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Player reportSerie A 2026

Sandro Kulenovic

Torino
Pressing forward ST
4.4 high defensive actions/90
strikerpressing forwardbox threatfinishing
529
minutes
20 apps
2
goals
1.03 xG
1.0
xG
10 shots
10
shots
0.10 xG/shot
1
box entries
0.17/90
5
key passes
0.85/90
9
dribbles
33% won
65%
pass completion
102 passes
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.

LINK
lay-off and combine
5 key passes · 65% completion · 102× in 18/18 matches
↓
FINISH
shoot from central zones
1.03 xG · 10× in 7/18 matches
Signature: Link → Finish — 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: receive / move — 1× (insufficient confidence, hidden — not enough evidence yet); convert — 2× (low confidence, shown as a number only, no tactical conclusion drawn) — omitted from the signature rather than presented as one.
13

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 →
6
passes / match
1.3
dribbles / match
1–18
pass range (matches)
1–2
dribble range (matches)
Pass range = his fewest and most passes in any single match this season (1 at the low end, 18 at the high) — a measure of match-to-match involvement, not pass distance. Dribble range works the same way, for dribbles/carries per match.
In possession

In possession

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

07

How dangerous are his carries?

Real ball-carries

18 tracked carries (3.1/90, 7 progressive, 220m total) — the ball moving with his touches, a different signal from dribbles below (beating an opponent 1v1). this counts every touch-carry, not just his dribble attempts below — a fuller picture of how much of his ball-carrying is control-and-move rather than beating a man.

11%6%6%11%6%6%11%17%6%22%
progressivelateral/short% of his 18 carries originating in each zone · own goal left, attacking →
Every carry, exact path — median 9m, longest 35m
By zone — where the carry started → where it ended
1Outside → Inside
8Inside → Inside
7Outside → Outside
2Inside → Outside
First (18)grouped by carry pattern (start + end position), largest group first
startendown goal left, attacking →

Dribbles (1v1s)

Does he drop to link or stay central? Touches by channel. Season rate: 1.53 dribbles attempted /90.

brighter band = more dribbles · own goal left, attacking →
INSIDE 67%
OUTSIDE 33%
Dribble location — 6 inside · 3 outside
Right Wing
2 · 22%
Right Half-Space
1 · 11%
Central
2 · 22%
Left Half-Space
3 · 33%
Left Wing
1 · 11%
Vision AI His touches are central and high — a penalty-box striker.
03

How does he create chances?

5 key passes (0.85/90), 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:
20%40%40%
chance creation (5)assist (0)% of the selected group's key passes originating in each zone
Box deliveries — key passes reaching the final third, by flank
from the left (4)from the right (1)of 5 key passes landing in the final thirdattacking ↑ toward goal
04

Where does he become vulnerable?

42 possessions lost. Directness has a cost — the question is where. Attacking-third losses are cheap; deep ones are dangerous.

20
attacking third (cheap)
17
middle third
5
own third (dangerous)
Vision AI 48% of losses are in the attacking third — he gambles where a turnover costs little.
Mistake danger (proxy): 1.90 danger-index/90 · 0.266 avg/turnover. Weights each loss by threat conceded at that location. True xT-conceded needs the opponent possession model; positional proxy.
05

Where Does He Receive?

The zones where Sandro Kulenovic 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
14%
Primary
Left Half-Space, Attacking third
14%
Secondary
Central, Attacking third
11%
Third
Left Half-Space, Middle third
These are the zones where he collected the ball most.
06

Where Does He Operate? — Every Zone

Every on-ball touch (pass, dribble, shot) binned into a 6×3 grid — raw counts of where Sandro Kulenovic 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:
310111473410178269143
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.

2%5%8%14%2%3%3%9%16%2%3%9%11%11%4%
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.

5Key pass
1Cross
3Cutback
1Progressive
5Long ball
By zone — where the pass started → where it landed
10Outside → Inside
31Inside → Inside
17Outside → Outside
8Inside → Outside
By direction
31Forward
31Backward
40Sideways
own goal left, attacking →
02

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 →
Where do his chances come from?
Of 5 key passes, his busiest route is a delivery where he plays straight through the central, 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 central in the final third: 50% of his 14 touches there are lost (7 times).
—1 touch · too few—2 touches · too few—2 touches · too few—2 touches · too few—1 touch · too few—6 touches · too few40%4/10 lost38%3/8 lost33%4/12 lost33%3/9 lost20%2/10 lost—7 touches · too few50%7/14 lost42%5/12 lost—6 touches · too fewRWRHSCLHSLWDEFMIDATT
Out of possession

Out of possession

Where and how he defends and presses.

10

How & where does he defend?

76 defensive actions across the season (12.9/90). 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 →
6
tackles · 17% won
1
interceptions · 0.2/90
18
recoveries · 3.1/90
8
clearances · 1.4/90
6
blocks
51
avg action height
26
won high (att 3rd)
34
middle third
16
own third
Vision AI A front-foot / high defender. He wins the ball mainly by stepping in — tackles, interceptions & recoveries outweigh clearances. 25 proactive ball-wins (4.3/90), tackle success 17%. He defends high, stepping out to intercept — suits a high line.

