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Kaká

Kaká

Andressa Karolaine Freire Gomes Ferreira

Position:
Defender
Nationality:
Brazil
Born:
1999-08-02 (age 26)
Height:
175 cm

Career (2026–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 2 GP · 180 min · 0 goals · 0 assists

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeason ▴TeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12026Boston Legacy221800000079.8100.000.00
1 Yr2218000000079.8100.000.00

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeason ▴TeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12026Boston Legacy1800-0.010.13-0.14-0.010.290.150.061
1 Yr18000.000.000.00-0.010.13-0.14-0.010.290.140.061

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)
RkSeason ▴StartsGKFBCBDMCMAMWSTGKFBCBDMCMAMWSTRead
12026222played her role
1 Yr222played her role

Similar Players

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

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Annie KarichBoston Legacy2026Midfielder0.766
2Kayla SharplesChicago Stars2022Defender0.763
3Isabella ObazeThorns2024Defender0.759
4Estelle JohnsonGotham FC2021Defender0.754
5Jenna WalkerKC Current2023Defender0.754
6Becky SauerbrunnThorns2024Defender0.752
7Sam HiattReign2023Defender0.752
8Kaleigh RiehlSan Diego Wave2022Defender0.747
9Katie LindDash2025Defender0.739
10Gabby ProvenzanoThorns2022Midfielder0.732