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Player reportSerie A 2025/26

Tarik Muharemovic

Leeds
Ball-playing centre-back CB
5.5 progressive passes/90 · 0.7 line-breaking/90
centre-backball-playing centre-backbuild-upline-breaking
2997
minutes
32 apps
1655
passes
86% completed
86%
pass completion
1655 passes
182
progressive passes
5.5/90
228
line-breaking passes
6.8/90
525
defensive actions
15.8/90
89
tackles + interceptions
50% tackle win
228
clearances
6.8/90
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 defensive third (49% of his 1655 passes)
86% completion · 1655× in 32/32 matches
↓
CARRY OUT
step into midfield to commit a presser
12 carries · 24× in 11/32 matches
↓
BREAK A LINE
vertical pass past the opponent midfield
5.5 prog/90 · 228× in 31/32 matches
↓
SWITCH PLAY
diagonal to the far side
cross-field balls · 59× in 27/32 matches
↓
PROGRESS
entries into the final third
2.7/90 · 91× in 31/32 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.
18

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 →
52
passes / match
15.8
def actions / 90
10–92
pass range (matches)
228
clearances
Pass range = his fewest and most passes in any single match this season (10 at the low end, 92 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.

10

How dangerous are his carries?

Real ball-carries

422 tracked carries (12.7/90, 80 progressive, 3592m 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.

1%1%0%7%18%16%4%0%10%19%17%6%1%
progressivelateral/short% of his 422 carries originating in each zone · own goal left, attacking →
Every carry, exact path — median 7m, longest 37m
By zone — where the carry started → where it ended
30Outside → Inside
293Inside → Inside
50Outside → Outside
49Inside → Outside
First (135)Second (117)Third (104)Fourth (66)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).

44
tackle duels
22
won
22
beaten · 50%
brighter band = more tackle duels · own goal left, attacking →
INSIDE 61%
OUTSIDE 39%
Tackle-duel location — 27 inside · 17 outside
Right Wing
1 · 2%
Right Half-Space
2 · 5%
Central
8 · 18%
Left Half-Space
17 · 39%
Left Wing
16 · 36%
Vision AI beaten in 22 of 44 tackle duels (50% loss rate) — a real defensive leak worth flagging.
Every tackle duel, exact location
wonlost — dribbled pastown goal left, attacking →

Dribbles (1v1s)

For a centre-back the carry is a build-up weapon — does he step out through the middle, or keep it simple? Every carry classified by channel. Season rate: 0.41 dribbles attempted /90.

brighter band = more dribbles · own goal left, attacking →
INSIDE 50%
OUTSIDE 50%
Dribble location — 6 inside · 6 outside
Right Wing
0 · 0%
Right Half-Space
1 · 8%
Central
1 · 8%
Left Half-Space
4 · 33%
Left Wing
6 · 50%
Vision AI 50% of his carries are central — he steps out through the middle to draw a presser before releasing.
02

How does he build & move the ball?

How does he escape the first line?

13%
vertical passes
158×
4%
switches
50×
32%
carries
372×
50%
short circulation
591×
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 →RWRHSCLHSLWRW838%350%412%1RHS4120%832%1337%1510%42%1C4248%3524%10333%14018%7716%69LHS6642%1110%6434%22521%14233%222LW2801%22%519%5334%9545%125FROM
Rows normalised: each row sums to 100% of that lane's completed passes. Grey number = passes from that lane.

Primary route: the left half-space in the middle third → the left half-space in the middle third — 11 progressive passes (11% of his progression) at 0.036 xT each. He keeps it in the same lane.

His progression is inward: 38% of progressive passes move the ball toward the middle versus 14% going wider — he cuts in rather than holding width.

9% of his passes are cross-field switches — he changes the point of attack often.

Quality behind the volume: 24 line-breaking passes and 91 final-third entries, 25.2 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
0%1%1%1%0%0%5%15%13%5%1%0%8%20%18%9%2%0%
completedincomplete1655 passes · any zone → any zone · own goal left, attacking →
1655
passes
86%
completed
238
lost
Vision AIIn line with his 86% season completion rate.
03

How does he progress play?

