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Calvin Bassey

Fulham
Ball-playing centre-back CB
7.5 progressive passes/90 · 1.1 line-breaking/90
Capability Analysis
Aerial & Box Defending11%vs 50 centre-backs
"Can he win the individual defensive battle in his own box?"
Aerial duels won /900.00%
Aerial win rate: 0.0%
Clearances /903.722%
Ball-Winning53%vs 50 centre-backs
"How actively does he win the ball back?"
Interceptions /900.7220%
Ball recoveries /903.878%
Tackles /901.9992%
Duels won /901.2922%
Breaking Pressure
no action recorded in any high-press match yet
Progression58%vs 50 centre-backs
"Can he move the team forward with a pass, not just recycle it sideways?"
Progressive passes /903.1350%
Line-breaking passes /900.7852%
Threat added by passing /901.09xT68%
Pass accuracy88.12%64%
Ball-Carrying92%vs 50 centre-backs
"Does he advance the ball himself when the pass isn't on?"
Progressive carries /909.1692%
Carry distance /90200.36m92%
centre-backball-playing centre-backbuild-upline-breaking
756
minutes
8 apps
586
passes
91% completed
91%
pass completion
586 passes
63
progressive passes
7.5/90
61
line-breaking passes
7.3/90
136
defensive actions
16.2/90
21
tackles + interceptions
40% tackle win
37
clearances
4.4/90
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 (55% of his 586 passes)
91% completion · 586× in 8/8 matches
↓
CARRY OUT
step into midfield to commit a presser
10 carries · 20× in 5/8 matches
↓
BREAK A LINE
vertical pass past the opponent midfield
7.5 prog/90 · 61× in 8/8 matches
↓
SWITCH PLAY
diagonal to the far side
cross-field balls · 27× in 8/8 matches
↓
PROGRESS
entries into the final third
6.8/90 · 57× in 8/8 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.
17

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 →
73
passes / match
16.2
def actions / 90
28–96
pass range (matches)
37
clearances
Pass range = his fewest and most passes in any single match this season (28 at the low end, 96 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.

09

How dangerous are his carries?

Real ball-carries

183 tracked carries (21.8/90, 58 progressive, 1979m 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.

2%3%3%2%1%2%11%16%9%7%21%13%8%2%
progressivelateral/short% of his 183 carries originating in each zone · own goal left, attacking →
Every carry, exact path — median 8m, longest 49m
By zone — where the carry started → where it ended
11Outside → Inside
129Inside → Inside
29Outside → Outside
14Inside → Outside
First (75)Second (60)Third (26)Fourth (22)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).

15
tackle duels
6
won
9
beaten · 60%
brighter band = more tackle duels · own goal left, attacking →
INSIDE 67%
OUTSIDE 33%
Tackle-duel location — 10 inside · 5 outside
Right Wing
0 · 0%
Right Half-Space
1 · 7%
Central
5 · 33%
Left Half-Space
4 · 27%
Left Wing
5 · 33%
Vision AI beaten in 9 of 15 tackle duels (60% loss rate) — a real defensive leak worth flagging.
Every tackle duel, exact location
wonlost — dribbled pastown goal left, attacking →

Dribbles (1v1s)

For a centre-back the carry is a build-up weapon — does he step out through the middle, or keep it simple? Every carry classified by channel. Season rate: 1.19 dribbles attempted /90.

brighter band = more dribbles · own goal left, attacking →
INSIDE 30%
OUTSIDE 70%
Dribble location — 3 inside · 7 outside
Right Wing
3 · 30%
Right Half-Space
1 · 10%
Central
1 · 10%
Left Half-Space
1 · 10%
Left Wing
4 · 40%
Vision AI 30% of his carries are central — he steps out through the middle to draw a presser before releasing.
02

How does he build & move the ball?

How does he escape the first line?

