Copa América

As the Copa América is a short-term competition, we expect some players with good performances. We can observe players from several national teams in this list but only one FB or WB representing each country in terms of top performances.

Player	Rating	Defense	Minutes Played	Country
Danilo	7.43	Back 4	575	Brazil
Alberto Espínola	7.35	Back 4	446	Paraguay
Pervis Estupiñán	7.10	Back 4	450	Ecuador
Eugenio Mena	7.10	Back 5	180	Chile
Matías Viña	7.07	Back 4	444	Uruguay
Marcos Acuña	7.03	Back 4	360	Argentina

Conditions for the presented data: 

– Minimum minutes played in the season: 180 minutes (equivalent to 2 full games) per type of defense played (Back 4 or Back 5);

Data from FBref.

In a competition with a limited number of participants, the list of GKs features several names. As expected, the average rating achieved by Brazil’s GK (Ederson) and Argentina’s GK (Martínez) were among the highest ratings recorded.

Player	Rating	Defense	Minutes Played	Country
Claudio Bravo	7.91	Back 5	180	Chile
Ederson	7.86	Back 4	360	Brazil
Emiliano Martínez	7.60	Back 4	540	Argentina
Wuilker Faríñez	7.53	Back 5	270	Venezuela
Fernando Muslera	7.16	Back 4	450	Uruguay
Carlos Lampe	7.15	Back 4	270	Bolivia
Claudio Bravo	7.05	Back 4	270	Chile

Conditions for the presented data: 

– Minimum minutes played in the competition: 180 minutes (equivalent to 2 full games) per type of defense played (Back 4 or Back 5);

Data from FBref.