A. Witsel
DEF🇧🇪37 years old·born 12 Jan 1989
186 cm · 81 kg · born Liège, Belgium
Rank #3,678·431 matches tracked
Playing style
Ball-playerNon-pen goals /90
0.07
42nd pct
Assists /90
0.04
30th pct
Key passes /90
0.45
20th pct
Passes /90
54.89
91st pct
Tackles + int. /90
2.00
40th pct
Dribbles /90
0.76
27th pct
Latest· 18 Oct 2026
87' vs Lyon — a quiet game.
Lyon 2–1 Nice (loss) · Rating 6.35 · Elo -11 · 37 passes · 1/1 duels
Form — EAR = Elo Above Replacement, football's version of baseball's WAR (Wins Above Replacement). Every rated match scores a player against the average performance for their position: better adds to EAR, worse subtracts. EAR180 adds up the last 180 days (current form); EAR career adds up every rated match. Our predictions add EAR180 to a player's Elo, about 37 Elo points per EAR point. Each bar is the EAR180 going into that match: green above the position average, red below. A gap means no rated match in that window. (180 days)
Opponents
Their Elo change in matches against him (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite opponents
−106J. Brooks1942
in 6 matches · VfL Wolfsburg
−96M. Arnold1899
in 6 matches · VfL Wolfsburg
−78Ricardo Goulart1682
in 5 matches · Guangzhou Evergrande FC
−70Zubeldia2151
in 6 matches · Real Sociedad
−67L. Modrić1923
in 8 matches · Real Madrid
Nemeses
+178Víctor Chust1991
in 4 matches · Elche
+178Beñat Prados2268
in 4 matches · Athletic Club
+164Aitor Paredes2271
in 4 matches · Athletic Club
+143Fermín2700
in 5 matches · Barcelona
+130K. Mavropanos2401
in 3 matches · VfB Stuttgart
Coaches
Their Elo change in matches against him (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite coaches
- −68
Oliver Glasner2236
in 4 matches · Eintracht Frankfurt
- −65
Marco Rose2219
in 5 matches · RB Leipzig
- −46
Arrasate2022
in 5 matches · Mallorca
- −33
Imanol Alguacil2115
in 5 matches · Real Sociedad
- −28
Marcelino2218
in 4 matches · Villarreal
Nemesis coaches
- +68
Luis García2133
in 3 matches · Alaves
- +52
in 4 matches · Real Sociedad
- +48
Xavi2417
in 3 matches · Barcelona
- +48
Rubén Baraja1932
in 3 matches · Valencia
- +38
Hansi Flick2713
in 6 matches · Barcelona
Style radar
On-ball style vs same-position, same-league peers (0 = average for the role).
Career history
- 2026Girona→Witsel AxelFree agent
- 2025Atletico Madrid→GironaFree Transfer
- 2022Borussia Dortmund→Atletico MadridFree
- 2018Tianjin Songjiang→Borussia Dortmund€ 20M
- 2017Zenit→Tianjin Songjiang€ 20M
- 2012Benfica→Zenit€ 40M
- 2011Standard Liege→Benfica€ 7.5M