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Eddy Kouadio

Monza
Stopper centre-back CB
17.9 defensive actions/90 · 4.4 progressive/90 — defends first
Capability Analysis
Aerial & Box Defending12%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 /903.4823%
Ball-Winning67%vs 43 centre-backs
"How actively does he win the ball back?"
Interceptions /902.7693%
Ball recoveries /903.7267%
Tackles /903.095%
Duels won /900.9612%
Breaking Pressure49%vs 35 centre-backs
"Can he retain and progress the ball while his own team is being pressed?"
Retention under pressure85.0%46%
Progressive passes while pressed1440%
Line-breaking passes while pressed251%
Progressive carries while pressed315%
Threat added while pressed (xT)4.09xT94%
Progression26%vs 43 centre-backs
"Can he move the team forward with a pass, not just recycle it sideways?"
Progressive passes /902.430%
Line-breaking passes /900.4828%
Threat added by passing /900.66xT16%
Pass accuracy84.21%28%
Ball-Carrying13%vs 43 centre-backs
"Does he advance the ball himself when the pass isn't on?"
Progressive carries /902.0412%
Carry distance /9058.53m14%
centre-backstopper centre-backbuild-upline-breaking
662
minutes
8 apps
315
passes
84% completed
84%
pass completion
315 passes
32
progressive passes
4.4/90
44
line-breaking passes
6.0/90
132
defensive actions
17.9/90
43
tackles + interceptions
43% tackle win
28
clearances
3.8/90
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 (57% of his 315 passes)
84% completion · 315× in 8/8 matches
↓
CARRY OUT
step into midfield to commit a presser
3 carries · 6× in 3/8 matches
↓
BREAK A LINE
vertical pass past the opponent midfield
4.4 prog/90 · 44× in 7/8 matches
↓
SWITCH PLAY
diagonal to the far side
cross-field balls · 7× in 5/8 matches
↓
PROGRESS
entries into the final third
2.4/90 · 18× in 6/8 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.
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 →
39
passes / match
17.9
def actions / 90
17–57
pass range (matches)
28
clearances
Pass range = his fewest and most passes in any single match this season (17 at the low end, 57 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.

07

How dangerous are his carries?

Real ball-carries

59 tracked carries (8.0/90, 8 progressive, 424m 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.

5%19%25%8%5%2%2%17%14%3%
progressivelateral/short% of his 59 carries originating in each zone · own goal left, attacking →
Every carry, exact path — median 6m, longest 27m
By zone — where the carry started → where it ended
2Outside → Inside
41Inside → Inside
7Outside → Outside
9Inside → Outside
First (21)Second (16)Third (16)Fourth (6)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).

21
tackle duels
9
won
12
beaten · 57%
brighter band = more tackle duels · own goal left, attacking →
INSIDE 43%
OUTSIDE 57%
Tackle-duel location — 9 inside · 12 outside
Right Wing
12 · 57%
Right Half-Space
5 · 24%
Central
3 · 14%
Left Half-Space
1 · 5%
Left Wing
0 · 0%
Vision AI beaten in 12 of 21 tackle duels (57% loss rate) — a real defensive leak worth flagging.
Every tackle duel, exact location
wonlost — dribbled pastown goal left, attacking →

He attempted only 3 dribbles of his own all season — dribbling is not part of this role; his ball-carrying is covered above, his defending against the dribble below.

03

How does he build & move the ball?

How does he escape the first line?

16%
vertical passes
30×
3%
switches
6×
25%
carries
48×
56%
short circulation
109×
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 →RWRHSCLHSLWRW8642%3629%2529%25RHS13233%4319%2542%556%81%1C4120%85%237%1529%1210%4LHS0LW633%267%4FROM
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 wing in the middle third — 2 progressive passes (11% of his progression) at 0.048 xT each. He keeps it in the same lane.

His progression is inward: 32% of progressive passes move the ball toward the middle versus 5% going wider — he cuts in rather than holding width.

