Stat of the day: Cesc, master of the assist
Over the last five professional seasons, Cesc Fabregas leads the top five leagues in assists, with 60 to his credit. Dani Alves follows on his heels with 59, Messi with 52, Xavi with 50, and Mesut Özil with 48. To go one step further, Fabregas has created a scoring opportunity from open play every 28.6 minutes.
Source: OptaSports
Well Dani is close to him and he is a RB
dani is da monster, he's on his own league when it comes to wing back… best in his position in a looong waaayyy
Yes, I would agree, m'kay. I used to think Lahm and maicon were the best right-backs, but then Dani's last 3 monster seasons really set him apart!
Dani is one of the players that can't be replaced at Barca. His type comes once in a generation. Surely the best Barca RB ever!
it will be hard to find a replacement for him when the time comes
not for another 5 years at least!!
yeahh.. he's the best RB at the world right now.. but we must remember, most of Dani's assist is made because of the brilliant play from Xavi or Iniesta or Messi before.. :cheers
yes but our left side has xavi, iniesta and messi, too. the reason why barca plays a lot more on the right side is because of alves… because his skills, his passing and his shots are far better then abi's, maxwell's and adriano's
dani alves for barcelona is what roberto carlos was for madrid. we cant afford to lose the lad and thank god we gave him a new contract.
SI,,Dani and Keita were a good buy by Pep,,,
wow!!! dun worry eventually he will be a barca player… this summer might not b the right time, but who knows… world class he is definitely!!!
Can somebody tell us how many assists he made against Man U, Chelsea, Liverpool and for example Everton? And how many assist Xavi made against Man U, Chelsea, Liverpool and arse-anal.
Good day.
The truth hurts, doesn't it?
it's not hurting cuz we don't know the truth… please tell us…
plus, everton is a very good team…
Cant you just admit that Fabregas is a great at just 24??? Why the whole big match philosophy… YES, he comes no where close to Xavi, but his game has certain aspect Xavi's game will never have… Fabregas is a genius, and trust me, if he comes to Barca, Guardiola will definitely have some headache… such Talents don't sit on the bench
I equally give Wenger lots of credit for what Fab has become
No, he's not great, and he's far away from genius. A very good player? Yes, but there are many very good players.
I just want to know how many assists he made against the 4 best English clubs averagely per game (in the last 7 years Everton was the 5th).
Xavi made brilliant assists in two finals against Man U, and I remember his amazing assist to Overmars against Liverpool (2001 or 2002).
If you are trying to imply that he disappears in big games, remember that he is still young, far younger than most "midfield generals," and therefore lacks experience and maturity as a player. But also, it seems everyone has forgotten who MADE the assist to win Spain the 2010 World Cup, its first ever. Cesc Fabregas.
technically the results would be skewed. first of all, Xavi has been playing much longer than Fabregas, but Fabregas play against these teams regularly in EPL while Xavi can only go against them in UCL.
please show respect to another footballing institute. I know Arsenal are leeching off Barcelona, but they aren't a team to be underestimated. Don't forget how they managed to win Barca 2-1 in the Emerites Stadium.
inb4 "he's overrated"
No, he's not overrated. His passes are wonderful and he is creative.
Did I say he's overrated? Just that many Barca fans think he is for some reason…
I know. That's why I said he's not.
By the way I consider him the best midfielder in the world after Xavi and Iniesta.
LOL Yeah, an amazing assist to Iniesta in the World Cup final. Too bad he's brave only against Bolton or Blackpool.
sorry dude… he's the best after Xavi, Iniesta and Busi… Its ridiculous how here in England, we see Busi as an unpararrelled genius, but his own fans underrate him so much
Ok make it "central midifielder" dude. I'm the last one to underrate Busquets.
Cesc is an amazing player. No doubt about that.
This is why we need Cesc i.e. for creating more goalscoring opportunity.
Yeah, he can lap up the extras left wanting from Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, and Alves' inability to create goalscoring opportunities.
lol! sarcasm at its best
Sorry, I didn't know Barca need to create more goalscoring opps than they already do.
