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Kenza Dali

Kenza Dali

Position:
Midfielder
Nationality:
France
Born:
1991-07-31 (age 34)
Height:
163 cm

Career (2025–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 42 GP · 3,743 min · 5 goals · 5 assists

Composite 2026: 0.905 — ranked 31 of 385 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeason ▴TeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12025San Diego Wave2727245653037214786.9200.180.29
22026San Diego Wave151512870201053985.7200.000.14
2 Yrs4242374355047268686.5400.120.24

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeason ▴TeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12025San Diego Wave245652.362.640.097.598.24-0.650.287.330.270.375
22026San Diego Wave128700.63-0.630.041.542.01-0.460.1114.791.030.213
2 Yrs374352.992.010.079.1310.25-1.110.2222.120.530.588

Composite Rating

Our overall player rating, unique to this site: five components — xG, ball carries, passes into the box, defensive value, and goalkeeping — combined into one score and averaged across every selection-model run of the season. Rank is her place among all rated players that year.

Glossary
Components
RkSeason ▴xGCarriesBox PassesDefenseGKCompositeRankPool
12025-0.0950.8631.152-0.2250.48069258
220260.1971.4272.261-0.5330.0000.90531385

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
12025271314141111an 8, played like a 6
2202615312825an 8, played like a 6
2 Yrs421626223161an 8, played like a 6

Similar Players

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

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Leicy SantosSpirit2025Midfielder0.775
2Heather StainbrookSpirit2024Midfielder0.754
3Ally LemosPride2025Midfielder0.741
4Vanessa DiBernardoKC Current2024Midfielder0.721
5Deyna CastellanosBay2024Forward0.704
6Joelle AndersonBay2024Midfielder0.701
7Erika TymrakPride2022Midfielder0.687
8Kristie MewisGotham FC2023Midfielder0.675
9Dzsenifer MarozsánReign2021Midfielder0.663
10María SánchezSan Diego Wave2025Midfielder0.653