Player dossier
Premiership · 2025/2026
Dante Polvara
Dante Polvara- Team
- Aberdeen
- Role
- Defensive midfielder
- Nationality
- United States
- Date of birth
- 21 Jun 2000 (age 26)
- Shirt number
- 8
- Competition
- Premiership (Scotland)
- Season
- 2025/2026
Season snapshot
18 appearances · 1,046 minutesEstablished sampleAll figures cover completed fixtures in this season only.
- Appearances
- 18
- Starts
- 11
- Minutes
- 1,046
- Goals
- 1
- Assists
- 0
- Yellow cards
- 1
- Red cards
- Not available
2 unused substitute matchdays
Counted from match events
Counted from match events
Counted from match events
Provider rating & details
Provider match ratingAverage rating across 18 rated matches.Third-party match rating. Not used in FootyCabin scores.
6.83
FootyCabin performance
FootyCabin scores compare this player with others in the same role, league and season. Higher scores indicate stronger statistical performance.
Impact Score
50.3/ 100
Slightly above average for their role
Established-sample estimate · 18 appearances · 1,046 minutes as defensive midfielder
Ball Security Score
12.0/ 100
Among the lowest in their role
Compared with defensive midfielders (47)
Defensive Activity Score
71.3/ 100
Clearly above average for their role
Compared with defensive midfielders (47)
Defensive Reliability Score
44.2/ 100
Close to average for their role
Compared with defensive midfielders (47)
How the Impact Score is built
- Duelweight 20%
- 63.6
- Passingweight 25%
- 45.8
- Creationweight 10%
- 57.0
- Defensiveweight 30%
- 49.9
- Ball retentionweight 15%
- 36.5
An experimental in-house model based on available match data. It weights role-relative percentile families and is not an official rating, a definitive measure of player quality, or a prediction.
Playing style
How this player tends to contribute, compared with players in the same role and season. Style, not quality.
Box-to-Box Midfielder
Strong matchContributes at both ends: defensive volume plus shooting and carrying into advanced areas.
Why this style
- Dribble attempts per 9098th
- Shots per 9085th
- Passes in the final third per 9071th
Archetypes describe statistical playing style, not player quality. How this is built
Player profile
See where the player ranks compared with others in the same role. A percentile of 80 means the player ranks higher than 80% of the comparison group. Only areas relevant to defensive midfielder are shown.
| Family | Percentile |
|---|---|
| Passing | 45.8 |
| Ball retention | 36.5 |
| Defensive | 49.9 |
| Duel | 63.6 |
| Creation | 57.0 |
| Dribbling | 74.5 |
| Shooting | 73.7 |
Dashed ring marks the defensive midfielder median (50th percentile) across 47 comparable players.
Percentile detail
Compared with Defensive midfielder players in this season47 in reference group
- Passing45.8pctl
- Ball retention36.5pctl
- Defensive49.9pctl
- Duel63.6pctl
- Creation57.0pctl
- Dribbling74.5pctl
- Shooting73.7pctl
Similar players
Players with the most similar statistical playing styles. This compares style, not player quality.
- Laurent MendyVery similar style98 / 100
Hearts · Defensive midfielder · Premiership 2026/2027
Similar in aerial play, chance creation, ball security. Different in dribbling, attacking involvement.
- Kevin YakobVery similar style92 / 100
AGF · Central midfielder · Superliga 2025/2026 · Box-to-Box Midfielder
Similar in attacking involvement, chance creation, dribbling. Different in defensive duels, defensive activity.
- Brad LyonsVery similar style91 / 100
Kilmarnock · Central midfielder · Premiership 2025/2026
Similar in aerial play, defensive duels, passing. Different in dribbling, shooting.
Show 2 more similar players
- Mads Emil MadsenVery similar style90 / 100
Central midfielder · Superliga 2025/2026 · Creative Midfielder
Similar in attacking involvement, defensive duels, chance creation. Different in dribbling, aerial play.
- Aaron TshibolaSimilar style89 / 100
Kilmarnock · Defensive midfielder · Premiership 2026/2027 · Box-to-Box Midfielder
Similar in chance creation, attacking involvement, passing. Different in defensive duels, aerial play.
How similarity works
Similarity compares playing profiles inside the same role family. A score of 92 means the pair is closer than 92% of comparable player pairs. It is not a rating of ability, market value or transfer suitability.
Form & context
Recent form, development and match context from completed fixtures. These figures add context to the scores above and are not official ratings or predictions.
Form
Form is falling
Detail
Momentum ScoreLast 2 scored matches 33.0 vs earlier 53.6 (−20.6).8.8/ 100
Development
No clear upward trend
Detail
Breakout ScoreLooks at recent performances, playing time and starts to spot signs that a player is improving. It is not a prediction.Minutes +17 · Starts +10pp24.8/ 100
Decline
Strong downward trend
Detail
Decline ScoreLooks for signs that the player's performances and playing time are dropping. It is not a prediction.12 scored matches75.2/ 100
Opposition strength
Around average
Detail
Opposition Difficulty ScoreShows how strong the opponents have been. It is context only and does not change the Impact Score.18 rated opponents47.7/ 100
Efficiency
Too few recorded actions to score
Detail
Efficiency ScoreShows how often the player's actions lead to successful results.Coverage 85%Insufficient sample
Team effect and success rates
Team effect
Compares team points per completed match when the player starts and when he does not. This describes results, not proof that the player caused them.
Difference: +0.43 points per match. This is a description of results only and does not mean the player caused them.
| Metric | Rate |
|---|---|
| Pass accuracy | 76.6% |
| Dribble success rate | 54.5% |
| Duel win rate | 54.2% |
| Aerial duel win rate | Not available |
| Tackle success rate | 67.9% |
| Shot on target rate | 44.4% |
| Long ball accuracy | 39.2% |
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Methodology
Data source
Match, lineup, event and player statistics come from Sportmonks and are stored per fixture. Only completed fixtures with recorded minutes are aggregated. Announced lineups and future fixtures are excluded.
Per 90 minutes
A per-90 value scales a season total to a full match: total × 90 ÷ minutes played. It is not calculated when minutes are missing or zero.
Missing data
The provider omits some statistics instead of sending a zero. A missing value is shown as "not available" and never converted to 0, so rates and percentiles are only produced where the underlying fields genuinely exist.
Impact Score
The Football Performance Lab Impact Score is an experimental in-house model that combines role-relative percentile families with explicit weights. It is not an official rating and not a measure of transfer value.
Minimum samples
Values are calculated internally from 180 minutes, but a player is only shown publicly with a ranked Impact Score from 360 minutes and 5 appearances, with at least 90% metric coverage and an established role. A single appearance contributes a match impact observation from 30 minutes.