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
Right Wing, Attacking third — wide or inverted — mostly in the attacking third (47% of his 49 passes)
76% completion · 49× in 2/2 matches
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PROGRESS
carry or combine up the flank
3.2 prog/90 · 3× in 1/2 matches
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DRIBBLE
beat his man up the line
50% won · 4× in 2/2 matches
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DELIVER
cross or cut-back into the box
3 key passes · 3× in 2/2 matches
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DEFEND
1v1 and cover on his side
16 def actions · lost 0% deep · 16× in 2/2 matches
Signature: receive wide/inverted → progress the flank → deliver into the box → recover to defend 1v1. Attack the space behind him in transition.
In possession
In possession
What he does with the ball: build-up, progression, creation, carrying and finishing.
16 tracked carries (17.1/90, 8 progressive, 233m 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.
progressivelateral/short% of his 16 carries originating in each zone · own goal left, attacking →
Every carry, exact path — median 13m, longest 50m
By zone — where the carry started → where it ended
First (16)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).
4
tackle duels
2
won
2
beaten · 50%
brighter band = more tackle duels · own goal left, attacking →
INSIDE 25%
OUTSIDE 75%
Tackle-duel location — 1 inside · 3 outside
Right Wing
3 · 75%
Right Half-Space
0 · 0%
Central
1 · 25%
Left Half-Space
0 · 0%
Left Wing
0 · 0%
Vision AI beaten in 2 of 4 tackle duels (50% loss rate) — a solid 1v1 defensive record.
Every tackle duel, exact location
wonlost — dribbled pastown goal left, attacking →
He attempted only 4 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 create chances?
3 key passes (3.21/90), 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 (3)assist (0)% of the selected group's key passes originating in each zone
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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 3 key passes, his busiest route is a delivery where he plays inside from the right wing 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 right wing in the final third: 33% of his 18 touches there are lost (6 times).
16 defensive actions across the season (17.1/90). 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 →
4
tackles · 50% won
1
interceptions · 1.1/90
4
recoveries · 4.3/90
0
clearances · 0.0/90
1
blocks
49
avg action height
3
won high (att 3rd)
9
middle third
4
own third
Vision AI A front-foot / high defender. He wins the ball mainly by stepping in — tackles, interceptions & recoveries outweigh clearances. 9 proactive ball-wins (9.6/90), tackle success 50%. He defends high, stepping out to intercept — suits a high line.
Team
Team context
How much of the team runs through him, and what changes without him.
Alaves's output per match with Hugo Novoa (2 matches) versus without him (8 matches). Insufficient evidence — the without-sample is only 8 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 (2)
WITHOUT (8)
Δ
goals against /match
1.50
1.00
+0.50
points /match
0.50
1.38
-0.88
goals for /match
1.00
1.50
-0.50
xG for /match
1.85
1.03
+0.82
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His Share of the Team
Of everything Alaves produced this season, the categories where the biggest share ran through Hugo Novoa specifically — his share of the team total, not a per-90 rate.
category
share
him / team
goals
7%
1 / 14
box entries
1%
6 / 418
expected assists (xA)
1%
0.2 / 31.7
Recruitment
Style and verdict
Style profile, closest comparables, and the summary.
Hugo Novoa is a full-back: 3.2 progressive passes and 3 box entries, delivering 3 key passes. Inverted full-back. [1v1 recovery pace and off-ball overlap timing need tracking.]
Based on 2 matches (84 minutes) — an early read, treat with caution until more minutes are logged. He profiles as a full-back — best used in a system built around that identity.
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