13%
vertical passes
49×
6%
switches
21×
38%
carries
144×
43%
short circulation
161×
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 →RWRHSCLHSLWRW2928%831%931%97%23%1RHS5237%1913%733%1713%74%2C885%424%2134%3019%1718%16LHS2472%56%1433%8121%5139%96LW1151%117%2030%3551%59FROM
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 — 4 progressive passes (13% of his progression) at 0.020 xT each. He moves it inside.

His progression is inward: 42% of progressive passes move the ball toward the middle versus 19% 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: 9 line-breaking passes and 57 final-third entries, 8.8 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
3%3%4%4%1%3%5%10%6%1%0%8%18%18%13%4%1%
completedincomplete586 passes · any zone → any zone · own goal left, attacking →
586
passes
91%
completed
55
lost
Vision AIIn line with his 91% season completion rate.
03

How does he progress play?

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

63
progressive · 7.5/90
57
final-third entries · 6.8/90
3
box entries · 0.36/90
29
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?

0 key passes (0.00/90), 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:
chance creation (0)assist (0)% of the selected group's key passes originating in each zone
06

Where does he become vulnerable?

61 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.

7
attacking third (cheap)
28
middle third
26
own third (dangerous)
Vision AI 11% of losses are in the attacking third — a notable share happen deeper, which invites transitions.
Mistake danger (proxy): 3.60 danger-index/90 · 0.496 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?

586
passes attempted
52%
mostly forward
46%
mostly short
Direction
Forward
302 · 52%
Sideways
183 · 31%
Backward
101 · 17%
Length (completed)
Short (<15m)
245 · 46%
Medium
244 · 46%
Long (>30m)
42 · 8%
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.

0.590.540.540.510.380.32
own goal left, attacking →
Highest-value routes (xT)
0.59
Left Half-Space Mid third → Left Wing Att third
6 passes
0.54
Left Half-Space Mid third → Left Half-Space Att third
2 passes
0.54
Left Half-Space Mid third → Left Wing Mid third
11 passes
0.51
Right Wing Def third → Right Half-Space Att third
1 passes
0.38
Left Wing Def third → Left Wing Att third
2 passes
0.32
Left Half-Space Mid third → Central Att third
1 passes
07

Where Does He Receive?

The zones where Calvin Bassey 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
25%
Primary
Left Half-Space, Middle third
17%
Secondary
Left Half-Space, Defensive third
11%
Third
Left Wing, Defensive third
These are the zones where he collected the ball most.
08

Where Does He Operate? — Every Zone

Every on-ball touch (pass, dribble, shot) binned into a 6×3 grid — raw counts of where Calvin Bassey 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:
46107107742271632563674171924243
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.

3%3%4%4%1%3%5%10%6%1%0%8%18%18%13%4%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.

2Cross
63Progressive
61Long ball
27Switch
By zone — where the pass started → where it landed
76Outside → Inside
245Inside → Inside
68Outside → Outside
142Inside → Outside
By direction
302Forward
101Backward
183Sideways
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 left hs to the left wing, advancing it forward in the middle third — 6 passes worth 0.59 xT.
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 right half-space in the defensive third: 21% of his 14 touches there are lost (3 times).
14%3/21 lost21%3/14 lost17%6/35 lost3%3/99 lost12%7/60 lost10%1/10 lost11%5/46 lost8%5/61 lost7%10/150 lost11%6/53 lost—2 touches · too few—1 touch · too few—5 touches · too few8%1/12 lost12%2/17 lostRWRHSCLHSLWDEFMIDATT
Out of possession

Out of possession

Where and how he defends and presses.

13

How & where does he defend?

136 defensive actions across the season (16.2/90). 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 →
15
tackles · 40% won
6
interceptions · 0.7/90
28
recoveries · 3.3/90
37
clearances · 4.4/90
5
blocks
31
avg action height
10
won high (att 3rd)
37
middle third
89
own third
Vision AI A deep-defending defender. He wins the ball mainly by stepping in — tackles, interceptions & recoveries outweigh clearances. 49 proactive ball-wins (5.8/90), tackle success 40%. He defends mostly around the middle third.
14

Can he play under pressure?