It's a bit difficult to create chances from the bench
The power of his brilliant mind will do everything.
Haha lol shame we didn't get ozil last year, he would have fit perfectly and was cheap!
Fabregas is the best of arsenal but last season wasn't that great he's worth 35milj max
Fabregas i think must come this season and a fast strong defender for backup, an attacker will just be extra.
the money we pay for sanchez i think is to much, just watch Nolito next year he'll develope and everyone will want him!
nilito is going out
Yeah I know, he will develope and than everyone will want him, he has skilz, good movement and tiki taka
he said if he is one year younger than now he will stay.
dani mite be one of the very best WB's of all time
you can see why arsenal fans dont want to lose him, and also why barca dont need him.
This Cesc chase is a waste of time and is simply damaging our rep. If it weren't for Pep's adamance we would have had a younger and potentially better prospect in Ozil for like 5 Mill. Euros.
Go back to FIFA '10
More like FIFA 11 :p But seriously, Ozil was a smarter option.
you mean ozil the player that cant play more than 70 minutes ,has the worlds worst stamina and still this summer he was caught smoking…. no thanks i prefer cesc.i dont mind a player getting injured in a game or practice but i dont want a player that purposly affects his fitness outside of the game.
no need to insult Ozil. He has bad stamina but is a monster when it comes to creating goals. I actually wanted him to come to our club last summer after seeing that he listed barca as his favorite club in his official website, I was like wow he'll be awesome. he didn't come, but i won't be sulking over the fact that he didn't. Cesc is better and he will come sooner or later.
WOWWWWWWWW… Ozil is a monster in creating goals…. And you guys would have preffered him to Cesc… Cesc had 60, Ozil had 48…. the same Ozil that has always been the worst player on all the Classico's….
What exactly do you guys have against Cesc??
The problem is we need a big game player not someone to help us beat the Osasunas and Mallorcas like Ozil and disappear when it really matters.
Mallorca? we struggled against then both games last season and drew the first match
Just like fabregas disappear in crucial games.
This is bullshit obviiously. Dou you want me to remind you of the wc final, or the 2-2 against us or Milan's trashing with Arsenal? Are those small games?
There's a reason he's captain of Arsenal at such a young age.
But I shouln't feed the troll…
"There's a reason he's captain of Arsenal at such a young age."
Yes, because he's their best player, currently. But being the captain of a football team doesn't always means he's a great football player. If The Invincibles players are still young, Cesc wouldn't have any single chance of being an Arsenal Captain.
"But being the captain of a football team doesn't always means he's a great football player"
This is the most stupid quote of the day…. Arsenal is not just any club… and if you think Cesc is not a great player… you must be cricket fan
You are deluded. The Captain is the leader, not always the best player.
Keane was the captain of Man U not Giggs or Scholes.
Cesc is a waste of money. Thiago is what we must persist with.
Do you really think Ozil is better Cesc? SMH.
Never said he's better, but he could become better if he played with us
ozil disappear in big matches especially away games
Busquets does an awesome job shutting him down. He made ozil ineffective in the world cup game and the ones this season against real.
Your point is? I hate to disagree but Oezil is kinda "new" to high profile matches. He's from Werder Bremen, not from some UCL final rounds regulars. That why I value his talent because 48 assists are HUGE since he was just emerged since last WC. Give him 2-3 years more in La Liga, then you'll see.
Some comments here are really LAUGHABLE… Ozil WILL NEVER be better than Cesc….
Am not a big fan of Cesc, but give to Caesar what is Caesars…
This might sound like Blasphemy, but i would rather compare Cesc to Xavi than to Ozil… No need to explain any reason why… its obvious if you watch EPL and La Liga
Its hard to estimate Ozil because Madrid has won so many games with a margin of 4-5 goals where the opponent just ends up giving up, which has given Ozil a lot of asists. Call me when he play a good game against Barca or a big team in Champions League. Think about it: Real Madrid has been in the 2. seeding at CL-groupstage and STILL have avoided Chelsea, Manchester, Arsenal and Inter.
He was fantastic @ the World Cup. Thats about as big of a stage as there is.