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

182
progressive · 5.5/90
91
final-third entries · 2.7/90
8
box entries · 0.24/90
16
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.
13

How does he create chances?

4 key passes (0.12/90), 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:
25%25%25%25%
chance creation (4)assist (0)% of the selected group's key passes originating in each zone
06

Where does he become vulnerable?

243 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.

19
attacking third (cheap)
118
middle third
106
own third (dangerous)
Vision AI 8% of losses are in the attacking third — a notable share happen deeper, which invites transitions.
Mistake danger (proxy): 3.81 danger-index/90 · 0.522 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?

1655
passes attempted
51%
mostly forward
50%
mostly medium
Direction
Forward
849 · 51%
Sideways
599 · 36%
Backward
207 · 13%
Length (completed)
Short (<15m)
607 · 43%
Medium
705 · 50%
Long (>30m)
105 · 7%
07

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.

1.291.260.940.900.860.84
own goal left, attacking →
Highest-value routes (xT)
1.29
Left Half-Space Mid third → Left Half-Space Att third
5 passes · 1 to a shot
1.26
Left Half-Space Mid third → Left Wing Mid third
21 passes
0.94
Left Half-Space Mid third → Left Half-Space Mid third
10 passes
0.90
Left Half-Space Def third → Left Half-Space Mid third
13 passes
0.86
Left Half-Space Mid third → Central Att third
5 passes
0.84
Left Wing Def third → Left Wing Mid third
11 passes
08

Where Does He Receive?

The zones where Tarik Muharemovic 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
21%
Secondary
Left Half-Space, Middle third
15%
Third
Central, Defensive third
These are the zones where he collected the ball most.
09

Where Does He Operate? — Every Zone

Every on-ball touch (pass, dribble, shot) binned into a 6×3 grid — raw counts of where Tarik Muharemovic 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:
1273392951543748525522188181731217942
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%1%0%0%5%15%13%5%1%0%8%20%18%9%2%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.

4Key pass
7Cross
2Cutback
182Progressive
228Long ball
59Switch
By zone — where the pass started → where it landed
158Outside → Inside
783Inside → Inside
130Outside → Outside
346Inside → Outside
By direction
849Forward
207Backward
599Sideways
own goal left, attacking →
04

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 hs, advancing it forward in the middle third — 5 passes worth 1.29 xT.
Where do his chances come from?
Of 4 key passes, his busiest route is a delivery where he switches it out from the left hs to the left wing, advancing it forward in the defensive 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 central in the final third: 56% of his 9 touches there are lost (5 times).
—4 touches · too few23%3/13 lost8%19/242 lost8%30/377 lost29%51/173 lost—4 touches · too few24%9/37 lost13%30/227 lost15%52/357 lost15%25/163 lost—2 touches · too few—4 touches · too few56%5/9 lost37%7/19 lost17%4/24 lostRWRHSCLHSLWDEFMIDATT
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Crosses & Cutbacks

7 crosses (0.21/90, 1 completed) and 2 cutbacks (0.06/90, 0 completed) — two separate wide-delivery patterns into the box, each its own map with a completed/failed filter. Neither is a tagged event, so both are inferred from pass geometry — the intended end point of a failed attempt is still real data (an interception doesn’t erase where the ball was aimed): a cross is a pass aimed into the box starting from a wide channel; a cutback starts almost on the byline but is squared back rather than driven forward, aimed centrally around the box. The completed-cross count was checked against this platform’s own real match-level cross totals and lands within about 1 cross of the true count.

Crosses — close-up on the final third
Cutbacks — close-up on the final third
completedfailed (dashed)close-up on the box — attacking ↑ toward goal
Out of possession

Out of possession

Where and how he defends and presses.

14

How & where does he defend?

525 defensive actions across the season (15.8/90). 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.

click a card to isolate that action type · own goal left, attacking →
44
tackles · 50% won
45
interceptions · 1.4/90
91
recoveries · 2.7/90
228
clearances · 6.8/90
10
blocks
25
avg action height
16
won high (att 3rd)
131
middle third
378
own third
Vision AI A deep-defending defender. He wins the ball mainly by clearing and blocking — a reactive, protect-the-box profile. 180 proactive ball-wins (5.4/90), tackle success 50%. He defends deep, protecting his box — a last-line stopper.
15

Can he play under pressure?

