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Cristian Cásseres

Toulouse
Ball-winning 6 (destroyer) DM
15.6 defensive actions/90
Capability Analysis
Breaking Pressure
only 71 pressured-passing actions across 1 high-press match -- not enough sample (needs 5+ matches and 12+ actions)
Progression75%vs 21 defensive mids
"Can he move the team forward with a pass, not just recycle it sideways?"
Progressive passes /906.0486%
Line-breaking passes /902.3790%
Threat added by passing /901.56xT95%
Pass accuracy81.62%29%
Ball-Winning61%vs 21 defensive mids
"How actively does he win the ball back?"
Interceptions /901.1329%
Ball recoveries /906.5986%
Tackles /902.9390%
Duels won /900.5538%
defensive midball-winning 6press resistancescreening
3412
minutes
39 apps
2220
passes
82% completed
82%
pass completion
2220 passes
209
progressive passes
5.5/90
593
defensive actions
15.6/90
154
tackles + interceptions
60% tackle win
250
recoveries
6.6/90
250
line-breaking passes
6.6/90
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
drop between the centre-backs — mostly in the middle third (63% of his 2220 passes)
82% completion · 2220× in 39/39 matches
↓
ESCAPE PRESSURE
turn out of a tight central area
44% won · 61× in 32/39 matches
↓
PROGRESS CENTRAL
break a line through the middle
5.5 prog/90 · 250× in 39/39 matches
↓
SCREEN / WIN BALL
protect the back four
10.7 ball-wins/90 · 404× in 39/39 matches
↓
RECYCLE / PROGRESS
keep it ticking, feed the final third
6.5 f3-entries/90 · 248× in 39/39 matches
Signature: drop to receive → escape the press on the turn → progress centrally or recycle → screen the counter. Block the central lane and press his first touch to force him backwards.
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 →
57
passes / match
15.6
def actions / 90
17–141
pass range (matches)
66
clearances
Pass range = his fewest and most passes in any single match this season (17 at the low end, 141 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

433 tracked carries (11.4/90, 91 progressive, 3809m 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.

1%3%10%9%5%1%0%14%18%12%3%0%0%3%11%7%4%0%
progressivelateral/short% of his 433 carries originating in each zone · own goal left, attacking →
Every carry, exact path — median 7m, longest 39m
By zone — where the carry started → where it ended
41Outside → Inside
313Inside → Inside
52Outside → Outside
27Inside → Outside
First (118)Second (111)Third (105)Fourth (99)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).

111
tackle duels
67
won
44
beaten · 40%
brighter band = more tackle duels · own goal left, attacking →
INSIDE 59%
OUTSIDE 41%
Tackle-duel location — 65 inside · 46 outside
Right Wing
27 · 24%
Right Half-Space
22 · 20%
Central
26 · 23%
Left Half-Space
17 · 15%
Left Wing
19 · 17%
Vision AI beaten in 44 of 111 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: 1.61 dribbles attempted /90.

brighter band = more dribbles · own goal left, attacking →
INSIDE 77%
OUTSIDE 23%
Dribble location — 47 inside · 14 outside
Right Wing
6 · 10%
Right Half-Space
19 · 31%
Central
18 · 30%
Left Half-Space
10 · 16%
Left Wing
8 · 13%
Vision AI 77% 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?

14%
vertical passes
129×
5%
switches
48×
28%
carries
257×
52%
short circulation
476×
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 →RWRHSCLHSLWRW25757%14729%7413%340%10%1RHS44639%17229%13024%1056%263%13C60211%6818%10836%21924%14610%61LHS3591%58%2828%10032%11431%112LW1481%117%2522%3360%89FROM
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 final third → central areas in the final third — 20 progressive passes (9% of his progression) at 0.195 xT each. He moves it inside.

His progression is inward: 52% of progressive passes move the ball toward the middle versus 13% going wider — he cuts in rather than holding width.

9% of his passes are cross-field switches — he changes the point of attack often.

Quality behind the volume: 90 line-breaking passes and 248 final-third entries, 34.0 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
1%4%9%13%7%3%0%8%15%12%4%0%4%7%7%4%3%
completedincomplete2220 passes · any zone → any zone · own goal left, attacking →
2220
passes
82%
completed
408
lost
Vision AIIn line with his 82% season completion rate.
02

How does he progress play?

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

209
progressive · 5.5/90
248
final-third entries · 6.5/90
43
box entries · 1.13/90
24
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?

63 key passes (1.66/90), 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:
6%6%25%6%2%8%8%17%2%2%8%8%
chance creation (48)assist (0)% of the selected group's key passes originating in each zone
14

Can he finish?

32 shots · 2.43 xG · 2 goals (-0.43 vs xG). Mostly right-footed. Circle size = xG.

shots  32
on target  16
goals  2
xG  2.43
xG on target  2.91
xG / shot  0.076
Where he shoots from — click an area of the box
06

Where does he become vulnerable?

442 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.

158
attacking third (cheap)
218
middle third
66
own third (dangerous)
Vision AI 36% of losses are in the attacking third — a notable share happen deeper, which invites transitions.
Mistake danger (proxy): 3.56 danger-index/90 · 0.305 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?

2220
passes attempted
45%
mostly forward
51%
mostly short
Direction
Forward
992 · 45%
Sideways
703 · 32%
Backward
525 · 24%
Length (completed)
Short (<15m)
924 · 51%
Medium
734 · 41%
Long (>30m)
154 · 8%
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.

