Thin sample this season. Quentin Ndjantou has played 1 match (15 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
Left Wing, Middle third — between the lines — mostly in the middle third (78% of his 9 passes)
89% completion · 9× in 1/1 matches
↓
TURN / BEAT MAN
face forward in the pocket
0% won · 1× in 1/1 matches
↓
CREATE
through-ball, cut-back, key pass
6.00/90 · 1× in 1/1 matches
Signature: Receive → Turn / Beat Man → Create — the only steps proven repeatable this season (3 of 4 in the full pattern). Not enough evidence yet for the rest of the chain below.
Not a pattern: finish — 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.
PSG's output per match with Quentin Ndjantou (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. A proper on-off model needs many more minutes.
WITH (1)
WITHOUT (7)
Δ
goals for /match
2.00
2.00
+0.00
xG for /match
1.18
0.51
+0.67
goals against /match
0.00
1.29
-1.29
points /match
3.00
2.00
+1.00
03
His Share of the Team
Of everything PSG produced this season, the categories where the biggest share ran through Quentin Ndjantou specifically — his share of the team total, not a per-90 rate.
category
share
him / team
successful take-ons
2%
6 / 280
expected goals (xG)
2%
1.1 / 61.7
expected assists (xA)
2%
0.4 / 21.0
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 294 attacking mids in the pool (min 180 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.
Half-space creator66%Advanced playmaker (8)64%
Why Half-space creator 66%: a weighted blend of creativity 66 (weight 40%) + final-third threat 55 (weight 30%) + dribbling 75 (weight 15%) + box threat 61 (weight 15%). The score reflects how distinctively his profile SHAPE matches this archetype vs his peers.
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Retention
90
Press resistance ~proxy
80
Receiving zones
79
Build-up
76
Dribbling
75
Line-breaking
71
Creativity
66
Box threat
61
Carrying
61
Progression
61
Through-balls ~proxy
57
Final-third threat
55
Territory (wide vs central)
48
Transition ~proxy
28
Ball-winning
20
Crossing
17
Defensive aggression
13
Passing directness
5
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: 182 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 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.
Andrija Maksimovic RBL · Bundesliga · 182 cm / 70 kg
76%
Driven by: defensive aggression (14%), retention (14%), ball-winning (12%). Different mechanism — Ndjantou more via box threat, dribbling; Maksimovic more via final-third threat, crossing.
Rio Ngumoha Liverpool · Premier League · 170 cm / 75 kg
73%
Driven by: press resistance (15%), passing directness (13%), ball-winning (13%). Different mechanism — Ndjantou more via build-up; Ngumoha more via territory (wide vs central), carrying.
Malick Yalcouyé Brighton · Premier League · 169 cm
70%
Driven by: press resistance (18%), retention (17%), crossing (15%). Different mechanism — Ndjantou more via line-breaking, receiving zones; Yalcouyé more via defensive aggression, passing directness.
Claudio Echeverri Leverkusen · Premier League · 170 cm / 62 kg
67%
Driven by: defensive aggression (22%), press resistance (14%), retention (13%). Different mechanism — Ndjantou more via territory (wide vs central); Echeverri more via crossing, passing directness.
Serge Gnabry Bayern · Bundesliga · 176 cm / 77 kg
65%
Driven by: passing directness (19%), retention (17%), build-up (10%). Different mechanism — Ndjantou more via dribbling, press resistance; Gnabry more via defensive aggression, crossing.
Seko Fofana Rennes 25/26 · 185 cm / 83 kg
65%
Driven by: retention (16%), defensive aggression (16%), press resistance (13%). Different mechanism — Ndjantou more via box threat, territory (wide vs central); Fofana more via crossing, transition.
06
Summary
Quentin Ndjantou is a half-space creator / advanced playmaker (8): 6.00 key passes /90, 6.0 progressive passes, 0 goals from 0.00 xG. A between-the-lines creator. [Off-ball movement into pockets needs tracking.]
Based on 1 matches (15 minutes) — an early read, treat with caution until more minutes are logged. He profiles as a half-space creator / advanced playmaker (8) — best used in a system built around that identity.
His biggest room for growth is final-third threat — even a modest improvement there would meaningfully lift his overall half-space creator profile.
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