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Overall

53.9

Zauberpass Rank

#101

Role pool overall

53.9050100

Rankings · Center-Back

Balerdi

27 / €18m / 2025/26

Passing

How secure and useful he is in possession from the back line. This blends 67.60 passes attempted p90, 62.46 completed p90, pass completion, plus long-ball execution into one center-back passing pillar.

71.8

Progressiveness

How reliably he moves possession forward from deep. He records 10.74 progressive passes p90 and 1.73 progressive carries p90, so this rewards line-breaking distribution and calm territory gain from the back.

38.7

Aerial ability

How authoritative he is in the air. This pillar blends 2.66 aerials attempted p90, 1.44 aerials won p90, and aerial win percentage so both duel load and duel quality matter.

30.1

Defensive work

Ball-winning, interruption, and regain work inside the center-back lane. The context anchor is 1.99 defensive actions per 100 opponent passes, which keeps defending volume comparable across different team environments.

77.7

Availability

How available and trusted he is across the sample, blending workload with injury drag. He appears in 20 matches, starts 15 of them, and this score is then moderated by injury days, injury games missed, and injury episodes.

25.0

Overall

Final blended score across the five active center-back pillars for this role profile.

53.9

Archetype

Hybrid

Balanced across multiple phases of center-back play, with distributor and controller traits both showing strongly. This profile is shaped by versatility more than one dominant specialty.

Similarity

Similar Profile - Konsa

The nearest-style comparison in the current pool is Ezri Konsa. That match is driven by a similar blend of progression, defensive volume, and attacking influence rather than just shared position labels.

Overall history

77542022/232023/242024/252025/26

Rank history

10192022/232023/242024/252025/26
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Replacement Market

Right means a closer pillar-profile match. Higher means a higher overall Zauberpass score.

Reference player

Leonardo BalerdiMarseille crest

Balerdi

Hybrid

27 · €18m · 53.9 overall

How to read

Similarity leans on the reference player's best pillars, not shared weaknesses. The shortlist also favours players who improve the weak areas called out below. Height shows overall Zauberpass score. Color shows archetype.

Reference strengths

Defensive · Passing · Progression

Reference gaps

Aerial · Progression

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