Germán Pezzella
Argentina · DF · age 35
2026 World Cup squad profile
- Team
- Argentina
- Position
- DF
- Squad role
- Projected starter
- Position rank
- #3
- Intl caps
- 42
- Intl goals
- 3
- Composite rating
- 0.82(model rating, 0–1)
- P(scores ≥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
| Tournament | MP | Min | G | A | xG | Sh | KP | PrgP | PrgC | Tkl | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copa América 2024 | 1 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| World Cup 2022 | 3 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| All tournaments | 4 | 159 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
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.
Full definitions in the glossary.
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
Season-by-season
| Season | Club | League | MP | Mins | Goals | Assists | xG | xAG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | Betis | La Liga | 25 | 2,166 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| 2016-17 | Betis | La Liga | 36 | 3,099 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 2017-18 | Fiorentina | Serie A | 34 | 2,979 | 1 | 0 | 2.4 | 0.8 |
| 2018-19 | Fiorentina | Serie A | 32 | 2,850 | 2 | 1 | 3.0 | 0.6 |
| 2019-20 | Fiorentina | Serie A | 33 | 2,830 | 3 | 1 | 3.1 | 0.8 |
| 2020-21 | Fiorentina | Serie A | 32 | 2,743 | 1 | 0 | 1.3 | 0.5 |
| 2021-22 | Betis | La Liga | 23 | 1,988 | 1 | 0 | 1.6 | 0.0 |
| 2022-23 | Betis | La Liga | 10 | 794 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 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.
Full definitions in the glossary.