 ball-wins/90 · 259× in 33/33 matches
↓
RECYCLE / PROGRESS
keep it ticking, feed the final third
8.0 f3-entries/90 · 244× in 33/33 matches
Signature: Receive → Progress Central → Screen / Win Ball → Recycle / 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: escape pressure — 10× (low confidence, shown as a number only, no tactical conclusion drawn) — omitted from the signature rather than presented as one.
19

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
14.6
def actions / 90
18–90
pass range (matches)
56
clearances
Pass range = his fewest and most passes in any single match this season (18 at the low end, 90 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.

11

How dangerous are his carries?

Real ball-carries

416 tracked carries (13.7/90, 77 progressive, 3611m 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.

0%2%4%5%1%0%1%16%25%15%2%0%4%10%11%3%
progressivelateral/short% of his 416 carries originating in each zone · own goal left, attacking →
Every carry, exact path — median 7m, longest 31m
By zone — where the carry started → where it ended
20Outside → Inside
362Inside → Inside
22Outside → Outside
12Inside → Outside
First (142)Second (114)Third (90)Fourth (70)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).

68
tackle duels
41
won
27
beaten · 40%
brighter band = more tackle duels · own goal left, attacking →
INSIDE 74%
OUTSIDE 26%
Tackle-duel location — 50 inside · 18 outside
Right Wing
5 · 7%
Right Half-Space
12 · 18%
Central
23 · 34%
Left Half-Space
15 · 22%
Left Wing
13 · 19%
Vision AI beaten in 27 of 68 tackle duels (40% loss rate) — a solid 1v1 defensive record.
Every tackle duel, exact location
wonlost — dribbled pastown goal left, attacking →

Dribbles (1v1s)

Can he escape pressure on the ball? His carries/dribbles in tight central areas, by channel. Season rate: 0.33 dribbles attempted /90.

brighter band = more dribbles · own goal left, attacking →
INSIDE 80%
OUTSIDE 20%
Dribble location — 8 inside · 2 outside
Right Wing
1 · 10%
Right Half-Space
2 · 20%
Central
3 · 30%
Left Half-Space
3 · 30%
Left Wing
1 · 10%
Vision AI 80% of his carries are central — he receives and turns in congested midfield zones rather than out wide.
03

How does he build & move the ball?

How does he escape the first line?

12%
vertical passes
99×
4%
switches
35×
31%
carries
262×
53%
short circulation
441×
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 →RWRHSCLHSLWRW7451%3828%2119%141%1RHS26929%7728%7534%927%202%5C83710%8220%16831%25827%22912%100LHS4564%169%3924%10829%13235%161LW1231%120%2428%3452%64FROM
Rows normalised: each row sums to 100% of that lane's completed passes. Grey number = passes from that lane.

Primary route: central areas in the middle third → central areas in the final third — 15 progressive passes (12% of his progression) at 0.072 xT each. He keeps it in the same lane.

His progression is inward: 47% of progressive passes move the ball toward the middle versus 16% going wider — he cuts in rather than holding width.

10% of his passes are cross-field switches — he changes the point of attack often.

Quality behind the volume: 38 line-breaking passes and 244 final-third entries, 18.9 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
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completedincomplete1927 passes · any zone → any zone · own goal left, attacking →
1927
passes
91%
completed
168
lost
Vision AIIn line with his 91% season completion rate.
02

How does he progress play?

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

159
progressive · 5.2/90
244
final-third entries · 8.0/90
17
box entries · 0.56/90
21
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?

22 key passes (0.72/90), 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:
5%5%5%9%9%23%5%5%9%27%
chance creation (22)assist (0)% of the selected group's key passes originating in each zone
14

Can he finish?

45 shots · 2.87 xG · 1 goals (-1.87 vs xG). Mostly right-footed. Circle size = xG.

shots  45
on target  22
goals  1
xG  2.87
xG on target  2.08
xG / shot  0.064
Where he shoots from — click an area of the box
06

Where does he become vulnerable?

