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Ismaël Doukouré

Strasbourg
Stopper centre-back CB
15.2 defensive actions/90 · 1.4 progressive/90 — defends first
centre-backball-playing centre-backbuild-upline-breaking
260
minutes
3 apps
162
passes
90% completed
90%
pass completion
162 passes
4
progressive passes
1.4/90
14
line-breaking passes
4.8/90
44
defensive actions
15.2/90
6
tackles + interceptions
75% tackle win
10
clearances
3.5/90
Overview

The player

Who he is and how he compares with his peers.

Thin sample this season. Ismaël Doukouré has played 3 matches (260 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 →
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 defensive third (52% of his 162 passes)
90% completion · 162× in 3/3 matches
↓
CARRY OUT
step into midfield to commit a presser
2 carries · 4× in 1/3 matches
↓
BREAK A LINE
vertical pass past the opponent midfield
1.4 prog/90 · 14× in 3/3 matches
↓
PROGRESS
entries into the final third
1.7/90 · 5× in 2/3 matches
Signature: Receive → Carry Out → Break A Line → Progress — the only steps proven repeatable this season (4 of 5 in the full pattern). Not enough evidence yet for the rest of the chain below.
Not a pattern: switch play — 2× (low confidence, shown as a number only, no tactical conclusion drawn) — omitted from the signature rather than presented as one.
14

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 →
54
passes / match
15.2
def actions / 90
43–69
pass range (matches)
10
clearances
Pass range = his fewest and most passes in any single match this season (43 at the low end, 69 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.

06

How dangerous are his carries?

Real ball-carries

48 tracked carries (16.6/90, 5 progressive, 391m 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%8%6%2%8%21%2%6%25%17%2%
progressivelateral/short% of his 48 carries originating in each zone · own goal left, attacking →
Every carry, exact path — median 7m, longest 25m
By zone — where the carry started → where it ended
4Outside → Inside
35Inside → Inside
2Outside → Outside
7Inside → Outside
First (23)Second (10)Third (8)Fourth (7)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
3
won
1
beaten · 25%
brighter band = more tackle duels · own goal left, attacking →
INSIDE 100%
OUTSIDE 0%
Tackle-duel location — 4 inside · 0 outside
Right Wing
0 · 0%
Right Half-Space
0 · 0%
Central
1 · 25%
Left Half-Space
3 · 75%
Left Wing
0 · 0%
Vision AI beaten in 1 of 4 tackle duels (25% loss rate) — a solid 1v1 defensive record.
Every tackle duel, exact location
wonlost — dribbled pastown goal left, attacking →

He attempted only 2 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?

3%
vertical passes
4×
2%
switches
2×
35%
carries
46×
60%
short circulation
78×
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 →RWRHSCLHSLWRW450%225%125%1RHS2025%530%640%85%1C333%139%1339%1315%53%1LHS7010%734%2416%1140%28LW1811%239%750%9FROM
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 defensive third → the left half-space in the middle third — 1 progressive passes (25% of his progression) at 0.046 xT each. He moves it inside.

His progression is inward: 100% of progressive passes move the ball toward the middle versus 0% going wider — he cuts in rather than holding width.

Only 5% of his passes switch play, so his threat is same-side — contain the flank he occupies and the route closes.

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
2%7%6%2%4%9%15%3%10%20%17%4%
completedincomplete162 passes · any zone → any zone · own goal left, attacking →
162
passes
90%
completed
17
lost
Vision AIIn line with his 90% season completion rate.
10

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
08

Where does he become vulnerable?

18 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.

0
attacking third (cheap)
5
middle third
13
own third (dangerous)
Vision AI 0% of losses are in the attacking third — a notable share happen deeper, which invites transitions.
Mistake danger (proxy): 4.12 danger-index/90 · 0.661 avg/turnover. Weights each loss by threat conceded at that location. True xT-conceded needs the opponent possession model; positional proxy.
07

What is his passing profile?

162
passes attempted
44%
mostly sideways
57%
mostly short
Direction
Forward
66 · 41%
Sideways
71 · 44%
Backward
25 · 15%
Length (completed)
Short (<15m)
82 · 57%
Medium
59 · 41%
Long (>30m)
4 · 3%
04

Where Does He Receive?

The zones where Ismaël Doukouré 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
23%
Primary
Left Half-Space, Defensive third
23%
Secondary
Left Half-Space, Middle third
11%
Third
Central, Middle third
These are the zones where he collected the ball most.
05

Where Does He Operate? — Every Zone

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

2%7%6%2%4%9%15%3%10%20%17%4%
own goal left, attacking →
09

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.

