The #WEURO2022 kicks off tomorrow. Let’s look at a player from each country that could star at the tournament
You can also check out this video from @DW_Sports, with our Tactical & Video Analyst @CarlonCarpenter highlighting some key players 🔽
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GROUP A
Austria: Manuela Zinsberger 🇦🇹
Zinsberger prevented more goals with her shot-stopping than any other goalkeeper in the 2021/22 @BarclaysWSL (3.9)
2/18
GROUP A
England: Fran Kirby 🏴
Kirby created 0.56 Open Play xG Assisted per 90 minutes in 2021/22 — a number in the 100th percentile across our database
3/18
GROUP A
Northern Ireland: Rebecca Holloway
Holloway ranked 8th of 33 full backs for Tackle/Dribbled Past % in the WSL last season (how often a player makes a tackle when going into a duel vs. getting dribbled past)
4/18
GROUP A
Norway: Caroline Graham Hansen 🇳🇴
Graham Hansen had the highest On-Ball Value per 90 minutes from Dribbles and Carries (0.42) in the major European leagues in 2021/22
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5/18
GROUP B
Denmark: Katrine Veje 🇩🇰
Veje is behind only Olga Ahtinen for Deep Progressions per 90 minutes (11.0) so far in the 2022 Damallsvenskan, despite playing at left back
6/18
GROUP B
Finland: Olga Ahtinen 🇫🇮
Ahtinen has made the most Pressure Regains per 90 minutes (6.4) in the Damallsvenskan so far in 2022 (times a player's team won the ball back within 5 seconds of the player pressuring an opponent)
7/18
GROUP B
Germany: Lena Oberdorf 🇩🇪
Oberdorf is in the 99th percentile for PAdj Tackes, and the 100th percentile for PAdj Interceptions
No other central midfielder in the major European leagues made more PAdj Tackles + Interceptions in 2021/22 than Oberdorf
8/18
GROUP B
Spain: Alexia Putellas 🇪🇸
The 2021 Ballon D'Or winner was the 4th-highest goalscorer in the Primera Iberdrola in 2021/22. From central midfield.
9/18
GROUP C
Netherlands: Vivianne Miedema 🇳🇱
▪️ 99th percentile for Shots
▪️ 97th percentile for xG
▪️ 97th percentile for xG Assisted
Need we say anymore?
10/18
GROUP C
Portugal: Tatiana Pinto 🇵🇹
One of few players plying their trade outside of Liga BPI, Pinto made 20.5 Pressures per 90 minutes in the Primera Iberdrola in 2021/22
11/18
GROUP C
Sweden: Caroline Seger 🇸🇪
Europe's most-capped player is still setting the tempo for Rosengård in the Damallsvenskan, averaging more Passes per 90 minutes (76.6) than any other player
12/18
GROUP C
Switzerland: Lia Wälti 🇨🇭
Probably the most ambipedal player at the tournament
Wälti played more passes with her (supposedly weaker) left foot than she did with her right in the 2021/22 @BarclaysWSL
L 567 - 549 R
13/18
GROUP D
Belgium: Tinne De Caigny 🇧🇪
De Caigny will provide support to Tessa Wullaert in attack, having spent 2021/22 playing a similar role next to Austria's Nicole Billa at Hoffenheim
14/18
GROUP D
France: Wendie Renard 🇫🇷
Renard won 96% of her aerial duels in 2021/22, by far the best rate in the major European leagues
The most aerially-dominant defender in the game?
15/18
GROUP D
Iceland: Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir 🇮🇸
Viggósdóttir moved the ball into the final third more often (8.7) than any other centre back in the 2021/22 Frauen-Bundesliga
16/18
GROUP D
Italy: Valentina Cernoia 🇮🇹
Cernoia made 2.6 open play passes into the box per 90 minutes in 2021/22, the sixth-most in the major European leagues
17/18
Keep an eye on @StatsBomb throughout the #WEURO2022 tournament
▪️ Live StatsBomb Matchdays coverage of the key games
▪️ Pre- and post-match insights
▪️ Plus a post-tournament [REDACTED]
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