Chadi Riad

★ WorkhorseDefender · Crystal Palace

Caps

Int'l goals

Years

NATION · MAR Morocco →

Age

Position

Caps

Int'l goals

Crystal Palace

Club

League Cup

League

MAR

National team

// the read

The shape of him

Defending at a World Cup is a tightrope — one mistake ends a campaign. The profile below is the positional read; the moments that define it come in the knockouts.

// the equation

reading × timing × the last-ditch nerve

the back linethe cover positionthe duel

// the x-factor

The job

The last line of trust.

Read the danger early, time the tackle, marshal the line. At this level the margin between a clean sheet and an early flight is a single lapse.

23Years old

DefenderRole

// the cabinet

Honours

club

Club

FA Cup

×2

La Liga

×2

Super Cup

×2

Community Shield

×2

Trofeo Joan Gamper

×2

CAF U23 Cup of Nations

×2

División de Honor Juvenil

×2

// the closing word

Chadi Riad.Morocco · Defender.The full dossier — season numbers, takes and tape — lands closer to kickoff.

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