Football Diagnosis

Ball-Carrying Centre-BackIf the road is open, you take it yourselfFootball Diagnosis

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Centre-Back

CB-2

Playing Style

The moment opponents sit off, you carry the ball forward into midfield yourself. Your own momentum erases their first line, and once you've drawn a marker you release to the teammate they left free.After carrying, you hurry straight back to your post, so the space behind never goes thin. Every step forward is measured against the speed of the recovery run home.In defence your legs cover the wide space in behind, and quick opponents don't leave you trailing. Advancing and recovering, both handled by one player.

Ability Ratings

Highest90Defensive Sense
Second highest82Ball Control
Stamina
78
Pace
80
Attacking Sense
64
Defensive Sense
90
Ball Control
82
Dribbling
74
Kick Power
80
Kick Accuracy
74

Defensive Sense 90 held intact alongside Pace 80 and Dribbling 74. A rare shape for a defender — quick feet and quick legs standing together.

What You're Like

You can't bear the silence after "someone should do this" — your hand is up before you've noticed. You know you think faster while moving, so when a meeting stalls, you take the first step yourself.

Light on your feet, you're prized as the fixer who moves between teams and circles. You don't turn requests down, so somehow the diary is always full. Often, by the time someone finishes explaining their problem, your hands are already solving it.

Delegating, on the other hand, isn't your gift — you hoard the small jobs. The bag carries every just-in-case item and is permanently heavy. Your decisions are quick, and so, unfortunately, are your purchases. But being bad at handing work over makes you better than anyone at imagining how it feels to receive it.

Your way of resetting skews physical: on a difficult day you think while walking. Experience has taught you that answers turn up somewhere down the road more often than they do in a chair.

In the Mould Of

  • Joško GvardiolCroatia
  • William SalibaFrance
  • Franz BeckenbauerGermany