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Ludmila

Ludmila

Ludmila da Silva

Position:
Forward
Nationality:
Brazil
Born:
1994-12-01 (age 31)
Height:
163 cm

Career (2024–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 46 GP · 3,417 min · 14 goals · 1 assists

Composite 2026: 1.026 — ranked 19 of 385 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12024Stars7653030083665.3010.510.51
22025Stars24211826101036192061.4300.490.54
32026Wave151410611002712560.0000.080.08
3 Yrs46413417141071343161.6310.370.40

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12024Chicago Stars53031.321.680.222.452.66-0.210.421.060.180.177
22025Chicago Stars1826106.113.890.307.437.92-0.490.373.500.170.339
32026San Diego Wave106114.31-3.310.37-3.04-2.87-0.18-0.266.170.520.159
3 Yrs34171411.742.260.316.847.71-0.880.1810.730.280.675

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
120242.0351.146-0.514-0.1041.2378338
220252.1211.089-1.186-0.2011.18410258
320261.4511.0930.1000.1200.0001.02619385

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
12024624132a 9, played like a winger
22025215161515played her role
320261414113played her role
3 Yrs41734111830played her role

Similar Players

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

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Tara RuddSpirit2021Defender0.816
2Hannah BetfortThorns2023Forward0.805
3Katie LampsonGotham2025Forward0.796
4Riley TiernanAngel City2025Forward0.772
5Esther GonzálezGotham2024Forward0.754
6Asisat OshoalaBay FC2025Forward0.741
7Cameron TuckerRoyals2024Forward0.739
8Makenzy RobbeWave2025Forward0.737
9Izzy D'AquilaThorns2023Forward0.727
10Michelle AlozieDash2022Defender0.723