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Player reportBundesliga 2025/26

Konstantinos Koulierakis

Roma
Ball-playing centre-back CB
5.9 progressive passes/90 · 1.1 line-breaking/90
centre-backball-playing centre-backbuild-upline-breaking
2678
minutes
29 apps
1524
passes
84% completed
84%
pass completion
1524 passes
177
progressive passes
5.9/90
243
line-breaking passes
8.2/90
449
defensive actions
15.1/90
76
tackles + interceptions
64% tackle win
167
clearances
5.6/90
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 1524 passes)
84% completion · 1524× in 29/29 matches
↓
CARRY OUT
step into midfield to commit a presser
8 carries · 16× in 6/29 matches
↓
BREAK A LINE
vertical pass past the opponent midfield
5.9 prog/90 · 243× in 29/29 matches
↓
SWITCH PLAY
diagonal to the far side
cross-field balls · 59× in 25/29 matches
↓
PROGRESS
entries into the final third
3.8/90 · 113× in 26/29 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 →
53
passes / match
15.1
def actions / 90
5–109
pass range (matches)
167
clearances
Pass range = his fewest and most passes in any single match this season (5 at the low end, 109 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

357 tracked carries (12.0/90, 87 progressive, 3286m 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.

0%0%1%2%12%18%5%1%10%15%24%9%2%1%
progressivelateral/short% of his 357 carries originating in each zone · own goal left, attacking →
Every carry, exact path — median 7m, longest 51m
By zone — where the carry started → where it ended
38Outside → Inside
261Inside → Inside
36Outside → Outside
22Inside → Outside
First (134)Second (106)Third (80)Fourth (37)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).

39
tackle duels
25
won
14
beaten · 36%
brighter band = more tackle duels · own goal left, attacking →
INSIDE 49%
OUTSIDE 51%
Tackle-duel location — 19 inside · 20 outside
Right Wing
0 · 0%
Right Half-Space
0 · 0%
Central
6 · 15%
Left Half-Space
13 · 33%
Left Wing
20 · 51%
Vision AI beaten in 14 of 39 tackle duels (36% loss rate) — a solid 1v1 defensive record.
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: 0.25 dribbles attempted /90.

brighter band = more dribbles · own goal left, attacking →
INSIDE 50%
OUTSIDE 50%
Dribble location — 4 inside · 4 outside
Right Wing
0 · 0%
Right Half-Space
0 · 0%
Central
1 · 12%
Left Half-Space
3 · 38%
Left Wing
4 · 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?

15%
vertical passes
151×
5%
switches
47×
30%
carries
288×
50%
short circulation
489×
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 →RWRHSCLHSLWRW1331%462%88%1RHS1729%541%712%218%3C3206%1826%8344%14212%4012%37LHS6351%99%5842%26914%9233%207LW2911%31%423%6828%8146%135FROM
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 final third — 12 progressive passes (9% of his progression) at 0.159 xT each. He keeps it in the same lane.

His progression is inward: 46% of progressive passes move the ball toward the middle versus 14% going wider — he cuts in rather than holding width.

8% of his passes are cross-field switches — he changes the point of attack often.

Quality behind the volume: 32 line-breaking passes and 113 final-third entries, 27.2 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%0%0%7%10%12%5%1%0%12%16%19%13%3%1%
completedincomplete1524 passes · any zone → any zone · own goal left, attacking →
1524
passes
84%
completed
248
lost
Vision AIIn line with his 84% season completion rate.
03

How does he progress play?

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

177
progressive · 5.9/90
113
final-third entries · 3.8/90
14
box entries · 0.47/90
21
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?

12 key passes (0.40/90), 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:
8%17%8%8%17%42%
chance creation (12)assist (0)% of the selected group's key passes originating in each zone
06

Where does he become vulnerable?

253 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.

21
attacking third (cheap)
115
middle third
117
own third (dangerous)
Vision AI 8% of losses are in the attacking third — a notable share happen deeper, which invites transitions.
Mistake danger (proxy): 4.55 danger-index/90 · 0.536 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?

1524
passes attempted
53%
mostly forward
50%
mostly medium
Direction
Forward
814 · 53%
Sideways
444 · 29%
Backward
266 · 17%
Length (completed)
Short (<15m)
521 · 41%
Medium
642 · 50%
Long (>30m)
113 · 9%
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.

1.561.181.081.060.940.84
own goal left, attacking →
Highest-value routes (xT)
1.56
Left Half-Space Mid third → Left Half-Space Att third
6 passes
1.18
Left Half-Space Def third → Right Half-Space Att third
3 passes · 1 to a shot
1.08
Left Wing Def third → Left Half-Space Mid third
10 passes
1.06
Left Half-Space Mid third → Left Wing Mid third
20 passes
0.94
Left Half-Space Mid third → Central Att third
4 passes · 2 to a shot
0.84
Left Half-Space Mid third → Left Wing Att third
8 passes
08

Where Does He Receive?

The zones where Konstantinos Koulierakis 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
26%
Primary
Left Half-Space, Middle third
19%
Secondary
Left Half-Space, Defensive third
12%
Third
Left Wing, 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 Konstantinos Koulierakis 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.

