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Abdoulaye Ndiaye

Parma Calcio 1913
Stopper centre-back CB
16.0 defensive actions/90 · 3.5 progressive/90 — defends first
centre-backstopper centre-backbuild-upline-breaking
976
minutes
12 apps
487
passes
85% completed
85%
pass completion
487 passes
38
progressive passes
3.5/90
51
line-breaking passes
4.7/90
173
defensive actions
16.0/90
31
tackles + interceptions
47% tackle win
50
clearances
4.6/90
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
in the first line of build-up — mostly in the middle third (53% of his 487 passes)
85% completion · 487× in 12/12 matches
↓
CARRY OUT
step into midfield to commit a presser
7 carries · 14× in 4/12 matches
↓
BREAK A LINE
vertical pass past the opponent midfield
3.5 prog/90 · 51× in 12/12 matches
↓
SWITCH PLAY
diagonal to the far side
cross-field balls · 11× in 8/12 matches
↓
PROGRESS
entries into the final third
1.5/90 · 16× in 7/12 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 →
41
passes / match
16.0
def actions / 90
15–71
pass range (matches)
50
clearances
Pass range = his fewest and most passes in any single match this season (15 at the low end, 71 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

121 tracked carries (11.2/90, 22 progressive, 949m 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%12%11%2%1%5%24%34%10%
progressivelateral/short% of his 121 carries originating in each zone · own goal left, attacking →
Every carry, exact path — median 6m, longest 39m
By zone — where the carry started → where it ended
13Outside → Inside
64Inside → Inside
27Outside → Outside
17Inside → Outside
First (42)Second (41)Third (34)Fourth (4)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).

19
tackle duels
9
won
10
beaten · 53%
brighter band = more tackle duels · own goal left, attacking →
INSIDE 74%
OUTSIDE 26%
Tackle-duel location — 14 inside · 5 outside
Right Wing
0 · 0%
Right Half-Space
1 · 5%
Central
4 · 21%
Left Half-Space
9 · 47%
Left Wing
5 · 26%
Vision AI beaten in 10 of 19 tackle duels (53% loss rate) — a real defensive leak worth flagging.
Every tackle duel, exact location
wonlost — dribbled pastown goal left, attacking →

He attempted only 7 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 build & move the ball?

How does he escape the first line?

11%
vertical passes
36×
3%
switches
9×
31%
carries
106×
55%
short circulation
186×
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 →RWRHSCLHSLWRW2100%2RHS911%122%267%6C593%225%1547%2815%98%5LHS2181%311%2446%10116%3525%55LW1251%123%2938%4838%47FROM
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 wing in the final third — 3 progressive passes (19% of his progression) at 0.113 xT each. He keeps it in the same lane.

His progression is inward: 44% of progressive passes move the ball toward the middle versus 0% going wider — he cuts in rather than holding width.

8% of his passes are cross-field switches — he changes the point of attack often.

Quality behind the volume: 1 line-breaking passes and 16 final-third entries, 3.5 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
0%1%1%0%0%3%6%8%4%1%0%7%28%27%13%1%
completedincomplete487 passes · any zone → any zone · own goal left, attacking →
487
passes
85%
completed
74
lost
Vision AIIn line with his 85% season completion rate.
04

How does he progress play?

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

38
progressive · 3.5/90
16
final-third entries · 1.5/90
0
box entries · 0.00/90
10
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?

78 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.

4
attacking third (cheap)
46
middle third
28
own third (dangerous)
Vision AI 5% of losses are in the attacking third — a notable share happen deeper, which invites transitions.
Mistake danger (proxy): 3.44 danger-index/90 · 0.478 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?

487
passes attempted
45%
mostly forward
52%
mostly medium
Direction
Forward
219 · 45%
Sideways
159 · 33%
Backward
109 · 22%
Length (completed)
Short (<15m)
179 · 43%
Medium
214 · 52%
Long (>30m)
20 · 5%
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.

0.570.300.280.190.160.13
own goal left, attacking →
Highest-value routes (xT)
0.57
Left Wing Mid third → Left Wing Att third
4 passes
0.30
Left Wing Mid third → Left Wing Mid third
4 passes
0.28
Left Half-Space Mid third → Left Half-Space Mid third
3 passes
0.19
Left Half-Space Mid third → Left Wing Mid third
4 passes
0.16
Left Half-Space Mid third → Left Half-Space Att third
1 passes
0.13
Right Half-Space Mid third → Central Att third
1 passes
07

Where Does He Receive?

The zones where Abdoulaye Ndiaye 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
27%
Primary
Left Half-Space, Middle third
24%
Secondary
Left Half-Space, Defensive third
17%
Third
Left Wing, Middle 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 Abdoulaye Ndiaye 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:
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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.

0%1%1%0%0%3%6%8%4%1%0%7%28%27%13%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.

