Thin sample this season. Dro Fernández has played 5 matches (165 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 →
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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 Half-Space, Middle third — mostly in the middle third (49% of his 87 passes)
86% completion · 87× in 5/5 matches
↓
PROGRESS
drive or pass into the final third
2.7 prog/90 · 5× in 3/5 matches
↓
ARRIVE
get into the box late
2 key passes · 5× in 3/5 matches
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CREATE / FINISH
cut-back or shot from inside
1.09 key passes /90 · 0 goals · 3× in 2/5 matches
Signature: receive → progress → arrive in the box → create or finish. A box-to-box midfielder judged across every phase.
In possession
In possession
What he does with the ball: build-up, progression, creation, carrying and finishing.
15 tracked carries (8.2/90, 4 progressive, 163m total) — the ball moving with his touches, a different signal from dribbles below (beating an opponent 1v1). this counts every touch-carry, not just his dribble attempts below — a fuller picture of how much of his ball-carrying is control-and-move rather than beating a man.
progressivelateral/short% of his 15 carries originating in each zone · own goal left, attacking →
Every carry, exact path — median 9m, longest 34m
By zone — where the carry started → where it ended
First (15)grouped by carry pattern (start + end position), largest group first
startendown goal left, attacking →
Dribbles (1v1s)
Only 6 dribbles attempted this season — too little volume to map a location pattern.
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How does he create chances?
2 key passes (1.09/90), 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 (2)assist (0)% of the selected group's key passes originating in each zone
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Where does he become vulnerable?
16 possessions lost. Directness has a cost — the question is where. Attacking-third losses are cheap; deep ones are dangerous.
4
attacking third (cheap)
7
middle third
5
own third (dangerous)
Vision AI 25% of losses are in the attacking third — a notable share happen deeper, which invites transitions.
Mistake danger (proxy): 3.40 danger-index/90 · 0.390 avg/turnover. Weights each loss by threat conceded at that location. True xT-conceded needs the opponent possession model; positional proxy.
03
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 →
Where do his chances come from?
Of 2 key passes, his busiest route is a delivery where he plays inside from the right hs toward the central in the final 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 central in the final third: 25% of his 8 touches there are lost (2 times).
31 defensive actions across the season (16.9/90). 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 →
7
tackles · 57% won
1
interceptions · 0.5/90
10
recoveries · 5.5/90
1
clearances · 0.5/90
2
blocks
52
avg action height
8
won high (att 3rd)
18
middle third
5
own third
Vision AI A front-foot / high defender. He wins the ball mainly by stepping in — tackles, interceptions & recoveries outweigh clearances. 18 proactive ball-wins (9.8/90), tackle success 57%. He defends high, stepping out to intercept — suits a high line.
Team
Team context
How much of the team runs through him, and what changes without him.
PSG's output per match with Dro Fernández (5 matches) versus without him (3 matches). Insufficient evidence — the without-sample is only 3 matches; treat every Δ below as noise until more games exist. A proper on-off model needs many more minutes.
WITH (5)
WITHOUT (3)
Δ
goals for /match
2.00
2.00
+0.00
xG for /match
2.09
2.36
-0.26
goals against /match
1.20
1.00
+0.20
points /match
2.00
2.33
-0.33
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His Share of the Team
Of everything PSG produced this season, the categories where the biggest share ran through Dro Fernández specifically — his share of the team total, not a per-90 rate.
category
share
him / team
successful take-ons
4%
12 / 338
tackles
3%
21 / 632
interceptions
3%
9 / 313
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 383 central mids 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.
Tempo controller72%Deep-lying playmaker63%Advanced playmaker (8)52%Transition runner44%
Why Tempo controller 72%: a weighted blend of retention 85 (weight 35%) + build-up 59 (weight 30%) + press resistance 75 (weight 20%) + progression 31 (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
Receiving zones
95
Retention
85
Press resistance ~proxy
75
Dribbling
74
Creativity
70
Defensive aggression
69
Build-up
59
Ball-winning
57
Crossing
53
Box threat
53
Territory (wide vs central)
52
Final-third threat
41
Carrying
38
Line-breaking
33
Progression
31
Through-balls ~proxy
31
Transition ~proxy
30
Passing directness
2
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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 / 68 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.
Bilal Nadir Hamburg · Bundesliga · 172 cm / 65 kg
70%
Driven by: passing directness (21%), receiving zones (20%), retention (15%). Different mechanism — Fernández more via territory (wide vs central); Nadir more via carrying, transition.
Jacob Ramsey Newcastle · Premier League · 180 cm / 75 kg
68%
Driven by: retention (23%), receiving zones (20%), press resistance (18%). Different mechanism — Fernández more via defensive aggression; Ramsey more via line-breaking, passing directness.
Gabriel Vidovic Paderborn · Bundesliga · 180 cm / 75 kg
67%
Driven by: press resistance (20%), passing directness (19%), retention (19%). Different mechanism — Fernández more via through-balls, box threat; Vidovic more via carrying, transition.
Nikolas Nartey Stuttgart · Bundesliga · 187 cm / 82 kg
63%
Driven by: press resistance (22%), retention (15%), dribbling (14%). Different mechanism — Fernández more via ball-winning, receiving zones; Nartey more via box threat, passing directness.
Emile Smith Rowe Fulham · Premier League · 182 cm / 79 kg
63%
Driven by: passing directness (28%), retention (23%), press resistance (14%). Different mechanism — Fernández more via receiving zones, creativity; Rowe more via carrying, box threat.
Giovanni Reyna Strasbourg · 185 cm / 79 kg
62%
Driven by: passing directness (21%), receiving zones (16%), press resistance (16%). Different mechanism — Fernández more via ball-winning, receiving zones; Reyna more via final-third threat, line-breaking.
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Summary
Dro Fernández is a tempo controller / deep-lying playmaker: 2.7 progressive passes, 1.09 key passes /90, 5 box entries, 0 goals from 0.11 xG. A box-to-box contributor across every phase.
Based on 5 matches (165 minutes) — an early read, treat with caution until more minutes are logged. He profiles as a tempo controller / deep-lying playmaker — 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 tempo controller profile.
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