Ozil is probably the most intelligent player in the world when it comes to his movements and creating space. Watch him play before you give me thumbs down (I know you wont but that doesnt make it untrue)
In terms of movement i dont see him as the most intelligent believe it or not but I think pedro is better. If your saw pedro with spain in semi-final and final spain played alot better because of Pedro unlike the previous games with mata and silva. Not that mata and silva are bad, just that pedro had better movement
pedro and his off ball movement? he's improved a lot… but no way…
OMG… This is just ridiculous… First, they compared tiny ozil to Iniesta, and now they compare him to Fabregas…
This comparison is the joke of the day…. Ozil is smart, but Cesc is just way too much of a genius
Xavi and Messi are the most intelligent players in the world by far, Xavi sees the game in a way no one else does, and Messi is unreal at finding space.
They're great but what Ozil does is a bit different. Barca players all know how to move, but Ozil is much more creative in his movement off the ball
True, and I remember that, but over the recent year Madrid has only meet Barca as the strongest team. Where was he there?
How the hell can anybody play well against fucking Barca? That's unrealistic expectation. Shit, you people ask where Ozil is against Barca, then first tell me where Cesc is against Barca? Ozil has yet to give Iniesta a backheel leading to a Messi goal.
When Özil makes a good performance against one of the biggest teams in Europe, I will judge. He is good, really, but one of the best midfielders? Hmm probaly, but I will wait to he has proved it 100%.
Yea, I get you. But is there any denying that he could have become great if we would have taken him in when he was young, cheap, and available?
He would have done great in Barca, but he wasn't patient enough and therefore decided to go to Real Madrid. He called himself a Barca fan before the World Cups… Well I know I would never go to Real Madrid (or Espanyol) if i had the chance.
Yea, but he had a career to maintain, and frankly, patience wouldnt have helped, Pep simply didnt want him. Otherwise he kept offering himself to Barca.
They say Cesc would be a bench warmer when he arrives…. And they say Ozil would have been fantastic when he arrived…
If Cesc is too be on the bench, Ozil would probably be fantastic on the stands….This argument is just ridiculous… Every player in Barca can give assist… not every player has the grit to move the ball and hassle back for the ball when its lost… Ozil will never be bettr than Cesc in his LIFE… not even in the Bundes Liga
It's easier to say than doing it in reality, my friend. Most footballers doesn't have a good education background. He has to think about his career, not to mention his own family. He already offered his service to Barça, but then again, Pep wasn't interested.
Just because we're Cules, it doesn't mean that we can ignore our own future and jeopardize our family's future by closing more options. So yes, I can understand his choice.
Believe it or not, Cesc will be more succesful at Barça than Ozil will have been. Cesc is a good passer and Ozil is doing well at Madrid only because they play the counter-attacking style that Germany used in the world cup, which worked well till they met Spain. Ozil is a good player but Cesc is MUCH MORE Barça material.
One goal against Ghana, nothing more from uzil… You think Germans were so good? England was tired to death, Argentina had a moron on the bench… But, OK… Give 'em that credit.
Spain only beat them thanks to a corner header from Puyol (excellent pass by Xavi). And they also defeated Uruguay. You cant take away credit from a fantastic team.
Yeah, Germans played a brilliant game against Spain, Span was under pressure all the time, Puyol saved our asses. :]
Never judge a German player by what he plays for their national team… When players wear the German shirt, even Klose will tell you that he had a fantastic world cup with loads of goals, just to end up scoring 2 goals in the season… Khedira almost made me believe he's the bettr than Busi…
Never judge germans from the national team perfomance
how england were so tired
I have to be honest, Germany played some of the best counter-attacking football ive seen at the World Cup, they deserved to get as far as they got IMO
Champions League or any clasico >> World Cup in terms of toughness, obviously.
It's not 1980.
Btw where was Ozil against Spain? THat's right, in Busquets' pocket.
