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Akanji ‘not a big fan’ of hydration breaks, but SoFi Stadium ‘the best I’ve played in’
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Defenders#5
Manuel Akanji
Group BUEFAInter Milan
81
Caps
4
Goals
30
Age
July 19, 1995
188 cm
Height
Among Defenders at the 2026 World Cup
Percentile rank vs 421 players in this position.
Caps93%
Goals90%
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Open dataComputed from free, open event data — per-90 rates and percentiles vs. positional peers.
StatsBomb Open Data · FIFA World Cup 2022 & FIFA World Cup 2018 · 8 matches · 734 min sample
Attacking
Goals
1
0.12 per 90
Assists
0
0.00 per 90
xG88
1.1
0.13 per 90
Shots
6
0.74 per 90
Key passes
1
0.12 per 90
Possession
Pass completion82
90%
Progressive passes99
147
18.02 per 90
Progressive carries94
68
8.34 per 90
Carries
445
54.56 per 90
Defending
Tackles30
10
1.23 per 90
Interceptions50
9
1.10 per 90
Pressures32
67
8.22 per 90
Blocks
15
1.84 per 90
Clearances
23
2.82 per 90
Discipline
Fouls committed
9
1.10 per 90
Fouls won
9
1.10 per 90
Yellow cards
1
Red cards
0
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Caps, goals and club from official squad lists; photo, date of birth and height from FIFA. Official FIFA squad page · Squad data as of Jun 11, 2026