1Cutback
38Progressive
51Long ball
11Switch
By zone — where the pass started → where it landed
78Outside → Inside
220Inside → Inside
49Outside → Outside
66Inside → Outside
By direction
219Forward
109Backward
159Sideways
own goal left, attacking →
03

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 left wing, advancing it forward in the middle third — 4 passes worth 0.57 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 left wing in the middle third: 17% of his 82 touches there are lost (14 times).
—0 touches · too few—5 touches · too few7%2/29 lost12%14/118 lost16%10/64 lost—2 touches · too few—6 touches · too few14%5/36 lost16%22/134 lost17%14/82 lost—0 touches · too few—2 touches · too few—3 touches · too few—2 touches · too few—4 touches · too fewRWRHSCLHSLWDEFMIDATT
Out of possession

Out of possession

Where and how he defends and presses.

13

How & where does he defend?

173 defensive actions across the season (16.0/90). 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 →
19
tackles · 47% won
12
interceptions · 1.1/90
29
recoveries · 2.7/90
50
clearances · 4.6/90
8
blocks
31
avg action height
10
won high (att 3rd)
69
middle third
94
own third
Vision AI A deep-defending defender. He wins the ball mainly by stepping in — tackles, interceptions & recoveries outweigh clearances. 60 proactive ball-wins (5.5/90), tackle success 47%. 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 Abdoulaye Ndiaye 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 ~4-4 matches — directional evidence, not proof.

press tier
completion
prog /90
line-breaks /90
xT /90
High press (PPDA 4.8, 4m)
86%
2.5
4.8
0.53
Mid press (PPDA 5.9, 4m)
83%
3.0
5.5
0.56
Low press (PPDA 9.4, 4m)
86%
4.9
3.8
0.72
Team

Team context

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

15

Impact on the Team

Parma Calcio 1913's output per match with Abdoulaye Ndiaye (1 matches) versus without him (7 matches). Insufficient evidence — the without-sample is only 7 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 (1)
WITHOUT (7)
Δ
goals against /match
1.00
2.00
-1.00
points /match
0.00
0.57
-0.57
goals for /match
0.00
0.71
-0.71
xG for /match
0.68
0.84
-0.17
16

His Share of the Team

Of everything Parma Calcio 1913 produced this season, the categories where the biggest share ran through Abdoulaye Ndiaye specifically — his share of the team total, not a per-90 rate.

category
share
him / team
clearances
4%
50 / 1358
interceptions
3%
12 / 367
tackles
3%
19 / 706
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 515 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.

Stopper centre-back49%Ball-playing centre-back33%
Why Stopper centre-back 49%: a weighted blend of defensive aggression 63 (weight 35%) + ball-winning 51 (weight 40%) + retention 38 (weight 15%) + transition 20 (weight 10%). The score reflects how distinctively his profile SHAPE matches this archetype vs his peers.
Elite
—
Strong
—
Average
box threat, dribbling, defensive aggression, territory (wide vs central), build-up, press resistance, ball-winning, carrying
Weak
retention, transition, creativity, crossing, progression, through-balls, passing directness, final-third threat, receiving zones, line-breaking
Unknown
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Box threat
67
Dribbling
66
Defensive aggression
63
Territory (wide vs central)
62
Build-up
52
Press resistance ~proxy
52
Ball-winning
51
Carrying
42
Retention
38
Transition ~proxy
20
Creativity
18
Crossing
11
Progression
11
Through-balls ~proxy
11
Passing directness
10
Final-third threat
9
Receiving zones
5
Line-breaking
3
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 / 75 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.

Nobel Mendy Hull City · Premier League · 187 cm / 78 kg
89%
Driven by: creativity (15%), receiving zones (13%), final-third threat (12%). Different mechanism — Ndiaye more via territory (wide vs central), defensive aggression.
César Tárrega Valencia · La Liga · 194 cm / 78 kg
84%
Driven by: final-third threat (15%), crossing (13%), progression (13%). Different mechanism — Ndiaye more via territory (wide vs central), box threat; Tárrega more via receiving zones, creativity.
Martin Vitík Bologna · 193 cm / 84 kg
82%
Driven by: creativity (17%), crossing (13%), receiving zones (12%). Different mechanism — Ndiaye more via box threat; Vitík more via final-third threat, line-breaking.
Stephan Zagadou Le Havre · Ligue 1 25/26 · 186 cm
81%
Driven by: receiving zones (15%), progression (13%), final-third threat (13%). Different mechanism — Ndiaye more via box threat, ball-winning; Zagadou more via passing directness, retention.
Zeno Van den Bosch Union Berlin · Bundesliga · 191 cm / 78 kg
80%
Driven by: transition (14%), receiving zones (14%), crossing (12%). Different mechanism — Ndiaye more via box threat, carrying; Bosch more via passing directness.
Samir Chergui Paris FC · Ligue 1 · 185 cm / 78 kg
78%
Driven by: transition (17%), progression (14%), line-breaking (13%). Different mechanism — Ndiaye more via carrying; Chergui more via receiving zones, creativity.
20

Summary

Abdoulaye Ndiaye is a stopper centre-back: 85% pass completion, 51 line-breaking passes and 3.5 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 12 matches (976 minutes) — a reasonable read, still building toward a full-season sample. He profiles as a stopper centre-back — best used in a system built around that identity. His biggest room for growth is transition — even a modest improvement there would meaningfully lift his overall stopper centre-back profile.
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