Thread by @Statsbomb

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)

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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

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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)

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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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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

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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)

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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?

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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

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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

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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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