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Ousmane Camara

Angers
Ball-playing centre-back CB
5.6 progressive passes/90 · 0.1 line-breaking/90
Capability Analysis
Aerial & Box Defending38%vs 43 centre-backs
"Can he win the individual defensive battle in his own box?"
Aerial duels won /900.00%
Aerial win rate: 0.0%
Clearances /905.6977%
Ball-Winning44%vs 43 centre-backs
"How actively does he win the ball back?"
Interceptions /900.9630%
Ball recoveries /903.4136%
Tackles /901.4257%
Duels won /901.5852%
Breaking Pressure
only 103 pressured-passing actions across 2 high-press matches -- not enough sample (needs 5+ matches and 12+ actions)
Progression24%vs 43 centre-backs
"Can he move the team forward with a pass, not just recycle it sideways?"
Progressive passes /901.475%
Line-breaking passes /900.349%
Threat added by passing /900.63xT9%
Pass accuracy90.92%75%
Ball-Carrying18%vs 43 centre-backs
"Does he advance the ball himself when the pass isn't on?"
Progressive carries /903.3416%
Carry distance /9090.0m20%
centre-backball-playing centre-backbuild-upline-breaking
606
minutes
7 apps
373
passes
93% completed
93%
pass completion
373 passes
38
progressive passes
5.6/90
20
line-breaking passes
3.0/90
90
defensive actions
13.4/90
14
tackles + interceptions
75% tackle win
39
clearances
5.8/90
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 (50% of his 373 passes)
93% completion · 373× in 7/7 matches
↓
BREAK A LINE
vertical pass past the opponent midfield
5.6 prog/90 · 20× in 6/7 matches
↓
SWITCH PLAY
diagonal to the far side
cross-field balls · 6× in 3/7 matches
↓
PROGRESS
entries into the final third
1.5/90 · 10× in 6/7 matches
Signature: Receive → Break A Line → Switch Play → 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: carry out — 2× (low confidence, shown as a number only, no tactical conclusion drawn) — omitted from the signature rather than presented as one.
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 →
53
passes / match
13.4
def actions / 90
22–76
pass range (matches)
39
clearances
Pass range = his fewest and most passes in any single match this season (22 at the low end, 76 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.

08

How dangerous are his carries?

Real ball-carries

101 tracked carries (15.0/90, 17 progressive, 742m 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.

13%17%17%5%1%3%13%20%9%1%1%1%
progressivelateral/short% of his 101 carries originating in each zone · own goal left, attacking →
Every carry, exact path — median 6m, longest 18m
By zone — where the carry started → where it ended
3Outside → Inside
85Inside → Inside
6Outside → Outside
7Inside → Outside
First (47)Second (25)Third (20)Fourth (9)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).

8
tackle duels
6
won
2
beaten · 25%
brighter band = more tackle duels · own goal left, attacking →
INSIDE 50%
OUTSIDE 50%
Tackle-duel location — 4 inside · 4 outside
Right Wing
3 · 38%
Right Half-Space
3 · 38%
Central
0 · 0%
Left Half-Space
1 · 12%
Left Wing
1 · 12%
Vision AI beaten in 2 of 8 tackle duels (25% loss rate) — a solid 1v1 defensive record.
Every tackle duel, exact location
wonlost — dribbled pastown goal left, attacking →

He attempted only 1 dribble 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?

12%
vertical passes
35×
1%
switches
4×
30%
carries
85×
57%
short circulation
162×
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 →RWRHSCLHSLWRW5250%2621%1129%15RHS16435%5815%2532%5217%281%1C11913%1622%2633%3926%316%7LHS1127%336%49%127%3LW0FROM
Rows normalised: each row sums to 100% of that lane's completed passes. Grey number = passes from that lane.

Primary route: the right wing in the defensive third → the right half-space in the middle third — 2 progressive passes (22% of his progression) at 0.068 xT each. He moves it inside.

His progression is inward: 56% of progressive passes move the ball toward the middle versus 11% going wider — he cuts in rather than holding width.

11% of his passes are cross-field switches — he changes the point of attack often.

Quality behind the volume: 1 line-breaking passes and 10 final-third entries, 4.2 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
8%20%18%6%1%8%13%16%9%1%0%1%0%0%0%
completedincomplete373 passes · any zone → any zone · own goal left, attacking →
373
passes
93%
completed
27
lost
Vision AIIn line with his 93% 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 · 5.6/90
10
final-third entries · 1.5/90
1
box entries · 0.15/90
15
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?

2 key passes (0.30/90), 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:
50%50%
chance creation (2)assist (0)% of the selected group's key passes originating in each zone
09

Where does he become vulnerable?

27 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.

1
attacking third (cheap)
11
middle third
15
own third (dangerous)
Vision AI 4% of losses are in the attacking third — a notable share happen deeper, which invites transitions.
Mistake danger (proxy): 2.24 danger-index/90 · 0.558 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?

373
passes attempted
45%
mostly sideways
59%
mostly medium
Direction
Forward
166 · 45%
Sideways
169 · 45%
Backward
38 · 10%
Length (completed)
Short (<15m)
130 · 38%
Medium
203 · 59%
Long (>30m)
13 · 4%
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.

0.500.320.250.240.180.15
own goal left, attacking →
Highest-value routes (xT)
0.50
Right Half-Space Mid third → Right Wing Mid third
10 passes
0.32
Right Wing Def third → Right Half-Space Mid third
4 passes
0.25
Right Half-Space Def third → Right Half-Space Mid third
4 passes
0.24
Right Half-Space Mid third → Right Half-Space Mid third
3 passes
0.18
Central Mid third → Right Wing Att third
2 passes
0.15
Right Half-Space Mid third → Right Wing Att third
1 passes
06

Where Does He Receive?