Split by how hard the opponent pressed (opponent PPDA — lower = more intense press). Can Calvin Bassey 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 ~2-4 matches — directional evidence, not proof.

press tier
completion
prog /90
line-breaks /90
xT /90
High press (PPDA 4.5, 2m)
83%
4.3
2.8
0.81
Mid press (PPDA 6.1, 2m)
90%
7.2
10.5
1.52
Low press (PPDA 8.2, 4m)
93%
9.3
7.9
1.76
Team

Team context

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

15

Impact on the Team

Insufficient sample: Calvin Bassey played nearly every Fulham 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.

16

His Share of the Team

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

category
share
him / team
clearances
11%
143 / 1330
final-third entries
10%
203 / 1962
tackles
10%
77 / 764
Recruitment

Style and verdict

Style profile, closest comparables, and the summary.

18

Playing-Style Profile

Not raw event counts — football style scores: weighted models scored 0–100 against the 517 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-back66%Stopper centre-back60%
Why Ball-playing centre-back 66%: a weighted blend of build-up 69 (weight 30%) + retention 59 (weight 30%) + progression 64 (weight 25%) + press resistance 50 (weight 15%). The score reflects how distinctively his profile SHAPE matches this archetype vs his peers.
Elite
carrying
Strong
through-balls, transition
Average
build-up, final-third threat, ball-winning, progression, dribbling, retention, crossing, territory (wide vs central), line-breaking, press resistance, creativity, passing directness, defensive aggression, box threat
Weak
receiving zones
Unknown
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Carrying
93
Through-balls ~proxy
76
Transition ~proxy
75
Build-up
69
Final-third threat
68
Ball-winning
66
Progression
64
Dribbling
59
Retention
59
Crossing
55
Territory (wide vs central)
54
Line-breaking
52
Press resistance ~proxy
50
Creativity
45
Passing directness
43
Defensive aggression
42
Box threat
41
Receiving zones
35
19

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 / 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 Premier League, Bundesliga, La Liga, Ligue 1 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.

Jorge Cuenca Fulham · 190 cm / 75 kg
76%
Driven by: carrying (23%), build-up (19%), transition (15%). Different mechanism — Bassey more via box threat, dribbling; Cuenca more via creativity.
Víctor Chust Elche · La Liga · 182 cm / 77 kg
75%
Driven by: carrying (27%), through-balls (19%), transition (10%). Different mechanism — Bassey more via passing directness, dribbling; Chust more via through-balls, crossing.
Lilian Brassier Eintracht Frankfurt · Bundesliga · 186 cm / 78 kg
73%
Driven by: carrying (34%), transition (23%), progression (11%). Different mechanism — Bassey more via retention, through-balls; Brassier more via territory (wide vs central), line-breaking.
Ahmed Touba Le Havre · Ligue 1 · 190 cm / 81 kg
73%
Driven by: transition (24%), carrying (22%), through-balls (11%). Different mechanism — Bassey more via build-up; Touba more via passing directness, crossing.
Aïssa Mandi Levante · La Liga · 186 cm / 81 kg
73%
Driven by: carrying (25%), transition (20%), build-up (11%). Different mechanism — Bassey more via territory (wide vs central); Mandi more via retention, line-breaking.
David Affengruber Fulham · La Liga · 185 cm / 79 kg
68%
Driven by: carrying (34%), transition (18%), ball-winning (16%). Different mechanism — Bassey more via territory (wide vs central); Affengruber more via receiving zones, defensive aggression.
20

Summary

Calvin Bassey is a ball-playing centre-back / stopper centre-back: 91% pass completion, 61 line-breaking passes and 7.5 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 8 matches (756 minutes) — an early read, treat with caution until more minutes are logged. He profiles as a ball-playing centre-back / stopper 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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