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Katie Zelem

Katie Zelem

Position:
Midfielder
Nationality:
England
Born:
1996-01-20 (age 30)
Height:
163 cm

Career (2024–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 25 GP · 1,325 min · 2 goals · 1 assists

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeason ▴TeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12024Angel City108746010811178.4200.000.12
22025Angel City1565792001461078.8200.310.31
2 Yrs251413252102272178.6400.140.20

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeason ▴TeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12024Angel City74600.47-0.470.06-0.52-0.11-0.41-0.062.470.300.280
22025Angel City57920.871.130.141.591.94-0.350.251.600.250.193
2 Yrs132521.340.660.091.071.83-0.760.074.070.280.473

Structural Roles

Start counts by role, per season — twice. Explicit is where the team sheet wrote her; Inferredis what a model reading only her on-ball events made of each start. The Read column states each season's verdict from the two most common roles.

Explicit (Team Sheet)Inferred (Event Data)
RkSeason ▴StartsGKFBCBDMCMAMWSTGKFBCBDMCMAMWSTRead
120248268an 8, played like a 6
220256516played her role
2 Yrs147714played her role

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Nearest neighbors by playing-style embedding (most recent embedded season). Similarity is cosine distance in style space, not quality.

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Sam CoffeyThorns2024Midfielder0.778
2AngelinaPride2024Midfielder0.766
3Claudia ZornozaRoyals2025Midfielder0.755
4Emily van EgmondSan Diego Wave2022Midfielder0.749
5Riley JacksonCourage2025Midfielder0.730
6Andi SullivanSpirit2022Midfielder0.728
7Júlia BianchiChicago Stars2023Midfielder0.718
8Danielle ColapricoSan Diego Wave2023Midfielder0.706
9Angela SalemThorns2021Midfielder0.705
10Savannah McCaskillSan Diego Wave2024Midfielder0.685