Jean-Phillipe Mateta

Current Analogue

Serhou Guirassy

Borussia Dortmund

BRSPrima Punta91

Receiving and finishing as a nine

Why the comparison works

Mateta and Guirassy give attacks a central forward who can receive under contact and turn supporting service into box chances. Their size and central receiving role make this a useful comparison.

Shared qualities

Central receiving
Penalty-area finishing

Where it breaks down

Guirassy’s technical combinations and scoring level are not assigned to Mateta. The stored ambipedal foot tag is treated as right-foot compatibility, not proof of identical finishing.

Supporting reading

Supporting football/phase evidence Supporting football/phase evidence Supporting football/phase evidence Bundesliga analysis of Guirassy link play and penalty-area movement

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Historical Analogue

Demba Ba

Newcastle United 2011-2013

Physical receiving with mobility

Why the comparison works

Mateta recalls part of Demba Ba’s Newcastle game in 2011–13: a substantial central target who could move away from defenders and finish attacks rather than remain a static aerial outlet.

Shared qualities

Physical receiving
Movement to finish

Where it breaks down

Ba also played from the left after Papiss Cissé arrived. This comparison is restricted to his central-forward work, not that wide deployment or his scoring rate.

A style reference for this phase, not a prediction of Jean-Phillipe Mateta’s ceiling.

Supporting reading

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Current Analogue

Serhou Guirassy

Borussia Dortmund

BRSPrima Punta91

Receiving and finishing as a nine

Why the comparison works

Mateta and Guirassy give attacks a central forward who can receive under contact and turn supporting service into box chances. Their size and central receiving role make this a useful comparison.

Shared qualities

Central receiving
Penalty-area finishing

Where it breaks down

Guirassy’s technical combinations and scoring level are not assigned to Mateta. The stored ambipedal foot tag is treated as right-foot compatibility, not proof of identical finishing.

Supporting reading

Supporting football/phase evidence Supporting football/phase evidence Supporting football/phase evidence Bundesliga analysis of Guirassy link play and penalty-area movement

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Historical Analogue

Demba Ba

Newcastle United 2011-2013

Physical receiving with mobility

Why the comparison works

Mateta recalls part of Demba Ba’s Newcastle game in 2011–13: a substantial central target who could move away from defenders and finish attacks rather than remain a static aerial outlet.

Shared qualities

Physical receiving
Movement to finish

Where it breaks down

Ba also played from the left after Papiss Cissé arrived. This comparison is restricted to his central-forward work, not that wide deployment or his scoring rate.

A style reference for this phase, not a prediction of Jean-Phillipe Mateta’s ceiling.

Supporting reading

Supporting football/phase evidence Supporting football/phase evidence

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Current Analogue

Serhou Guirassy

Borussia Dortmund

BRSPrima Punta91

Receiving and finishing as a nine

Why the comparison works

Mateta and Guirassy give attacks a central forward who can receive under contact and turn supporting service into box chances. Their size and central receiving role make this a useful comparison.

Shared qualities

Central receiving
Penalty-area finishing

Where it breaks down

Guirassy’s technical combinations and scoring level are not assigned to Mateta. The stored ambipedal foot tag is treated as right-foot compatibility, not proof of identical finishing.

Supporting reading

Supporting football/phase evidence Supporting football/phase evidence Supporting football/phase evidence Bundesliga analysis of Guirassy link play and penalty-area movement

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Historical Analogue

Demba Ba

Newcastle United 2011-2013

Physical receiving with mobility

Why the comparison works

Mateta recalls part of Demba Ba’s Newcastle game in 2011–13: a substantial central target who could move away from defenders and finish attacks rather than remain a static aerial outlet.

Shared qualities

Physical receiving
Movement to finish

Where it breaks down

Ba also played from the left after Papiss Cissé arrived. This comparison is restricted to his central-forward work, not that wide deployment or his scoring rate.

A style reference for this phase, not a prediction of Jean-Phillipe Mateta’s ceiling.

Supporting reading

Supporting football/phase evidence Supporting football/phase evidence

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Positions

The comparisons

Serhou Guirassy

Receiving and finishing as a nine

Shared qualities

Where it breaks down

Supporting reading

Demba Ba

Physical receiving with mobility

Shared qualities

Where it breaks down

Supporting reading

Similar Players

Current players

Historical players

The comparisons

Serhou Guirassy

Receiving and finishing as a nine

Shared qualities

Where it breaks down

Supporting reading

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Demba Ba

Physical receiving with mobility

Shared qualities

Where it breaks down

Supporting reading

Similar Players

Current players

Historical players

The comparisons

Serhou Guirassy

Receiving and finishing as a nine

Shared qualities

Where it breaks down

Supporting reading

Demba Ba

Physical receiving with mobility

Shared qualities

Where it breaks down

Supporting reading

Similar Players

Current players

Historical players

Scouting detail