Historical Analogue

Maxim De Cuyper vs Ian Harte

The player

Maxim De Cuyper

Brighton · WD

creative left-back · crossing · set pieces

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Historical Analogue

Ian Harte

Ian Harte — Leeds United 1998-2002

Leeds United

Why is Maxim De Cuyper similar to Ian Harte (Ian Harte — Leeds United 1998-2002)?

Why the comparison works

The left-back as a dead-ball threat

Harte’s Leeds 1998–2002 phase offers a reference for De Cuyper’s set-piece contribution. Harte’s free-kick against Grasshoppers in November 2001 illustrates how a left-back can create danger from a dead ball as well as from a run down the flank.

Shared qualities

Set-piece threat from full-back
An attacking role beyond overlapping

Where it breaks down

Unknown — a main difference has not been established yet.

A style reference for this phase, not a prediction of Maxim De Cuyper’s ceiling.