Only 7% of his passes switch play, so his threat is same-side — contain the flank he occupies and the route closes.

Quality behind the volume: 4 line-breaking passes and 18 final-third entries, 2.9 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
10%21%24%16%3%2%1%5%11%5%0%1%1%0%0%
completedincomplete315 passes · any zone → any zone · own goal left, attacking →
315
passes
84%
completed
50
lost
Vision AIIn line with his 84% season completion rate.
04

How does he progress play?

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

32
progressive · 4.4/90
18
final-third entries · 2.4/90
0
box entries · 0.00/90
11
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?

4 key passes (0.54/90), 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%50%
chance creation (4)assist (0)% of the selected group's key passes originating in each zone
09

Where does he become vulnerable?

51 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.

5
attacking third (cheap)
21
middle third
25
own third (dangerous)
Vision AI 10% of losses are in the attacking third — a notable share happen deeper, which invites transitions.
Mistake danger (proxy): 3.62 danger-index/90 · 0.521 avg/turnover. Weights each loss by threat conceded at that location. True xT-conceded needs the opponent possession model; positional proxy.
08

What is his passing profile?

315
passes attempted
47%
mostly forward
56%
mostly medium
Direction
Forward
147 · 47%
Sideways
95 · 30%
Backward
73 · 23%
Length (completed)
Short (<15m)
95 · 36%
Medium
149 · 56%
Long (>30m)
21 · 8%
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.

0.430.330.270.250.220.20
own goal left, attacking →
Highest-value routes (xT)
0.43
Right Half-Space Def third → Right Half-Space Att third
2 passes
0.33
Right Wing Def third → Right Wing Mid third
5 passes · 1 to a shot
0.27
Right Wing Mid third → Right Wing Att third
2 passes
0.25
Right Half-Space Mid third → Right Half-Space Mid third
3 passes
0.22
Right Half-Space Def third → Right Half-Space Mid third
3 passes
0.20
Right Half-Space Mid third → Right Wing Mid third
4 passes
05

Where Does He Receive?

The zones where Eddy Kouadio 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
20%
Secondary
Right Wing, Middle third
20%
Third
Right Half-Space, Defensive third
These are the zones where he collected the ball most.
06

Where Does He Operate? — Every Zone

Every on-ball touch (pass, dribble, shot) binned into a 6×3 grid — raw counts of where Eddy Kouadio 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:
321131634171330687551106
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.

10%21%24%16%3%2%1%5%11%5%0%1%1%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.

4Key pass
2Cross
32Progressive
44Long ball
7Switch
By zone — where the pass started → where it landed
52Outside → Inside
117Inside → Inside
40Outside → Outside
56Inside → Outside
By direction
147Forward
73Backward
95Sideways
own goal left, attacking →
02

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 right hs, advancing it forward in the defensive third — 2 passes worth 0.43 xT.
Where do his chances come from?
Of 4 key passes, his busiest route is a delivery where he plays straight through the right 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 right wing in the defensive third: 32% of his 38 touches there are lost (12 times).
32%12/38 lost14%9/64 lost23%3/13 lost—1 touch · too few—2 touches · too few19%12/64 lost6%5/78 lost11%4/35 lost—0 touches · too few—3 touches · too few20%2/10 lost—6 touches · too few—0 touches · too few—0 touches · too few—1 touch · too fewRWRHSCLHSLWDEFMIDATT
Out of possession

Out of possession

Where and how he defends and presses.

13

How & where does he defend?

132 defensive actions across the season (17.9/90). 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 →
21
tackles · 43% won
22
interceptions · 3.0/90
30
recoveries · 4.1/90
28
clearances · 3.8/90
4
blocks
32
avg action height
6
won high (att 3rd)
49
middle third
77
own third
Vision AI A deep-defending defender. He wins the ball mainly by stepping in — tackles, interceptions & recoveries outweigh clearances. 73 proactive ball-wins (9.9/90), tackle success 43%. He defends mostly around the middle third.
14

Can he play under pressure?

