CORNERFLICK
club
Club
Super Cup
Cup
First Division A
DFB Pokal
Taça da Liga
Premier League
The Atlantic Cup
Nation
GI
Club
LL
League
37
Age
MF
Position
4
Caps
0
Int'l goals
Girona
Club
La Liga
League
BEL
National team
// the read
The shape of him
Midfield is where the game is won or lost — set the tempo, win it back, pick the pass. The profile below is the positional read; the rest is written in the matches.
// the equation
vision × engine × control of the tempo
the half-spacesbetween the linesthe middle third
// the x-factor
The job
The engine of the side.
Dictate the rhythm, screen the back four, and turn defence into attack in one touch. World Cups are decided in the middle third.
37Years old
MidfielderRole
// the cabinet
Honours
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×4
×3
×2
×2
×2
×2
// the closing word
Axel Witsel.Belgium · Midfielder.The full dossier — season numbers, takes and tape — lands closer to kickoff.
BELMidfielderGirona