Nigerian defender Chibuike Nwaiwu has been rated the best U-23 centre back in the world for ground defending outside Europe’s big five leagues by the CIES football observatory, PUNCH Sports Extra reports.
The data-driven ranking, which focuses on non-top five league defenders and is based on detailed ground defending metrics, places the Wolfsberger AC centre back top of the global chart with a score of 90.8 out of 100.
Nwaiwu finished ahead…
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