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PlayersCece Delzer

Cece Delzer

Cece Delzer

Position:
Forward
Nationality:
USA
Born:
1997-08-07 (age 28)
Height:
173 cm

Career (2019–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 145 GP · 9,177 min · 29 goals · 12 assists

Composite 2026: 0.773 — ranked 38 of 385 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12019Dash162451000309100.000.00
22021Racing2222188952121152074.8000.240.33
32022Current50483706146059395068.2000.340.49
42023Current2018146862025141775.6000.370.49
52024Gotham11330710011269.1000.290.29
62025Royals13544810055880.0000.200.20
72026Royals13119082211581768.9000.200.40
7 Yrs1451099177291221298212371.7100.280.40

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12019Dash45100.19-0.190.04-1.05-0.80-0.25-0.210.340.070.097
22021Racing Lou188954.670.330.224.765.05-0.290.232.740.130.399
32022KC Current3706145.538.470.135.726.35-0.630.143.010.070.315
42023KC Current146864.971.030.314.615.09-0.480.281.770.110.338
52024Gotham FC30710.820.180.240.360.60-0.230.110.460.130.125
62025Royals44810.390.610.080.770.81-0.040.160.390.080.064
72026Royals90822.90-0.900.290.220.37-0.150.024.050.400.186
7 Yrs91772919.479.530.1915.3917.47-2.070.1512.760.131.524

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
120221.1170.1560.602-0.2470.62138247
220231.8300.4870.9710.4791.2063240
320242.1930.5031.2050.5481.4254338
420252.2120.4381.2000.3941.3955258
520261.2370.5660.690-0.0310.0000.77338385

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
120192211a 9, played like a winger
220212662711131588a 9, played like a winger
320222814111216912an 8, played like a 9
4202322713223134played her role
5202441121111a 9, played like a center back
620255131122played her role
7202611371137a winger, played like a 9
7 Yrs98131332311163153735played her role

Similar Players

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

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Trinity RodmanSpirit2021Forward0.702
2Shea GroomDash2021Midfielder0.698
3Yazmeen RyanGotham2023Forward0.691
4Gabi PortilhoGotham2025Forward0.685
5Jordyn HuitemaReign2023Forward0.644
6Nichelle PrinceCurrent2024Forward0.641
7Scarlett CamberosBay FC2024Forward0.635
8Jameese JosephStars2024Forward0.627
9Barbara OlivieriDash2023Midfielder0.623
10Nicole DouglasSpirit2023Midfielder0.621