The zones where Ousmane Camara 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
25%
Primary
Right Half-Space, Middle third
21%
Secondary
Right Half-Space, Defensive third
17%
Third
Central, Middle third
These are the zones where he collected the ball most.
07

Where Does He Operate? — Every Zone

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

8%20%18%6%1%8%13%16%9%1%0%1%0%0%0%
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.

2Key pass
38Progressive
20Long ball
6Switch
By zone — where the pass started → where it landed
26Outside → Inside
209Inside → Inside
26Outside → Outside
85Inside → Outside
By direction
166Forward
38Backward
169Sideways
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 switches it out from the right hs to the right wing in the middle third — 10 passes worth 0.50 xT.
Where do his chances come from?
Of 2 key passes, his busiest route is a delivery where he plays inside from the right hs toward the central in the final 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 right wing in the defensive third: 16% of his 37 touches there are lost (6 times).
16%6/37 lost8%6/80 lost4%2/57 lost—5 touches · too few—1 touch · too few9%2/23 lost6%6/93 lost5%3/65 lost—6 touches · too few—0 touches · too few—0 touches · too few—3 touches · too few—3 touches · too few—0 touches · too few—0 touches · too fewRWRHSCLHSLWDEFMIDATT
Out of possession

Out of possession

Where and how he defends and presses.

13

How & where does he defend?

90 defensive actions across the season (13.4/90). 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 →
8
tackles · 75% won
6
interceptions · 0.9/90
15
recoveries · 2.2/90
39
clearances · 5.8/90
1
blocks
26
avg action height
6
won high (att 3rd)
18
middle third
66
own third
Vision AI A deep-defending defender. He wins the ball mainly by clearing and blocking — a reactive, protect-the-box profile. 29 proactive ball-wins (4.3/90), tackle success 75%. He defends deep, protecting his box — a last-line stopper.
14

Can he play under pressure?

Split by how hard the opponent pressed (opponent PPDA — lower = more intense press). Can Ousmane Camara 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 ~2-3 matches — directional evidence, not proof.

press tier
completion
prog /90
line-breaks /90
xT /90
High press (PPDA 3.9, 2m)
93%
3.7
1.9
0.60
Mid press (PPDA 5.0, 2m)
86%
6.2
4.3
0.86
Low press (PPDA 6.7, 3m)
97%
6.9
2.8
1.01
Team

Team context

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

15

Impact on the Team

Angers's output per match with Ousmane Camara (7 matches) versus without him (1 matches). Insufficient evidence — the without-sample is only 1 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 (7)
WITHOUT (1)
Δ
goals against /match
1.43
5.00
-3.57
points /match
1.14
0.00
+1.14
goals for /match
1.00
2.00
-1.00
xG for /match
1.25
0.00
+1.25
16

His Share of the Team

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

category
share
him / team
clearances
24%
220 / 926
interceptions
11%
37 / 347
ball recoveries
9%
132 / 1455
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 513 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-back56%Stopper centre-back38%
Why Ball-playing centre-back 56%: a weighted blend of retention 71 (weight 30%) + build-up 70 (weight 30%) + press resistance 57 (weight 15%) + progression 10 (weight 25%). The score reflects how distinctively his profile SHAPE matches this archetype vs his peers.
Elite
—
Strong
passing directness, retention
Average
build-up, press resistance, ball-winning, creativity
Weak
transition, dribbling, box threat, defensive aggression, receiving zones, carrying, line-breaking, through-balls, crossing, progression, final-third threat, territory (wide vs central)
Unknown
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Passing directness
72
Retention
71
Build-up
70
Press resistance ~proxy
57
Ball-winning
46
Creativity
43
Transition ~proxy
40
Dribbling
38
Box threat
38
Defensive aggression
31
Receiving zones
20
Carrying
18
Line-breaking
14
Through-balls ~proxy
14
Crossing
13
Progression
10
Final-third threat
8
Territory (wide vs central)
7
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: 197 cm / 90 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.

Maxime Estève RBL · Bundesliga · 193 cm / 87 kg
93%
Driven by: progression (15%), final-third threat (10%), line-breaking (10%). Different mechanism — Estève more via territory (wide vs central), crossing.
Yerry Mina Cagliari · Serie A · 195 cm / 99 kg
88%
Driven by: crossing (14%), territory (wide vs central) (11%), final-third threat (11%). Different mechanism — Mina more via box threat, carrying.
Christian Kabasele Udinese · Serie A · 187 cm / 84 kg
88%
Driven by: progression (14%), final-third threat (14%), crossing (11%). Different mechanism — Camara more via ball-winning; Kabasele more via dribbling.
Dani Calvo Real Oviedo · La Liga 25/26 · 190 cm / 82 kg
85%
Driven by: progression (14%), final-third threat (12%), line-breaking (9%). Different mechanism — Camara more via passing directness, transition.
Daniele Rugani Fiorentina · Serie A · 190 cm / 84 kg
84%
Driven by: progression (12%), final-third threat (10%), crossing (10%). Different mechanism — Camara more via creativity, dribbling; Rugani more via passing directness.
Ville Koski Alaves · La Liga · 185 cm
84%
Driven by: final-third threat (14%), progression (13%), crossing (11%). Different mechanism — Camara more via creativity, ball-winning.
20

Summary

Ousmane Camara is a ball-playing centre-back: 93% pass completion, 20 line-breaking passes and 5.6 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 7 matches (606 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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