Skip to content
Paderborn

Tjark Scheller

Position
Centre-back
Nationality
Germany
Height
192 cm
Games
10
9 starts
Minutes
820
82 a game
Goals
0
0.3 xG
Assists
0
0.3 xA

Player profile

820 min · vs 275 centre-backs · 3 Nov 2026 · Method

Archetype: Active, ball-winning centre-back

Scheller mops up more loose balls than almost any centre-back, with recoveries at percentile 99, and tackles well. He wins 64.4% of his duels and creates from the back. He reads few passes, with interceptions at percentile 15. From 820 minutes.

Key strengths, areas for development and similar players

Key strengths

  • Picks up loose balls. 7.02 recoveries per 90, percentile 99.

  • Tackles. 2.19 tackles per 90, percentile 83, and duels won at 64.4%, percentile 78.

  • Creates from the back. 0.66 chances created per 90, percentile 90.

  • Threat at set pieces. 1.87 touches in the box per 90, percentile 91.

Areas for development

  • Few interceptions. 0.77 interceptions per 90, percentile 15.

  • Rarely plays forward. 4.50 passes into the final third per 90, percentile 30.

Similar players

  • Unai Núñez EspanyolChances created 90 v 86 and duels won 78 v 84.

Against 279 centre-backs

Against the rest

How to read it. Each number is a percentile: the share of centre-backs with 450+ minutes this player beats on that measure. 90 means better than 90 out of every 100; 50 is the middle.80+ top fifth50 to 79 above the middleunder 50 below the middle

Top fifth in 7 of 15 measures.

Touches, shots and positions

On the pitch

Busiest in the own half, centre (14%), average spot centre, middle third. Hover or tap a zone.

Own thirdMiddle thirdFinal third

Own third 50%, Middle third 45%, Final third 5%

Brighter means more touches. The dot is the average spot. Attacking to the right.

By competition

The season

CompetitionAppsMinGoalsAssistsxGnpxGxAShotsKey passesRating
Bundesliga8715000.320.320.29357.47
DFB-Pokal2105000.000.000.02006.18

10 games

Match by match

Rating game by game, average 7.20
Oldest to newest
Best: 8.1 v Hamburger SV, 24 Oct. Hover or tap a bar.