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Vanessa DiBernardo

Vanessa DiBernardo

Position:
Midfielder
Nationality:
USA
Born:
1992-05-15 (age 34)
Height:
163 cm

Career (2016–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 166 GP · 13,098 min · 15 goals · 24 assists

Composite 2024: 0.239 — ranked 176 of 338 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12016Stars20201841060362135000.000.29
22017Stars20201760320372639000.150.26
32018Stars117735220211520000.240.49
42019Stars21181631320422625000.170.28
52021Stars211815280101971567.2100.000.06
62022Stars232320171201782379.1200.040.13
72023Current1111961020137874.8100.000.19
82024Current2522172666128103574.0300.310.63
92025Current1311891010721773.4100.000.10
102026Current1800000276.9000.000.00
10 Yrs166150130981524122012221974.6800.100.27

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12016Chicago Stars184100.35-0.350.021.581.490.080.085.730.280.676
22017Chicago Stars176032.100.900.114.114.51-0.400.216.200.320.580
32018Chicago Stars73521.600.400.202.252.36-0.110.282.430.300.325
42019Chicago Stars163132.250.750.122.873.36-0.490.164.240.230.604
52021Chicago Stars152801.06-1.060.06-1.00-0.51-0.49-0.062.600.150.457
62022Chicago Stars201711.05-0.050.053.674.55-0.880.164.300.190.927
72023KC Current96100.57-0.570.051.461.76-0.300.142.430.230.389
82024KC Current172663.562.440.194.785.54-0.760.254.630.240.597
92025KC Current89100.47-0.470.05-0.330.79-1.11-0.032.770.280.224
102026KC Current800.060.060.000.660.171.910.005
10 Yrs130981513.011.990.0919.4523.91-4.460.1335.500.244.784

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
120221.009-0.8980.2050.0630.007184247
220240.431-0.6530.9140.2110.239176338

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
12016213104417211an 8, played like a 6
22017212019651an 8, played like a 6
3201888314played her role
420192018211351an 8, played like a 6
5202010461621an 8, played like a 6
6202122217217276an 8, played like a 6
7202229209222131an 8, played like a 6
820231349112an 8, played like a 6
92024275141527974an 8, played like a 10
10202511352121251an 8, played like a winger
10 Yrs1822111963244961634257an 8, played like a 6

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

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
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