175 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.

39
attacking third (cheap)
97
middle third
39
own third (dangerous)
Vision AI 22% of losses are in the attacking third — a notable share happen deeper, which invites transitions.
Mistake danger (proxy): 2.12 danger-index/90 · 0.368 avg/turnover. Weights each loss by threat conceded at that location. True xT-conceded needs the opponent possession model; positional proxy.
07

What is his passing profile?

1927
passes attempted
46%
mostly forward
49%
mostly short
Direction
Forward
883 · 46%
Sideways
722 · 37%
Backward
322 · 17%
Length (completed)
Short (<15m)
861 · 49%
Medium
811 · 46%
Long (>30m)
87 · 5%
05

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.

1.300.870.870.870.790.76
own goal left, attacking →
Highest-value routes (xT)
1.30
Central Mid third → Left Half-Space Att third
6 passes · 2 to a shot
0.87
Left Wing Mid third → Left Wing Att third
9 passes
0.87
Left Half-Space Mid third → Left Wing Mid third
16 passes
0.87
Central Mid third → Central Mid third
10 passes
0.79
Central Mid third → Left Wing Att third
7 passes · 1 to a shot
0.76
Left Half-Space Att third → Central Att third
3 passes · 1 to a shot
09

Where Does He Receive?

The zones where Aurélien Tchouaméni 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
31%
Primary
Central, Middle third
18%
Secondary
Left Half-Space, Middle third
10%
Third
Central, Defensive third
These are the zones where he collected the ball most.
10

Where Does He Operate? — Every Zone

Every on-ball touch (pass, dribble, shot) binned into a 6×3 grid — raw counts of where Aurélien Tchouaméni 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:
11681291977911720636940616729755651145210
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.

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own goal left, attacking →
08

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.

22Key pass
4Cross
7Cutback
159Progressive
112Long ball
70Switch
By zone — where the pass started → where it landed
95Outside → Inside
1121Inside → Inside
102Outside → Outside
441Inside → Outside
By direction
883Forward
322Backward
722Sideways
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 central to the left hs, advancing it forward in the middle third — 6 passes worth 1.30 xT.
Where do his chances come from?
Of 22 key passes, his busiest route is a delivery where he plays inside from the left hs toward the central in the final third — 5 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: 26% of his 19 touches there are lost (5 times).
17%3/18 lost14%8/58 lost8%15/192 lost8%6/72 lost26%5/19 lost11%5/47 lost9%16/188 lost6%37/600 lost8%28/343 lost10%10/99 lost19%4/21 lost15%8/55 lost13%15/112 lost7%6/81 lost9%2/22 lostRWRHSCLHSLWDEFMIDATT
13

Crosses & Cutbacks

4 crosses (0.13/90, 0 completed) and 7 cutbacks (0.23/90, 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.

15

How & where does he defend?

442 defensive actions across the season (14.6/90). 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 →
68
tackles · 60% won
47
interceptions · 1.5/90
144
recoveries · 4.7/90
56
clearances · 1.8/90
17
blocks
40
avg action height
59
won high (att 3rd)
188
middle third
195
own third
Vision AI A mid-block defender. He wins the ball mainly by stepping in — tackles, interceptions & recoveries outweigh clearances. 259 proactive ball-wins (8.5/90), tackle success 60%. He defends mostly around the middle third.
16

Can he play under pressure?