Defensive work in the attacking half

Ball-wins in the attacking half only (own half vs. attacking half, a simple 2-way split, not the usual thirds) — the clearest single signal of how much he presses and recovers the ball high up the pitch.

42
attacking-half actions · 7.15/90
09

Against Different Pressing Intensities

Split by how hard the opponent pressed (opponent PPDA — lower = more intense press). Does Sandro Kulenovic keep producing when the game is tight and the press is high? Tiers of ~6-8 matches — directional evidence, not proof.

press tier
xT /90
prog /90
key P /90
dribble%
High press (PPDA 4.2, 6m)
0.35
0.6
0.00
50%
Mid press (PPDA 5.1, 6m)
0.27
0.0
0.85
0%
Low press (PPDA 7.3, 8m)
0.16
0.0
1.60
67%
Team

Team context

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

11

Impact on the Team

Torino's output per match with Sandro Kulenovic (7 matches) versus without him (2 matches). Insufficient evidence — the without-sample is only 2 matches; treat every Δ below as noise until more games exist. A proper on-off model needs many more minutes.

WITH (7)
WITHOUT (2)
Δ
goals for /match
1.71
1.00
+0.71
xG for /match
1.08
0.85
+0.23
goals against /match
1.57
1.50
+0.07
points /match
1.43
1.50
-0.07
12

His Share of the Team

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

category
share
him / team
goals
4%
2 / 56
zone-14 entries
2%
7 / 361
expected goals (xG)
2%
1.0 / 67.9
Recruitment

Style and verdict

Style profile, closest comparables, and the summary.

14

Playing-Style Profile

Not raw event counts — football style scores: weighted models scored 0–100 against the 299 strikers 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.

Pressing forward67%Transition runner50%False 937%Poacher20%
Why Pressing forward 67%: a weighted blend of ball-winning 78 (weight 30%) + defensive aggression 51 (weight 45%) + transition 68 (weight 25%). The score reflects how distinctively his profile SHAPE matches this archetype vs his peers.
Elite
—
Strong
territory (wide vs central), ball-winning
Average
transition, progression, passing directness, crossing, receiving zones, creativity, defensive aggression, carrying, line-breaking, dribbling
Weak
final-third threat, build-up, press resistance, retention, box threat, through-balls
Unknown
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Territory (wide vs central)
79
Ball-winning
78
Transition ~proxy
68
Progression
62
Passing directness
62
Crossing
61
Receiving zones
57
Creativity
55
Defensive aggression
51
Carrying
50
Line-breaking
46
Dribbling
41
Final-third threat
39
Build-up
38
Press resistance ~proxy
37
Retention
25
Box threat
16
Through-balls ~proxy
10
15

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: 191 cm / 76 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.

Adrián Liso Getafe · La Liga 25/26 · 182 cm / 70 kg
65%
Driven by: box threat (27%), retention (15%), territory (wide vs central) (13%). Different mechanism — Kulenovic more via creativity, receiving zones; Liso more via through-balls, defensive aggression.
Armando Broja Burnley · Premier League 25/26 · 191 cm / 83 kg
63%
Driven by: box threat (27%), through-balls (22%), territory (wide vs central) (14%). Different mechanism — Kulenovic more via passing directness, creativity; Broja more via carrying.
Felix Mambimbi Le Havre · Ligue 1 25/26 · 171 cm / 68 kg
58%
Driven by: box threat (30%), ball-winning (20%), transition (16%). Different mechanism — Kulenovic more via crossing; Mambimbi more via through-balls, passing directness.
Youssef El-Arabi Nantes · Ligue 1 25/26 · 183 cm / 70 kg
57%
Driven by: retention (21%), ball-winning (16%), box threat (16%). Different mechanism — Kulenovic more via territory (wide vs central), crossing; El-Arabi more via line-breaking, passing directness.
Mariano Díaz Alaves · La Liga · 180 cm / 76 kg
56%
Driven by: box threat (25%), transition (15%), build-up (14%). Different mechanism — Kulenovic more via ball-winning; Díaz more via through-balls, passing directness.
Christantus Uche Crystal Palace · La Liga 25/26 · 190 cm / 84 kg
54%
Driven by: through-balls (19%), retention (17%), box threat (16%). Different mechanism — Kulenovic more via crossing, ball-winning; Uche more via passing directness.
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Summary

Sandro Kulenovic is a pressing forward: 2 goals from 1.03 xG (+0.97 vs expected), 10 shots, 1 box entries. A clinical finisher. [Off-ball runs, aerials and hold-up under contact need tracking/aerial data.]

Based on 20 matches (529 minutes) — an early read, treat with caution until more minutes are logged. He profiles as a pressing forward — 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 pressing forward profile.
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