0%1%1%0%0%7%10%12%5%1%0%12%16%19%13%3%1%
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.

12Key pass
9Cross
4Cutback
177Progressive
243Long ball
59Switch
By zone — where the pass started → where it landed
162Outside → Inside
696Inside → Inside
142Outside → Outside
276Inside → Outside
By direction
814Forward
266Backward
444Sideways
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 — 6 passes worth 1.56 xT.
Where do his chances come from?
Of 12 key passes, his busiest route is a delivery where he plays inside from the left hs toward the central in the final third — 5 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 half-space in the middle third: 45% of his 22 touches there are lost (10 times).
0%0/10 lost44%4/9 lost14%26/183 lost8%22/287 lost34%65/190 lost—3 touches · too few45%10/22 lost13%23/177 lost12%48/396 lost18%30/166 lost—1 touch · too few—1 touch · too few18%2/11 lost29%9/31 lost19%7/37 lostRWRHSCLHSLWDEFMIDATT
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Crosses & Cutbacks

9 crosses (0.30/90, 1 completed) and 4 cutbacks (0.13/90, 3 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?

449 defensive actions across the season (15.1/90). 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 →
39
tackles · 64% won
37
interceptions · 1.2/90
83
recoveries · 2.8/90
167
clearances · 5.6/90
6
blocks
28
avg action height
26
won high (att 3rd)
126
middle third
297
own third
Vision AI A deep-defending defender. He wins the ball mainly by clearing and blocking — a reactive, protect-the-box profile. 159 proactive ball-wins (5.3/90), tackle success 64%. 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 Konstantinos Koulierakis 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 ~9-11 matches — directional evidence, not proof.

press tier
completion
prog /90
line-breaks /90
xT /90
High press (PPDA 4.1, 9m)
79%
4.7
7.9
1.01
Mid press (PPDA 5.3, 9m)
83%
4.1
7.7
1.00
Low press (PPDA 8.3, 11m)
87%
8.4
8.8
1.46
Team

Team context

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

16

Impact on the Team

Roma's output per match with Konstantinos Koulierakis (29 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 (29)
WITHOUT (5)
Δ
goals against /match
2.00
2.20
-0.20
points /match
1.00
0.00
+1.00
goals for /match
1.38
1.00
+0.38
xG for /match
1.24
0.62
+0.62
17

His Share of the Team

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

category
share
him / team
clearances
13%
173 / 1320
interceptions
11%
37 / 324
threat added by passing (xT)
11%
38.6 / 362.3
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 515 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-back47%Stopper centre-back42%
Why Ball-playing centre-back 47%: a weighted blend of progression 84 (weight 25%) + build-up 47 (weight 30%) + retention 29 (weight 30%) + press resistance 35 (weight 15%). The score reflects how distinctively his profile SHAPE matches this archetype vs his peers.
Elite
box threat, through-balls
Strong
progression, final-third threat, line-breaking, crossing, creativity
Average
carrying, receiving zones, transition, territory (wide vs central), ball-winning, build-up, defensive aggression, passing directness
Weak
dribbling, press resistance, retention
Unknown
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Box threat
94
Through-balls ~proxy
92
Progression
84
Final-third threat
82
Line-breaking
80
Crossing
76
Creativity
72
Carrying
68
Receiving zones
67
Transition ~proxy
58
Territory (wide vs central)
54
Ball-winning
47
Build-up
47
Defensive aggression
45
Passing directness
44
Dribbling
39
Press resistance ~proxy
35
Retention
29
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: 188 cm / 78 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.

Ramy Bensebaini Borussia Dortmund · Bundesliga · 187 cm / 82 kg
90%
Driven by: box threat (18%), progression (15%), final-third threat (13%). Different mechanism — Bensebaini more via receiving zones, line-breaking.
Adrián de la Fuente Levante · La Liga · 179 cm / 77 kg
85%
Driven by: box threat (20%), through-balls (13%), progression (13%). Different mechanism — Koulierakis more via defensive aggression; Fuente more via passing directness, dribbling.
Luca Ranieri Fiorentina · 187 cm / 73 kg
78%
Driven by: box threat (17%), through-balls (16%), line-breaking (12%). Different mechanism — Koulierakis more via ball-winning, carrying; Ranieri more via dribbling.
Chidozie Awaziem Nantes · Ligue 1 25/26 · 189 cm / 78 kg
78%
Driven by: through-balls (16%), progression (12%), line-breaking (11%). Different mechanism — Koulierakis more via box threat, defensive aggression.
Timothy Weah Marseille · Ligue 1 · 183 cm / 66 kg
77%
Driven by: box threat (16%), creativity (13%), through-balls (13%). Different mechanism — Koulierakis more via passing directness, build-up; Weah more via territory (wide vs central), receiving zones.
Arthur Theate Bologna · 185 cm / 78 kg
77%
Driven by: progression (22%), final-third threat (20%), line-breaking (14%). Different mechanism — Koulierakis more via through-balls, box threat; Theate more via retention.
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Summary

Konstantinos Koulierakis is a ball-playing centre-back: 84% pass completion, 243 line-breaking passes and 5.9 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 29 matches (2678 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 retention — even a modest improvement there would meaningfully lift his overall ball-playing centre-back profile.
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