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Bruninha

Bruninha

Bruna Santos Nhaia

Position:
Defender
Nationality:
Brazil
Born:
2002-06-16 (age 24)
Height:
160 cm

Career (2022–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 71 GP · 4,170 min · 2 goals · 5 assists

Composite 2025: 0.361 — ranked 97 of 258 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12022Gotham FC1250000075.0000.000.00
22023Gotham FC20191688210532275.0200.110.16
32024Gotham FC22889802051878.5310.000.20
42025Gotham FC26171545020001274.2400.000.12
52026Gotham FC2140000060.0000.000.00
5 Yrs714441702501044275.4910.040.15

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12022Gotham FC2500.200.160.040.720.160.59
22023Gotham FC168820.531.470.033.984.97-0.990.214.710.250.419
32024Gotham FC89800.27-0.270.030.941.94-1.000.092.200.220.218
42025Gotham FC154502.432.93-0.500.144.680.270.349
52026Gotham FC140-0.14-0.13-0.01-0.880.110.73
5 Yrs417020.801.200.027.419.87-2.460.1611.860.260.986

Composite Rating

Our overall player rating, unique to this site: five components — xG, ball carries, passes into the box, defensive value, and goalkeeping — combined into one score and averaged across every selection-model run of the season. Rank is her place among all rated players that year.

Glossary
Components
RkSeasonxGCarriesBox PassesDefenseGKCompositeRankPool
120232.0230.018-0.0741.6300.66435240
220241.0490.259-1.0961.4250.321136338
320250.7700.512-0.9081.3000.36197258

Structural Roles

Start counts by role, per season — twice. Explicit is where the team sheet wrote her; Inferredis what a model reading only her on-ball events made of each start. The Read column states each season's verdict from the two most common roles.

Explicit (Team Sheet)Inferred (Event Data)
RkSeasonStartsGKFBCBDMCMAMWSTGKFBCBDMCMAMWSTRead
1202320191191played her role
2202414122122played her role
3202517134134played her role
3 Yrs51447447played her role

Similar Players

Nearest neighbors by playing-style embedding (most recent embedded season). Similarity is cosine distance in style space, not quality.

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Christen WestphalSan Diego Wave2022Defender0.905
2Caprice DydascoBay2024Defender0.901
3Merritt MathiasCourage2022Defender0.849
4Sofia HuertaReign2023Defender0.849
5Cori DykePride2024Midfielder0.812
6Kate Del FavaKC Current2022Defender0.808
7Sinclaire MiramontezReign2022Defender0.745
8Ryan WilliamsCourage2022Defender0.734
9Veronica LatskoReign2024Forward0.732
10Lauren MillietRacing Lou2024Midfielder0.703