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Overall

70.6

Zauberpass Rank

#32

Role pool overall

70.6050100

Rankings · Central Midfield

Valverde

27 / €120m / 2025/26

Passing

How much he moves the ball for his team through volume, completion, and long-range execution. This blends 62.04 passes attempted p90, 55.03 completed p90, pass completion, and long-ball delivery quality into one passing pillar.

65.9

Progressiveness

How reliably he drags possession up the pitch through ball progression. He records 8.87 progressive passes p90 and 3.69 progressive carries p90, with repeat access into advanced zones.

84.1

Threat

How much danger he creates once the ball reaches him. He generates 0.19 xT p90 and 1.45 key passes p90, so this captures chance-driving more than simple volume.

85.2

Game state

How much on-ball value he adds when the score still needs changing. It blends xT when his team is not ahead, xT while drawing, xT while trailing, plus the same game-state lens applied to G/A so decisive actions under pressure count properly too.

46.7

G/A

End-product contribution from direct scoring and true final-ball involvement. This score is driven by goals per 90, assists per 90, and combined G/A per 90 so that output is measured on a rate basis rather than raw volume alone.

81.3

Defensive work

Ball-winning activity adjusted for the amount of defending his team actually has to do. The key context number is 2.09 defensive actions per 100 opponent passes, which makes cross-team comparison fairer.

53.9

Availability

How available and trusted he is across the sample, blending workload with injury drag. He appears in 28 matches, starts 26 of them, and this score is then moderated by injury days, injury games missed, and injury episodes.

82.4

Overall

Final blended score across all active pillars for this role profile.

70.6

Archetype

Hybrid

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

Similarity

Similar Profile - Zielinski

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

Overall history

71712025/26

Rank history

32322025/26
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Replacement Market

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Reference player

Federico ValverdeReal Madrid crest

Valverde

Hybrid

27 · €120m · 70.6 overall

How to read

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Reference strengths

Threat · Progression · G/A

Reference gaps

Game State · Defensive

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