Thin sample this season. Alejandro Balde has played 2 matches (84 min) so far, so sections that need a bigger sample to say anything reliable are not shown here — they are missing on purpose, not broken. See all seasons combined →
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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
Left Wing, Middle third — wide or inverted — mostly in the middle third (53% of his 53 passes)
94% completion · 53× in 2/2 matches
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DEFEND
1v1 and cover on his side
15 def actions · lost 20% deep · 15× in 2/2 matches
Signature: Receive → Defend — the only steps proven repeatable this season (2 of 5 in the full pattern). Not enough evidence yet for the rest of the chain below.
Not a pattern: progress — 1× (low confidence, shown as a number only, no tactical conclusion drawn); dribble — 2× (low confidence, shown as a number only, no tactical conclusion drawn); deliver — 2× (low confidence, shown as a number only, no tactical conclusion drawn) — omitted from the signature rather than presented as one.
In possession
In possession
What he does with the ball: build-up, progression, creation, carrying and finishing.
2 key passes (2.14/90), 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
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chance creation (2)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 2 key passes, his busiest route is a delivery where he plays straight through the left hs, 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 left wing in the final third: 8% of his 13 touches there are lost (1 times).
15 defensive actions across the season (16.1/90). 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.
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3
tackles · 67% won
1
interceptions · 1.1/90
6
recoveries · 6.4/90
1
clearances · 1.1/90
1
blocks
38
avg action height
2
won high (att 3rd)
6
middle third
7
own third
Vision AI A mid-block defender. He wins the ball mainly by stepping in — tackles, interceptions & recoveries outweigh clearances. 10 proactive ball-wins (10.7/90), tackle success 67%. He defends mostly around the middle third.
Team
Team context
How much of the team runs through him, and what changes without him.
Barcelona's output per match with Alejandro Balde (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
2.00
0.88
+1.12
points /match
1.50
3.00
-1.50
goals for /match
4.00
4.00
+0.00
xG for /match
3.66
2.24
+1.43
06
His Share of the Team
Of everything Barcelona produced this season, the categories where the biggest share ran through Alejandro Balde specifically — his share of the team total, not a per-90 rate.
category
share
him / team
ball recoveries
5%
98 / 1934
tackles
5%
38 / 781
half-space entries
4%
102 / 2323
Recruitment
Style and verdict
Style profile, closest comparables, and the summary.
Not raw event counts — football style scores: weighted models scored 0–100 against the 233 full-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.
Overlapping full-back72%Inverted full-back70%
Why Overlapping full-back 72%: a weighted blend of crossing 77 (weight 30%) + final-third threat 66 (weight 25%) + transition 57 (weight 25%) + dribbling 70 (weight 20%). The score reflects how distinctively his profile SHAPE matches this archetype vs his peers.
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Receiving zones
91
Retention
87
Carrying
87
Crossing
77
Press resistance ~proxy
73
Creativity
72
Dribbling
70
Final-third threat
66
Build-up
59
Line-breaking
58
Through-balls ~proxy
58
Territory (wide vs central)
58
Transition ~proxy
57
Defensive aggression
48
Box threat
47
Progression
46
Ball-winning
34
Passing directness
3
08
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: 177 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 La Liga, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, 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.
Alphonso Davies Bayern · Bundesliga · 185 cm / 77 kg
82%
Driven by: creativity (13%), receiving zones (13%), retention (13%). Different mechanism — Balde more via territory (wide vs central); Davies more via progression, line-breaking.
Jeremie Frimpong Liverpool · Premier League · 171 cm / 63 kg
73%
Driven by: passing directness (22%), carrying (18%), crossing (11%). Different mechanism — Balde more via retention, build-up; Frimpong more via box threat.
Nuno Mendes PSG · Ligue 1 · 180 cm / 70 kg
73%
Driven by: receiving zones (14%), creativity (13%), carrying (13%). Different mechanism — Balde more via territory (wide vs central); Mendes more via box threat, progression.
Jules Koundé Barcelona · 181 cm / 84 kg
73%
Driven by: retention (20%), receiving zones (17%), press resistance (15%). Different mechanism — Balde more via territory (wide vs central), crossing; Koundé more via progression, box threat.
Achraf Hakimi PSG · Ligue 1 · 181 cm / 73 kg
71%
Driven by: receiving zones (18%), passing directness (17%), carrying (14%). Different mechanism — Balde more via territory (wide vs central); Hakimi more via progression, box threat.
Emerson Marseille · Ligue 1 · 176 cm / 76 kg
69%
Driven by: receiving zones (21%), passing directness (19%), carrying (13%). Different mechanism — Balde more via territory (wide vs central), dribbling; Emerson more via progression.
09
Summary
Alejandro Balde is an overlapping full-back / inverted full-back: 1.1 progressive passes and 2 box entries, delivering 2 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 an overlapping full-back / inverted full-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 overlapping full-back profile.
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