Germán Pezzella

Argentina · La Liga · DF · ARG · age 35

2026 World Cup squad profile

Position
DF
Squad role
Projected starter
Position rank
#3
Intl caps
42
Intl goals
3
0.82(model rating, 0–1)
0.4%

See Germán Pezzella on the full Argentina scoring list →

Recent form

Steady

2020/21 international form vs the player's multi-season baseline (6.89 vs 6.80).

Major tournament stats

TournamentMPMinGAxGShKPPrgPPrgCTklInt
Copa América 2024181000.01016411
World Cup 2022378000.01016200
All tournaments4159000.12032611
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

Limited sample

Defending

Tackles won / 90
0.57
22
Interceptions / 90
0.57
14
Ball recoveries / 90
3.40
53
Blocks / 90
1.13
18
Clearances / 90
2.26
37
Pressures / 90
3.40
1

Passing & progression

Prog. passes / 90
18.11
88
Key passes / 90
0.00
22
Prog. carries / 90
3.40
5
Pass completion %
93.8%
95

Possession

Carries / 90
50.94
88
Dribbles / 90
0.00
23

Per-90 rates from major-tournament event data (StatsBomb), ranked vs 129 defenders with ≥270 minutes in the same finals. Higher = better. This player is below the 270-minute bar, so their own rates rest on a small sample: read the percentiles as indicative.

225
Career matches
19,449
Career minutes
12
Goals
3
Assists
11.9
xG

Career percentiles

Goals / 90
0.06
65
xG / 90
0.06
90
xAG / 90
0.01
54

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

Career: goals & xG by season

GoalsxG
Career goals and xG by season, 8 seasons from 2015-16 to 2022-23, 12 total goals, 11.9 total xG.Career goals and xG by season, 8 seasons from 2015-16 to 2022-23, 12 total goals, 11.9 total xG.01231617181920212223

Season-by-season

SeasonClubLeagueGoalsAssists
2015-16BetisLa Liga252,16631——
2016-17BetisLa Liga363,09910——
2017-18FiorentinaSerie A342,979102.40.8
2018-19FiorentinaSerie A322,850213.00.6
2019-20FiorentinaSerie A332,830313.10.8
2020-21FiorentinaSerie A322,743101.30.5
2021-22BetisLa Liga231,988101.60.0
2022-23BetisLa Liga10794000.50.0
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.

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