Fabián Balbuena

Paraguay · Premier League · DF · PAR · age 35

2026 World Cup squad profile

Team: Paraguay
Position: DF
Squad role: Projected starter
Position rank: #4
Intl caps: 47
Intl goals: 2
Intl assists: 1
: 0.44(model rating, 0–1)
: 0.5%

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Recent form

Steady

2024/25 international form vs the player's multi-season baseline (6.91 vs 6.71).

Major tournament stats

Tournament	MP	Min	G	A	xG	Sh	KP	PrgP	PrgC	Tkl	Int
Copa América 2024	3	286	0	0	0.3	4	2	36	11	5	4

Event data from StatsBomb open data, covering the World Cup, Euro, Copa América and AFCON finals. Small per-tournament samples. Totals shown, not per-90 rates.

▸How to read this table— 11 columns explained

MP: Matches played in the tournament.
Min: Total minutes on the pitch.
G: Goals scored (penalties in normal play included; shootouts excluded).
A: Assists: passes that directly led to a goal.
xG: Expected goals: summed per-shot quality (StatsBomb's model).
Sh: Shots taken.
KP: Key passes: passes that led to a shot.
PrgP: Progressive passes: completed passes moving the ball ≥10m toward goal.
PrgC: Progressive carries: carries advancing ≥5m toward goal.
Tkl: Tackles won.
Int: Interceptions.

Tournament scouting radar

Defending

Tackles won / 90

1.57

Interceptions / 90

1.26

Ball recoveries / 90

4.09

Blocks / 90

1.57

Clearances / 90

2.83

Pressures / 90

5.66

Passing & progression

Prog. passes / 90

11.33

Key passes / 90

0.63

Prog. carries / 90

3.46

Pass completion %

80.7%

Possession

Carries / 90

25.17

Dribbles / 90

0.00

Per-90 rates from major-tournament event data (StatsBomb), ranked vs 128 defenders with ≥270 minutes in the same finals. Higher = better.

Career matches

4,388

Career minutes

Goals

Assists

4.3

Career percentiles

Goals / 90

0.06

xG / 90

0.09

xAG / 90

0.01

vs 392 DF players with ≥3,000 career minutes in the dataset. Higher = better.

Career: goals & xG by season

GoalsxG

Season-by-season

Season	Club	League			Goals
2018-19	West Ham	Premier League	23	2,013	1	2.1	0.2
2019-20	West Ham	Premier League	17	1,177	1	1.5	0.5
2020-21	West Ham	Premier League	14	1,198	1	0.7	0.0

FBref data ≤ 2022-23. Rows tagged wiki are top-scorer entries from Wikipedia and only carry goals.

▸How to read this table— 6 columns explained

MP: Matches played in that season (start or sub counts as one).
Mins: Total minutes on the pitch — better signal for workload than MP alone.
Goals: Goals scored (penalties included).
Assists: Passes that directly led to a goal (FBref attribution).
xG: Expected goals — per-shot quality scored 0–1 by distance / angle / pressure, summed across the season.
xAG: Expected assisted goals — the xG of shots created by this player's passes, summed.

FBref data ends 2022-23; current-season rows tagged wiki come from Wikipedia top-scorer tables and carry only goals.