Split by how hard the opponent pressed (opponent PPDA — lower = more intense press). Can Eddy Kouadio 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 ~2-4 matches — directional evidence, not proof.

press tier
completion
prog /90
line-breaks /90
xT /90
High press (PPDA 3.5, 2m)
83%
3.3
5.2
0.63
Mid press (PPDA 4.2, 2m)
80%
3.4
8.2
0.54
Low press (PPDA 4.7, 4m)
87%
5.7
5.0
0.87
Team

Team context

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

15

Impact on the Team

Insufficient sample: Eddy Kouadio played nearly every Monza match in the loaded data, so there is no meaningful "without him" comparison yet. This section fills in as more matches (and the rest of the season) are scraped.

16

His Share of the Team

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

category
share
him / team
interceptions
13%
23 / 178
tackles
9%
25 / 266
clearances
8%
29 / 356
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.

Stopper centre-back79%Ball-playing centre-back33%
Why Stopper centre-back 79%: a weighted blend of ball-winning 90 (weight 40%) + defensive aggression 74 (weight 35%) + retention 41 (weight 15%) + transition 28 (weight 10%). The score reflects how distinctively his profile SHAPE matches this archetype vs his peers.
Elite
ball-winning
Strong
dribbling, defensive aggression, territory (wide vs central)
Average
press resistance, creativity, box threat, retention
Weak
line-breaking, build-up, transition, receiving zones, carrying, progression, final-third threat, through-balls, crossing, passing directness
Unknown
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Ball-winning
90
Dribbling
83
Defensive aggression
74
Territory (wide vs central)
72
Press resistance ~proxy
63
Creativity
55
Box threat
47
Retention
41
Line-breaking
34
Build-up
32
Transition ~proxy
28
Receiving zones
27
Carrying
27
Progression
25
Final-third threat
18
Through-balls ~proxy
10
Crossing
10
Passing directness
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: 191 cm / 74 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.

Noa Boissé Le Mans · Ligue 1 · 181 cm
75%
Driven by: crossing (15%), dribbling (11%), ball-winning (9%). Different mechanism — Kouadio more via box threat, ball-winning; Boissé more via through-balls.
Ruben Kluivert Lyon · Ligue 1 · 187 cm / 70 kg
73%
Driven by: through-balls (14%), ball-winning (14%), progression (10%). Different mechanism — Kouadio more via ball-winning; Kluivert more via crossing, passing directness.
Semi Ajayi Hull City · Premier League · 193 cm / 83 kg
72%
Driven by: crossing (16%), through-balls (11%), dribbling (10%). Different mechanism — Kouadio more via creativity, defensive aggression; Ajayi more via passing directness.
Abdoulaye Ndiaye Parma Calcio 1913 · 185 cm / 75 kg
72%
Driven by: crossing (15%), final-third threat (13%), passing directness (11%). Different mechanism — Kouadio more via ball-winning, creativity; Ndiaye more via box threat, build-up.
Honest Ahanor Crystal Palace · Premier League · 184 cm / 79 kg
68%
Driven by: transition (12%), ball-winning (11%), defensive aggression (10%). Different mechanism — Kouadio more via ball-winning; Ahanor more via receiving zones, retention.
Nidal Celik Lens · Ligue 1 · 192 cm / 84 kg
67%
Driven by: crossing (17%), ball-winning (13%), passing directness (12%). Different mechanism — Kouadio more via dribbling, box threat; Celik more via final-third threat, retention.
20

Summary

Eddy Kouadio is a stopper centre-back: 84% pass completion, 44 line-breaking passes and 4.4 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 8 matches (662 minutes) — an early read, treat with caution until more minutes are logged. He profiles as a stopper centre-back — best used in a system built around that identity. His biggest room for growth is transition — even a modest improvement there would meaningfully lift his overall stopper centre-back profile.
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