Belgian clubs have produced one of the best talents in Europe in recent years, in the form of Kevin De Bruyne, Romelu Lukaku, Vincent Kompany,Eden Hazard, who are either UCL champions, or Premier League Champions or La Liga Champions.
Next in line are the younger generations who will replace the current generation. Some of them include Jeremy Doku, Arthur Theate , Charles De Ketelaere and so on.
Arthur Theate, who is originally from Oostende FC, scored 5 goals in 38 matches. Following that, he moved to Bologna, where he made his mark.
If we go by his positioning, he plays mostly as a center back, but he can also play as left back. Bologna usually plays in 3–4–1–2 formation, going with 3 defenders at the back, Theate is usually deployed as left center back.
In 18 matches he played for them , he has managed to score 2 goals and notched up an assist to his name. The 1 goal he scored came during Bologna’s 6–1 hammering at the hands of Inter Milan. His second goal came from a beautiful near post header which Pepe Reina was unable to save. Bologna beat Lazio 3–0.
Offensive
He has got a good long range shot of 80 percentile with 80 percentile and he has thunderous shot power with 96 percentile. He already has 2 goals to his name with 1 assist and xG per shot of 0.08 per 90, having 83 percentile. Being a defender he ranks in the first half of the quadrant. He is not afraid to take a whip at goal, as he had 95 percentile in shots which he took, out of which he had 94 percentile in which his shots hit on target.
Passing
He is a good passer of the ball as he has completed short passes, ranking him at 83 percentile. However, he needs to control his long ball passes, as he completes a mere 36 percentile. He is a lethal passer to the danger zone as he ranks 89 percentile and he ranks 91 percentile in crosses to danger zones.
Defensive
He had a total 221 pressures, out of which 71 were successful. He ranks 96 percentile in the attacking third. He pressurizes the opponent to either get dispossessed or lose the ball. He ranks 89 percentile in the defensive third.
He has made a total of 48 interceptions. He ranks 91 percentile in intercepting the ball and blocking the shots.
We have analyzed the match between Bologna and Lazio, where Bologna beat them comfortably by a margin of 3–0. In that match,Theate scored a wonderful header from a tight angle. He had an xG of 0.1.
He played a total of 89 passes out of which 39 passes were completed and 50 passes which were unable to make it to the receiver before it was intercepted by the opponents.
From the above heatmap we can see his pass distribution, which is mainly in the defensive area and majority of passes in the central half.
From the above picture we can see that he had one key pass to his name, where he made a beautiful pass to Musa Barrow to score 1st of the 3 goals of the night.
Coming to his defensive duties, the team made a total of 15 interceptions out of which 4 were made by Theate. There were 21 tackles made out of which 10 were successful and in that Theate made 3 tackles, out of which he won 2 of them. He made all of his interceptions in the middle of the park.
Interceptions
Tackles
The team had made a total of 21 clearances, out of which Theate had made 7 goal line clearances and clearances from the left wing.
Clearances
From the picture below, it is a pictorial representation of the team’s defensive contribution. Theate had applied 10 pressure on the opponent, out of which he was successful in applying the pressure.
Defensive Actions%
From the below dashboard, we can see that he ranks high in possession, defending and passing. Though, there is room for improvement for the 21 year old.
AC Milan are after his signature and with age on his side, he will be a quality defender in the next 2 to 3 years.
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