Thin sample this season. Eddy Kouadio has played 3 matches (89 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
in the first line of build-up — mostly in the middle third (59% of his 27 passes)
85% completion · 27× in 3/3 matches
↓
CARRY OUT
step into midfield to commit a presser
2 carries · 4× in 1/3 matches
↓
BREAK A LINE
vertical pass past the opponent midfield
0.0 prog/90 · 3× in 3/3 matches
Signature: Receive → Carry Out → Break A Line — the only steps proven repeatable this season (3 of 5 in the full pattern). Not enough evidence yet for the rest of the chain below.
Not a pattern: switch play — 0× (insufficient confidence, hidden — not enough evidence yet); progress — 0× (insufficient confidence, hidden — not enough evidence yet) — omitted from the signature rather than presented as one.
Team
Team context
How much of the team runs through him, and what changes without him.
Monza's output per match with Eddy Kouadio (3 matches) versus without him (35 matches). Insufficient evidence — the without-sample is only 35 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 (3)
WITHOUT (35)
Δ
goals against /match
0.67
1.37
-0.70
points /match
0.67
1.14
-0.48
goals for /match
0.33
1.14
-0.81
xG for /match
1.23
1.26
-0.03
03
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
6%
23 / 384
tackles
4%
25 / 665
clearances
3%
29 / 1113
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 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.
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)
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Ball-winning
90
Dribbling
82
Defensive aggression
74
Territory (wide vs central)
71
Press resistance ~proxy
63
Creativity
55
Box threat
48
Retention
41
Line-breaking
34
Build-up
32
Transition ~proxy
28
Receiving zones
27
Carrying
26
Progression
25
Final-third threat
18
Crossing
11
Through-balls ~proxy
11
Passing directness
7
05
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 (12%). Different mechanism — Kouadio more via ball-winning, creativity; Ndiaye more via build-up, box threat.
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.
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Summary
Eddy Kouadio is a stopper centre-back: 85% pass completion, 3 line-breaking passes and 0.0 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 3 matches (89 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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