Mata
MID🇪🇸38 years old·born 28 Apr 1988
170 cm · 63 kg · born Burgos, Spain
Rank #6,020·332 matches tracked
Playing style
PlaymakerNon-pen goals /90
0.15
65th pct
Assists /90
0.24
88th pct
Key passes /90
2.27
95th pct
Passes /90
47.82
81st pct
Tackles + int. /90
1.36
11th pct
Dribbles /90
1.21
30th pct
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
−76T. Lawrence1783
in 4 matches · Perth Glory
−70K. Schmeichel2030
in 8 matches · Leicester
−62A. Behich1654
in 3 matches · Melbourne City
−56P. Jagielka1515
in 7 matches · Sheffield Utd
−51W. Morgan1328
in 7 matches · Leicester
Nemeses
+171B. Foster1613
in 5 matches · Watford
+156Mark Noble1470
in 8 matches · West Ham
+149I. Diop2246
in 3 matches · West Ham
+120P. Groß2415
in 7 matches · Brighton
+103J. Rodríguez1550
in 6 matches · Burnley
Coaches
Their Elo change in matches against him (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite coaches
- −32
Mile Sterjovski1659
in 4 matches · Macarthur
- −23
Aurelio Vidmar1759
in 4 matches · Melbourne City
- −22
E. Howe2329
in 5 matches · Bournemouth
- −20
in 5 matches · Wellington Phoenix
- −16
Claudio Ranieri2245
in 4 matches · Fulham
Nemesis coaches
- +66
M. Pellegrini2349
in 3 matches · West Ham
- +60
S. Dyche2174
in 5 matches · Burnley
- +50
C. Hughton1588
in 5 matches · Brighton
- +48
Airton Andrioli1657
in 3 matches · Adelaide United
- +44
Ufuk Talay1754
in 5 matches · Sydney
Style radar
On-ball style vs same-position, same-league peers (0 = average for the role).
Career history
- 2025Western Sydney Wanderers→Melbourne VictoryFree agent
- 2023Galatasaray→Vissel KobeFree
- 2022Manchester United→GalatasarayFree
- 2014Chelsea→Manchester United€ 44.7M
- 2011Valencia→Chelsea€ 26.7M
- 2007Real Madrid→ValenciaFree