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Sandra Starke

Position:
Forward
Nationality:
Germany
Born:
1993-07-31 (age 32)
Height:
165 cm

Career (2023–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 7 GP · 413 min · 0 goals · 0 assists

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeason ▴TeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12023Stars7641300010266.3000.000.00
1 Yr7641300010266.3000.000.00

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeason ▴TeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12023Chicago Stars41300.08-0.080.02-0.53-0.21-0.32-0.120.320.070.066
1 Yr41300.08-0.080.02-0.53-0.21-0.32-0.120.320.070.066

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
1202365124an 8, played like a 10
1 Yr65124an 8, played like a 10

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

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Victoria PickettCourage2024Midfielder0.831
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3Kristen HamiltonCurrent2023Forward0.731
4Jodie TaylorWave2022Forward0.728
5Claire LavogezCurrent2023Midfielder0.728
6Chardonnay CurranCurrent2022Midfielder0.724
7Ava CookStars2023Forward0.661
8Gia CorleyWave2026Midfielder0.624
9Ally CookStars2024Forward0.622
10Jessie FlemingThorns2025Midfielder0.616