Split by how hard the opponent pressed (opponent PPDA — lower = more intense press). Can Aurélien Tchouaméni 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 ~11-11 matches — directional evidence, not proof.

press tier
completion
prog /90
line-breaks /90
xT /90
High press (PPDA 7.6, 11m)
89%
4.2
3.0
0.98
Mid press (PPDA 10.3, 11m)
92%
4.4
3.8
1.22
Low press (PPDA 14.1, 11m)
93%
7.5
4.4
1.83
Team

Team context

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

17

Impact on the Team

Real Madrid's output per match with Aurélien Tchouaméni (33 matches) versus without him (5 matches). Insufficient evidence — the without-sample is only 5 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 (33)
WITHOUT (5)
Δ
goals against /match
0.91
1.00
-0.09
points /match
2.33
1.80
+0.53
goals for /match
2.06
1.80
+0.26
xG for /match
1.89
0.31
+1.57
18

His Share of the Team

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

category
share
him / team
interceptions
16%
56 / 341
tackles
11%
80 / 754
final-third entries
10%
287 / 2999
Recruitment

Style and verdict

Style profile, closest comparables, and the summary.

20

Playing-Style Profile

Not raw event counts — football style scores: weighted models scored 0–100 against the 258 defensive 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.

Ball-winning 675%Deep-lying playmaker69%Tempo controller68%
Why Ball-winning 6 75%: a weighted blend of ball-winning 72 (weight 40%) + defensive aggression 61 (weight 30%) + progression 78 (weight 15%) + retention 74 (weight 15%). The score reflects how distinctively his profile SHAPE matches this archetype vs his peers.
Elite
passing directness, receiving zones
Strong
box threat, final-third threat, transition, progression, retention, ball-winning, line-breaking
Average
creativity, build-up, carrying, defensive aggression, through-balls
Weak
press resistance, crossing, dribbling, territory (wide vs central)
Unknown
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Passing directness
96
Receiving zones
91
Box threat
85
Final-third threat
81
Transition ~proxy
81
Progression
78
Retention
74
Ball-winning
72
Line-breaking
72
Creativity
69
Build-up
69
Carrying
63
Defensive aggression
61
Through-balls ~proxy
60
Press resistance ~proxy
37
Crossing
20
Dribbling
11
Territory (wide vs central)
4
21

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: 187 cm / 81 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 La Liga, Bundesliga, 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.

Casemiro Man Utd · Premier League 25/26 · 185 cm / 84 kg
85%
Driven by: passing directness (13%), box threat (13%), dribbling (10%). Different mechanism — Tchouaméni more via retention; Casemiro more via territory (wide vs central).
Rodri Barcelona · 190 cm / 90 kg
79%
Driven by: receiving zones (13%), transition (12%), final-third threat (9%). Different mechanism — Tchouaméni more via passing directness; Rodri more via crossing, through-balls.
Senne Lynen Werder Bremen · Bundesliga · 185 cm / 80 kg
76%
Driven by: dribbling (16%), territory (wide vs central) (14%), passing directness (13%). Different mechanism — Tchouaméni more via box threat, final-third threat; Lynen more via crossing.
Éderson Atalanta · Serie A · 183 cm / 83 kg
72%
Driven by: receiving zones (17%), box threat (16%), territory (wide vs central) (14%). Different mechanism — Tchouaméni more via passing directness, defensive aggression; Éderson more via dribbling, crossing.
Andrey Santos Man Utd · Premier League · 180 cm / 75 kg
71%
Driven by: dribbling (21%), territory (wide vs central) (17%), receiving zones (14%). Different mechanism — Tchouaméni more via through-balls, final-third threat; Santos more via build-up.
Pape Diop Strasbourg · Ligue 1 · 182 cm
70%
Driven by: receiving zones (16%), ball-winning (14%), territory (wide vs central) (13%). Different mechanism — Tchouaméni more via passing directness, transition; Diop more via crossing.
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Summary

Aurélien Tchouaméni is a ball-winning 6 / deep-lying playmaker: 91% completion, 112 line-breaks and 5.2 progressive passes /90, resisting pressure with 30% dribble success. A central controller. [Off-ball screening position and scanning need tracking data.]

Based on 33 matches (2734 minutes) this season — a reliable read. He profiles as a ball-winning 6 / deep-lying playmaker — best used in a system built around that identity. His biggest room for growth is defensive aggression — even a modest improvement there would meaningfully lift his overall ball-winning 6 profile.
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