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Michaela-Batya Bisi Abam

Position:
Forward
Nationality:
Cameroon
Born:
1997-06-12 (age 29)
Height:
170 cm

Career (2018–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 23 GP · 401 min · 1 goals · 0 assists

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeason ▴TeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12018Gotham4071000101000.000.00
22021Dash7621003369.2001.451.45
32022Dash12326800092460.9000.000.00
3 Yrs233401100135562.3000.220.22

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeason ▴TeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12018Gotham FC7100.000.000.00-0.15-0.11-0.03-0.190.170.220.009
22021Dash6210.650.350.940.920.94-0.021.330.170.250.023
32022Dash26800.54-0.540.18-1.41-1.25-0.17-0.470.370.120.052
3 Yrs40111.19-0.190.27-0.64-0.42-0.22-0.140.710.160.084

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
120225514played her role
1 Yr5514played her role

Similar Players

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

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Yazmeen RyanThorns2021Forward0.781
2Bethany BalcerReign2021Forward0.773
3Tyler LussiThorns2018Forward0.762
4Nicole DouglasSpirit2023Midfielder0.748
5Crystal Elaine Marie ThomasPride2021Forward0.742
6Kayla FischerRacing2025Midfielder0.736
7Gift MondaySpirit2025Forward0.736
8Kristen HamiltonCurrent2021Forward0.733
9Maddie ElwellSpirit2022Midfielder0.733
10Messiah BrightPride2023Forward0.724