Split by how hard the opponent pressed (opponent PPDA — lower = more intense press). Can Tarik Muharemovic 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 ~10-12 matches — directional evidence, not proof.

press tier
completion
prog /90
line-breaks /90
xT /90
High press (PPDA 4.4, 10m)
81%
4.6
5.9
0.68
Mid press (PPDA 6.3, 10m)
84%
3.7
7.6
0.94
Low press (PPDA 9.0, 12m)
88%
7.6
7.0
1.25
Team

Team context

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

16

Impact on the Team

Leeds's output per match with Tarik Muharemovic (32 matches) versus without him (6 matches). 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 (32)
WITHOUT (6)
Δ
goals against /match
1.44
0.67
+0.77
points /match
1.22
1.67
-0.45
goals for /match
1.22
1.17
+0.05
xG for /match
1.15
0.32
+0.83
17

His Share of the Team

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

category
share
him / team
clearances
25%
292 / 1190
interceptions
16%
58 / 370
threat added by passing (xT)
9%
41.3 / 445.3
Recruitment

Style and verdict

Style profile, closest comparables, and the summary.

19

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-back63%Stopper centre-back39%
Why Ball-playing centre-back 63%: a weighted blend of build-up 69 (weight 30%) + retention 55 (weight 30%) + progression 50 (weight 25%) + press resistance 62 (weight 15%). The score reflects how distinctively his profile SHAPE matches this archetype vs his peers.
Elite
passing directness
Strong
—
Average
dribbling, build-up, press resistance, box threat, line-breaking, through-balls, creativity, retention, transition, carrying, ball-winning, progression, receiving zones, final-third threat
Weak
territory (wide vs central), crossing, defensive aggression
Unknown
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Passing directness
88
Dribbling
70
Build-up
69
Press resistance ~proxy
62
Box threat
58
Line-breaking
56
Through-balls ~proxy
56
Creativity
55
Retention
55
Transition ~proxy
53
Carrying
52
Ball-winning
50
Progression
50
Receiving zones
42
Final-third threat
41
Territory (wide vs central)
33
Crossing
32
Defensive aggression
30
20

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 / 84 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 Premier League, Bundesliga, La Liga, Ligue 1 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.

Morato Nottingham Forest 25/26 · 192 cm / 88 kg
78%
Driven by: passing directness (27%), defensive aggression (19%), dribbling (16%). Different mechanism — Muharemovic more via receiving zones; Morato more via crossing.
Mariano Troilo Parma Calcio 1913 · Serie A · 191 cm / 86 kg
65%
Driven by: dribbling (19%), passing directness (17%), press resistance (16%). Different mechanism — Muharemovic more via line-breaking, through-balls; Troilo more via crossing, defensive aggression.
Alessio Romagnoli Lazio · Serie A · 185 cm / 75 kg
63%
Driven by: defensive aggression (24%), build-up (22%), passing directness (16%). Different mechanism — Muharemovic more via through-balls, creativity; Romagnoli more via retention.
Yerry Mina Cagliari · Serie A · 195 cm / 99 kg
63%
Driven by: build-up (18%), passing directness (17%), crossing (16%). Different mechanism — Muharemovic more via dribbling, through-balls; Mina more via retention.
David Costas Real Oviedo · La Liga 25/26 · 184 cm / 71 kg
61%
Driven by: defensive aggression (28%), crossing (14%), passing directness (12%). Different mechanism — Muharemovic more via line-breaking, box threat.
Marin Pongracic Fiorentina · Serie A · 193 cm / 95 kg
59%
Driven by: defensive aggression (21%), build-up (16%), dribbling (16%). Different mechanism — Muharemovic more via box threat, passing directness; Pongracic more via carrying, transition.
21

Summary

Tarik Muharemovic is a ball-playing centre-back: 86% pass completion, 228 line-breaking passes and 5.5 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 32 matches (2997 minutes) this season — a reliable read. 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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