Thin sample this season. Cesare Casadei has played 2 matches (91 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
drop between the centre-backs — mostly in the middle third (57% of his 21 passes)
67% completion · 21× in 2/2 matches
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SCREEN / WIN BALL
protect the back four
7.9 ball-wins/90 · 8× in 2/2 matches
Signature: Receive → Screen / Win Ball — 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: escape pressure — 1× (low confidence, shown as a number only, no tactical conclusion drawn); progress central — 2× (low confidence, shown as a number only, no tactical conclusion drawn); recycle / progress — 0× (insufficient confidence, hidden — not enough evidence yet) — omitted from the signature rather than presented as one.
19 defensive actions across the season (18.8/90). 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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2
tackles · 100% won
1
interceptions · 1.0/90
5
recoveries · 4.9/90
2
clearances · 2.0/90
1
blocks
36
avg action height
1
won high (att 3rd)
10
middle third
8
own third
Vision AI A mid-block defender. He wins the ball mainly by stepping in — tackles, interceptions & recoveries outweigh clearances. 8 proactive ball-wins (7.9/90), tackle success 100%. He defends mostly around the middle third.
Team
Team context
How much of the team runs through him, and what changes without him.
Torino's output per match with Cesare Casadei (2 matches) versus without him (6 matches). Insufficient evidence — the without-sample is only 6 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 (6)
Δ
goals against /match
1.00
1.50
-0.50
points /match
1.50
1.67
-0.17
goals for /match
2.00
1.50
+0.50
xG for /match
1.06
0.44
+0.61
04
His Share of the Team
Of everything Torino produced this season, the categories where the biggest share ran through Cesare Casadei specifically — his share of the team total, not a per-90 rate.
category
share
him / team
expected goals (xG)
7%
3.9 / 57.0
zone-14 entries
7%
18 / 270
shots
6%
35 / 585
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 258 defensive mids 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.
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Box threat
81
Defensive aggression
80
Dribbling
62
Creativity
61
Territory (wide vs central)
60
Passing directness
49
Receiving zones
49
Line-breaking
47
Press resistance ~proxy
47
Carrying
41
Transition ~proxy
34
Progression
31
Retention
28
Final-third threat
19
Crossing
18
Ball-winning
18
Build-up
14
Through-balls ~proxy
13
06
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: 192 cm / 77 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.
Believe Munongo Metz · Ligue 1 25/26 · 188 cm
80%
Driven by: crossing (17%), through-balls (15%), build-up (12%). Different mechanism — Casadei more via box threat; Munongo more via receiving zones, retention.
Yangel Herrera Real Sociedad · La Liga · 184 cm / 78 kg
80%
Driven by: ball-winning (19%), defensive aggression (16%), crossing (16%). Different mechanism — Casadei more via creativity, box threat; Herrera more via passing directness, build-up.
Jakub Piotrowski Udinese · 188 cm / 79 kg
74%
Driven by: build-up (29%), crossing (16%), box threat (16%). Different mechanism — Piotrowski more via through-balls, carrying.
Cher Ndour Fiorentina · 190 cm / 82 kg
74%
Driven by: ball-winning (18%), build-up (16%), box threat (10%). Different mechanism — Casadei more via passing directness, line-breaking; Ndour more via through-balls, crossing.
Lucas Torró Osasuna · La Liga · 190 cm / 77 kg
73%
Driven by: ball-winning (13%), build-up (13%), through-balls (12%). Different mechanism — Casadei more via carrying, creativity; Torró more via passing directness, crossing.
Tomás Soucek West Ham · Premier League 25/26 · 192 cm / 86 kg
66%
Driven by: ball-winning (18%), crossing (14%), final-third threat (10%). Different mechanism — Casadei more via dribbling, line-breaking; Soucek more via territory (wide vs central).
07
Summary
Cesare Casadei is a ball-winning 6: 67% completion, 2 line-breaks and 0.0 progressive passes /90, resisting pressure with 0% dribble success. A central controller. [Off-ball screening position and scanning need tracking data.]
Based on 2 matches (91 minutes) — an early read, treat with caution until more minutes are logged. He profiles as a ball-winning 6 — best used in a system built around that identity.
His biggest room for growth is ball-winning — even a modest improvement there would meaningfully lift his overall ball-winning 6 profile.
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