Alexander Djiku

Ghana · Ligue 1 · DF · GHA · age 32

2026 World Cup squad profile

Team: Ghana
Position: DF
Squad role: Projected starter
Position rank: #1
Intl caps: 38
Intl goals: 4
Intl assists: 0
: 0.75(model rating, 0–1)
: 0.6%

See Alexander Djiku on the full Ghana scoring list →

Recent form

Cooling

2022/23 international form vs the player's multi-season baseline (6.74 vs 7.02).

Major tournament stats

Tournament	MP	Min	G	xG	Sh	PrgP	PrgC	Tkl	Int
AFCON 2023	3	292	1	0.1	1	19	10	2	5
World Cup 2022	2	109	0	0.0	0	6	4	1	4
All tournaments	5	401	1	0.1	1	25	14	3	9

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

0.67

Interceptions / 90

2.02

Ball recoveries / 90

2.02

Blocks / 90

1.35

Clearances / 90

7.18

Pressures / 90

6.51

Passing & progression

Prog. passes / 90

5.61

Key passes / 90

0.00

Prog. carries / 90

3.14

Pass completion %

83.5%

Possession

Carries / 90

19.98

Dribbles / 90

0.45

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

202

Career matches

17,123

Career minutes

Goals

Assists

10.4

Career percentiles

Goals / 90

0.03

xG / 90

0.05

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	Assists
2014-15	Bastia	Ligue 1	2	180	0	0	—	—
2015-16	Bastia	Ligue 1	20	1,510	0	0	—	—
2016-17	Bastia	Ligue 1	23	1,850	1	0	—	—
2017-18	Caen	Ligue 1	28	2,520	0	0	1.6	0.1
2018-19	Caen	Ligue 1	31	2,754	1	0	1.2	0.3
2019-20	Strasbourg	Ligue 1	25	2,064	1	1	2.6	0.3
2020-21	Strasbourg	Ligue 1	30	2,552	0	0	2.0	0.6
2021-22	Strasbourg	Ligue 1	31	2,694	1	0	2.1	0.6
2022-23	Strasbourg	Ligue 1	12	999	1	0	0.9	0.4

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.