1.561.441.421.141.061.02
own goal left, attacking →
Highest-value routes (xT)
1.56
Central Mid third → Central Att third
8 passes · 3 to a shot
1.44
Central Mid third → Right Wing Att third
15 passes
1.42
Central Mid third → Right Half-Space Att third
5 passes · 1 to a shot
1.14
Right Wing Mid third → Right Wing Att third
9 passes
1.06
Right Half-Space Mid third → Right Half-Space Att third
6 passes
1.02
Left Half-Space Mid third → Central Att third
6 passes
09

Where Does He Receive?

The zones where Cristian Cásseres 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
21%
Primary
Central, Middle third
17%
Secondary
Right Half-Space, Middle third
13%
Third
Left Half-Space, Middle 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 Cristian Cásseres 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:
11811521661075981853412651046169720529415462
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.

1%4%9%13%7%3%0%8%15%12%4%0%4%7%7%4%3%
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.

63Key pass
34Cross
10Cutback
209Progressive
250Long ball
108Switch
By zone — where the pass started → where it landed
168Outside → Inside
976Inside → Inside
237Outside → Outside
431Inside → Outside
By direction
992Forward
525Backward
703Sideways
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 plays straight through the central, advancing it forward in the middle third — 8 passes worth 1.56 xT.
Where do his chances come from?
Of 63 key passes, his busiest route is a delivery where he plays inside from the right wing toward the central in the final third — 12 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 final third: 42% of his 106 touches there are lost (44 times).
21%8/38 lost23%19/84 lost9%13/151 lost11%9/80 lost29%7/24 lost18%31/171 lost14%55/386 lost12%57/462 lost13%37/284 lost23%21/90 lost35%46/133 lost41%35/85 lost21%16/75 lost20%10/51 lost42%44/106 lostRWRHSCLHSLWDEFMIDATT
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Crosses & Cutbacks

34 crosses (0.90/90, 7 completed) and 10 cutbacks (0.26/90, 6 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?

593 defensive actions across the season (15.6/90). 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 →
111
tackles · 60% won
43
interceptions · 1.1/90
250
recoveries · 6.6/90
66
clearances · 1.7/90
19
blocks
38
avg action height
55
won high (att 3rd)
266
middle third
272
own third
Vision AI A mid-block defender. He wins the ball mainly by stepping in — tackles, interceptions & recoveries outweigh clearances. 404 proactive ball-wins (10.7/90), 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 Cristian Cásseres 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 ~13-13 matches — directional evidence, not proof.

press tier
completion
prog /90
line-breaks /90
xT /90
High press (PPDA 3.9, 13m)
79%
4.1
5.2
1.11
Mid press (PPDA 5.9, 13m)
83%
5.3
6.9
1.49
Low press (PPDA 8.2, 13m)
82%
7.1
7.7
2.08
Team

Team context

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

17

Impact on the Team

Insufficient sample: Cristian Cásseres played nearly every Toulouse match in the loaded data, so there is no meaningful "without him" comparison yet. This section fills in as more matches (and the rest of the season) are scraped.

18

His Share of the Team

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

category
share
him / team
final-third entries
15%
272 / 1805
zone-14 entries
14%
44 / 306
tackles
14%
111 / 785
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 260 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 679%Deep-lying playmaker60%Tempo controller50%
Why Ball-winning 6 79%: a weighted blend of ball-winning 79 (weight 40%) + defensive aggression 72 (weight 30%) + progression 88 (weight 15%) + retention 38 (weight 15%). The score reflects how distinctively his profile SHAPE matches this archetype vs his peers.
Elite
final-third threat, line-breaking, creativity, receiving zones, progression, passing directness
Strong
transition, through-balls, ball-winning, carrying, box threat, defensive aggression
Average
dribbling, crossing, territory (wide vs central), build-up, press resistance
Weak
retention
Unknown
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Final-third threat
95
Line-breaking
92
Creativity
92
Receiving zones
89
Progression
88
Passing directness
86
Transition ~proxy
84
Through-balls ~proxy
84
Ball-winning
79
Carrying
73
Box threat
72
Defensive aggression
72
Dribbling
63
Crossing
56
Territory (wide vs central)
51
Build-up
50
Press resistance ~proxy
50
Retention
38
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: 176 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.

Elliot Anderson Man City · Premier League · 179 cm / 69 kg
89%
Driven by: transition (14%), creativity (13%), final-third threat (13%). Different mechanism — Anderson more via dribbling, territory (wide vs central).
Lamine Camara Monaco · 173 cm / 65 kg
88%
Driven by: creativity (14%), ball-winning (13%), final-third threat (11%). Different mechanism — Cásseres more via passing directness.
Rocco Reitz RBL · Bundesliga · 176 cm / 75 kg
86%
Driven by: final-third threat (14%), transition (10%), progression (10%). Different mechanism — Cásseres more via receiving zones, creativity; Reitz more via territory (wide vs central).
Manuel Locatelli Juventus · Serie A · 185 cm / 75 kg
86%
Driven by: transition (14%), creativity (13%), final-third threat (11%). Different mechanism — Cásseres more via territory (wide vs central); Locatelli more via retention, crossing.
Bryan Cristante Roma · Serie A · 186 cm / 80 kg
85%
Driven by: transition (19%), final-third threat (12%), progression (11%). Different mechanism — Cásseres more via creativity, ball-winning.
Youri Tielemans Man Utd · Premier League · 176 cm / 72 kg
84%
Driven by: creativity (20%), final-third threat (14%), receiving zones (12%). Different mechanism — Cásseres more via ball-winning, dribbling; Tielemans more via crossing.
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Summary

Cristian Cásseres is a ball-winning 6 / deep-lying playmaker: 82% completion, 250 line-breaks and 5.5 progressive passes /90, resisting pressure with 44% dribble success. A central controller. [Off-ball screening position and scanning need tracking data.]

Based on 39 matches (3412 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 retention — even a modest improvement there would meaningfully lift his overall ball-winning 6 profile.
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