And how did Spain fare against GER? Oh yea, they didn't do jackshit until Puyol got that header goal to win it. There is every possibility that GER would have taken it on E.T. or Penalties.
apart from being evil, Mourinho had a reason to buy Ozil in the first place. He showed great footballing skills in the WC playing as the central attacking midfielder who links everyplay up together. The Germans play with such teamwork (more than your average national team) and are always a threat in national competitions even when they have names you've never heard of (like Neuer or Ozil before the WC)
Lol, maybe they were players YOU hadnt heard of, but they were established stars in the Bundesliga
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxtv3_bTOdY&fe…
Check out that video, it's pretty cool.
We need need him now to maintain the tempo.he is one of the best.
why is it all about cesc lately..i feel like im in arsenal site =/
There are three seasons in Barcelona –at least for the past four years or so:
– Beat Madrid (Coinciding with fall to mid-winter)
– Titles time (Mid-winter to summer)
– Chase Cesc (Summer)
LOL! Agreed. xD
Incredible vision…second only to Xavi!
if you look at that stats, it is because Cesc is the only assist maker in Arsenal, look at that rank, Dani ALves second, Messi third, Xavi, fourth!!!!!!!! Almost every player in Barca can make assist!!!!!!! I'm sure if Messi , Xavi, or Iniesta given a single role as an assister, their number of assist will double Cesc………..just look at the STAT, Dani 2nd, Messi 3rd, Xavi, 4th, WOW!!!!!!!! I 'm not impressed with Cesc, IM IMPRESSED WITH BARCA!!! F*ck Cesc, WE DONT NEED HIM!!!!!!!!!!!
f you! i wanna know what you're gonna do if Cesc end up join with us?? you're gonna said that 'f' word every time he play?? what a joke right?
the first i want to say is f*ck you’!and f cesc too he is a traitor
Cesc is suck, I believe is what you were going for.
All of you guys know better than Guardiola and the Zubizzareta…. If you think we don't need Cesc, why don't you be our next option
Impressive, though Messi will easily surpass him in the same stat a year from now, I'm pretty sure over the last two seasons together he has been the one with the most (direct) assists.
It's a shame we never get to see statistics that count also indirect assists, i.e. passes leading to an assist. Direct assist stats just seem to undervalue the brilliance of Iniesta and Xavi, and probably a few others as well.
This guy should be indispensable to Arsenal football club, but for some reason Wenger hopes he can fill magically make a player have those sort of numbers. I mean come on, the master of assist, every 28 minutes, I hope he comes to Barca … next year or this year. I JUST HOPE THIAGO DOESNT LEAVE THE CLUB, his minutes has to be increased
He doesn't have an assist every 28 minutes. That would be crazy and result in something like 150 assists in a single season
The stat is referring to creating scoring opportunities, which is still impressive enough.
goal scoring opportunities. I think that means successful passes into the box or shots on target from a pass. Don't know exactly how they calculate that number, but it is impressive if you ask me.
ot malaga are buying not hearing from racing and getafe they have new owners or some money right
Cesc was better when he was 20 than Thiago
Indeed he was much better, and I like THiago a lot.
Cesc has also stopped improving though. In fact, I don't think he has really developed at all in the last two seasons. How good he is right now is how good he will always be, another if he keeps getting injured, his overall level won't be that amazingly high… When he has 20, he was a starter for Arsenal, so of course he was better than Thiago. But honestly, not that much better. Definitely better, but not THAT much better. Thiago is a pretty damn good player right now, and contrary to what a lot of Barca fans say, I would still feel good if Thiago had to play a big match because other players were missing.
True, but both were better than Xavi and Iniesta when they were 20 as well. Part of it also is that Wenger payed special attention to him, a unique upbringing that very few other players have been priveleged, even others under Wenger. But yes, Fabregas is incredible, like him or not. I can understand Barca fans not wanting him, but saying he is bad or that Thiago is better (at this moment) or that he is overrated is nonsense…
Cesc is good, but another thing that a lot of people aren't talking about is that, if he comes to Barelona, will he be able to live up to the hype? After all the years of speculation and fans saying "the Catalan son and hero is finally coming home!" Cesc will have a gigantic amount of pressure on him to perform. Cesc is a great player, but definitely still at least two levels below Xavi or Iniesta. Fans will not accept that though. They will expect him to dribble like Messi and pass like Xavi and score like Villa. And a lot of the fans who want him don't actually watch him play week in week out, they will just see a highlight here and there and say "OH WOW HE IS AMAZING AND HE IS CATALAN, WE MUST BUY HIM OR ELSE." After all this speculation, if Cesc was to come here and not play well enough (I am sure he will not play as well as people want him too), the fans would destroy him.