1Cross
4Progressive
14Long ball
2Switch
By zone — where the pass started → where it landed
11Outside → Inside
88Inside → Inside
11Outside → Outside
35Inside → Outside
By direction
66Forward
25Backward
71Sideways
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 →
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 defensive third: 70% of his 10 touches there are lost (7 times).
70%7/10 lost—7 touches · too few7%1/15 lost11%4/38 lost7%1/15 lost—2 touches · too few7%1/14 lost0%0/18 lost3%1/37 lost—5 touches · too few—0 touches · too few—0 touches · too few—1 touch · too few—0 touches · too few—0 touches · too fewRWRHSCLHSLWDEFMIDATT
Out of possession

Out of possession

Where and how he defends and presses.

11

How & where does he defend?

44 defensive actions across the season (15.2/90). 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 →
4
tackles · 75% won
2
interceptions · 0.7/90
15
recoveries · 5.2/90
10
clearances · 3.5/90
0
blocks
26
avg action height
0
won high (att 3rd)
15
middle third
29
own third
Vision AI A deep-defending defender. He wins the ball mainly by stepping in — tackles, interceptions & recoveries outweigh clearances. 21 proactive ball-wins (7.3/90), tackle success 75%. He defends deep, protecting his box — a last-line stopper.
Team

Team context

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

12

Impact on the Team

Strasbourg's output per match with Ismaël Doukouré (3 matches) versus without him (5 matches). Insufficient evidence — the without-sample is only 5 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 (3)
WITHOUT (5)
Δ
goals against /match
1.67
2.60
-0.93
points /match
1.33
0.60
+0.73
goals for /match
2.67
0.80
+1.87
xG for /match
1.35
0.00
+1.35
13

His Share of the Team

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

category
share
him / team
clearances
17%
87 / 505
interceptions
11%
25 / 223
ball recoveries
11%
113 / 1037
Recruitment

Style and verdict

Style profile, closest comparables, and the summary.

15

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-back72%Stopper centre-back37%
Why Ball-playing centre-back 72%: a weighted blend of retention 78 (weight 30%) + build-up 70 (weight 30%) + press resistance 78 (weight 15%) + progression 37 (weight 25%). The score reflects how distinctively his profile SHAPE matches this archetype vs his peers.
Elite
—
Strong
dribbling, press resistance, retention, carrying, build-up
Average
through-balls, transition, territory (wide vs central), receiving zones, crossing
Weak
defensive aggression, progression, final-third threat, creativity, box threat, ball-winning, line-breaking, passing directness
Unknown
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Dribbling
83
Press resistance ~proxy
78
Retention
78
Carrying
74
Build-up
70
Through-balls ~proxy
52
Transition ~proxy
51
Territory (wide vs central)
49
Receiving zones
45
Crossing
42
Defensive aggression
38
Progression
37
Final-third threat
36
Creativity
36
Box threat
32
Ball-winning
32
Line-breaking
17
Passing directness
16
16

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: 183 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 Ligue 1, Bundesliga, La Liga, 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.

Einar Galilea Malaga · La Liga · 185 cm / 73 kg
87%
Driven by: press resistance (18%), dribbling (13%), build-up (11%). Different mechanism — Doukouré more via through-balls, territory (wide vs central); Galilea more via build-up.
Torbjørn Heggem Bologna · Serie A · 192 cm / 80 kg
86%
Driven by: press resistance (16%), retention (12%), line-breaking (10%). Different mechanism — Doukouré more via receiving zones, territory (wide vs central).
Ángel Recio Malaga · La Liga · 185 cm / 80 kg
86%
Driven by: press resistance (21%), retention (17%), ball-winning (10%). Different mechanism — Recio more via passing directness.
Mamadou Sarr Real Sociedad · La Liga · 194 cm / 77 kg
84%
Driven by: press resistance (17%), build-up (15%), retention (14%). Different mechanism — Doukouré more via through-balls, territory (wide vs central); Sarr more via build-up.
Jahmai Simpson-Pusey Koln · Bundesliga · 187 cm / 79 kg
81%
Driven by: press resistance (16%), dribbling (15%), passing directness (12%). Different mechanism — Doukouré more via territory (wide vs central), receiving zones; Simpson-Pusey more via through-balls.
Josip Sutalo Lazio · Serie A · 185 cm / 82 kg
81%
Driven by: press resistance (17%), retention (13%), line-breaking (11%). Different mechanism — Doukouré more via through-balls, crossing; Sutalo more via ball-winning.
17

Summary

Ismaël Doukouré is a ball-playing centre-back: 90% pass completion, 14 line-breaking passes and 1.4 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 3 matches (260 minutes) — an early read, treat with caution until more minutes are logged. He profiles as a ball-playing centre-back — best used in a system built around that identity. His biggest room for growth is progression — even a modest improvement there would meaningfully lift his overall ball-playing centre-back profile.
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