Thin sample this season. Guéla Doué has played 1 match (97 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
Right Wing, Middle third — wide or inverted — mostly in the middle third (48% of his 31 passes)
74% completion · 31× in 1/1 matches
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PROGRESS
carry or combine up the flank
0.9 prog/90 · 1× in 1/1 matches
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DRIBBLE
beat his man up the line
0% won · 1× in 1/1 matches
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DEFEND
1v1 and cover on his side
17 def actions · lost 0% deep · 17× in 1/1 matches
Signature: Receive → Progress → Dribble → Defend — 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: deliver — 0× (insufficient confidence, hidden — not enough evidence yet) — 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.
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
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chance creation (0)assist (0)% of the selected group's key passes originating in each zone
17 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.
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1
tackles · 100% won
0
interceptions · 0.0/90
2
recoveries · 1.9/90
4
clearances · 3.7/90
3
blocks
32
avg action height
2
won high (att 3rd)
5
middle third
10
own third
Vision AI A deep-defending defender. He wins the ball mainly by clearing and blocking — a reactive, protect-the-box profile. 3 proactive ball-wins (2.8/90), 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.
Leverkusen's output per match with Guéla Doué (1 matches) versus without him (7 matches). Insufficient evidence — the without-sample is only 7 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 (1)
WITHOUT (7)
Δ
goals against /match
4.00
2.00
+2.00
points /match
0.00
1.00
-1.00
goals for /match
0.00
1.71
-1.71
xG for /match
0.26
0.00
+0.26
05
His Share of the Team
Of everything Leverkusen produced this season, the categories where the biggest share ran through Guéla Doué specifically — his share of the team total, not a per-90 rate.
category
share
him / team
clearances
24%
110 / 450
progressive passes
19%
145 / 770
threat added by passing (xT)
15%
33.1 / 216.4
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 232 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.
Inverted full-back81%Overlapping full-back63%
Why Inverted full-back 81%: a weighted blend of build-up 89 (weight 35%) + retention 81 (weight 30%) + progression 50 (weight 25%) + press resistance 74 (weight 10%). The score reflects how distinctively his profile SHAPE matches this archetype vs his peers.
receiving zones, creativity, line-breaking, through-balls, territory (wide vs central)
Unknown
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Build-up
89
Carrying
86
Passing directness
82
Retention
81
Transition ~proxy
78
Press resistance ~proxy
74
Dribbling
70
Defensive aggression
69
Ball-winning
62
Box threat
57
Final-third threat
54
Progression
50
Crossing
44
Receiving zones
35
Creativity
28
Line-breaking
14
Through-balls ~proxy
14
Territory (wide vs central)
10
07
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: 187 cm / 88 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.
Piero Hincapié Arsenal · Premier League · 183 cm / 77 kg
77%
Driven by: build-up (17%), territory (wide vs central) (13%), through-balls (12%). Different mechanism — Doué more via dribbling, carrying.
Koffi Kouao Metz 25/26 · 173 cm / 65 kg
71%
Driven by: build-up (13%), press resistance (13%), transition (10%). Different mechanism — Doué more via crossing, final-third threat; Kouao more via line-breaking, territory (wide vs central).
Josko Gvardiol Man City · Premier League · 185 cm / 80 kg
69%
Driven by: build-up (23%), territory (wide vs central) (14%), retention (12%). Different mechanism — Doué more via dribbling, ball-winning; Gvardiol more via receiving zones, line-breaking.
Ben Chilwell Crystal Palace · Premier League · 178 cm / 77 kg
68%
Driven by: build-up (20%), creativity (16%), retention (12%). Different mechanism — Doué more via defensive aggression, receiving zones.
Mathías Olivera Napoli · Serie A · 174 cm / 78 kg
67%
Driven by: build-up (23%), transition (12%), territory (wide vs central) (11%). Different mechanism — Doué more via dribbling, passing directness; Olivera more via receiving zones, creativity.
Joane Gadou Borussia Dortmund · Bundesliga · 194 cm / 75 kg
66%
Driven by: build-up (22%), transition (13%), retention (12%). Different mechanism — Doué more via box threat; Gadou more via receiving zones, line-breaking.
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Summary
Guéla Doué is an inverted full-back / overlapping full-back: 0.9 progressive passes and 0 box entries, delivering 0 key passes. Overlap-first full-back. [1v1 recovery pace and off-ball overlap timing need tracking.]
Based on 1 matches (97 minutes) — an early read, treat with caution until more minutes are logged. He profiles as an inverted full-back / overlapping full-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 inverted full-back profile.
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