He will eventually reach Iniesta and Xavi's level, because he's not that far off. In Arsenal, he is the best players and is always marked and tackled non-stop by 3-4 players, but remarkedly still manages to control and dominate games. In Barca with so many stars, he won't be the target constantly and will achieve much more. Mark my words!
Posters on this forum saying he is overrated just don't watch him closely and don't see his influence on the game. You need to watch him live to fully appreciate him – his movement is outstanding and he read the game so well, and he has the tactical and positioning sense of Xavi.
Cesc is not a bad player he is under immense pressure as he is the only class player in arsenal and he has to step up every game so if he makes even 1 mistake ppl start scolding him. I think its time for him let go of arsenal and join barca where he can actually play better and where he has to step up his quality since barca have legends like messi xavi iniesta and dani. hope he comes here and fullfill his destiny to be 1 of the gr8st midfielders of all time
He will reach Iniesta and Xavi's level in next few years, if his transfer goes through insha Allah
Amen
As good as cesc's stats might be, he cannot and will never compare to xavi, nobody can. I even think that iniesta still has a level to step up to reach xavi's level.
do y'all remember Messi said Fabregas was so good that he could spot a pass from even a dificult zone ?…i guess dis explains it all…..i believe if he were to be in barca he could av even done brtter cuz of the telepathy dat exist btn him and Messi frm childhood…well dis is ma opinion Fabregas deserves better with des stats and hopefully we can provide
yeah bro u r right 4sure man!
Guess what guys, Cesc's assist stat would be even more infreakingcredible if Arsenal actually had good finishers, but no, Adebayor, Arshavin, Walcott, and RVP have wasted a bunch of his opportunities over the years. Just go watch one of Cesc's passing videos on youtube and you can see how like 80% of his perfect passes end up without a goal. I also think Cesc and Arsenal are more direct than Xavi, but still, Cesc would be an excellent addition, like it or not.
Cesc is an excellent option because he is an excellent player…. That's like saying Casillas is an excellent option. Is Casillas a good player? Definitely. Does that make him a good option? Um…
OT – I watched Santos vs Penarol yesterday on TV, and Neymar played very poorly. I don't think he has anything over Rossi, who can contribute to Barca as soon as today, if he joined.
this ranking is base on what? all knows that Xavi is best assistant !
this is not a ranking. This is the number of assists in last 5 years. Pure stats.
this post is about "ex-barca" or "future-barca"?
If you go on youtube and look at asiists from Fabregas you will see how much space you get in the Premier League and playing for Arsenal compared to Barca, there is so much space to pass into…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtMy6cMd90I
This video also shows why we want him because he can also make some great passes in tight situations, and he will probably be as good some day (if he comes to Barca)
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Am I the only one asking: "WHO THE FUCK CARES?!"
Yes
From the 2006/2007 season to 2010/2011 season, Fabregas should have more than 60 assists. I'm thinking he assisted over 71 goals from the last seasons. Whoever wrote this article did not look up Fabregas's stats before post up this article.
Dani Alves assisted over 40 goals since joining FC Barcelona in 2008. If I were to count from the 2006/2007 season, Dani Alves should definitely have over 60 assists. I think he had over 10 assist in La Liga in the 2007/2008 season in Sevilla.
Messi with 52 assists from the last 5 seasons.. Lionel Messi should definitely have over 60 assists. Ozil should have around 60 plus assists knowing he used to assisted over 30 goals in Werder Bremen between 2008-2010 plus over 20 assists this season.
Where you got those stats from?
In source is written in the article : OptaSports which is the biggest company in the world in supplying sports stats so I am sure these are right stats
Well, cesc assist to iniesta made spain the world champ for the first time