Alaba David World Cup 2026 player profile
Alaba David is listed for Austria as a Defender. Kickoff Lens uses caps, goals, career context, role, and team strength to explain how this player can affect fixture reads.
Deep player read
Alaba David is currently classified as a high-impact defender: senior international core, set-piece scoring defender, and lower aerial-size profile. This is a derived Kickoff Lens profile built from the public squad fields, not a private scouting report.
- senior international core; 113 caps and 15 international goals are used as stable public career context.
- high-impact player in this data package, ranked 1 by impact inside the Austria squad and 1 among defender entries.
- set-piece scoring defender; lower aerial-size profile.
- The match model uses this profile through role, experience, impact score, and team context rather than treating the player as a standalone model context.
Player signal
| Team | Austria |
|---|---|
| Role | Defender · DF |
| Caps | 113 |
| International goals | 15 |
| Impact score | 96 |
| Squad impact rank | 1 |
| Role impact rank | 1 |
| Role profile | high-impact · set-piece scoring defender |
Model context
The player impact score is not a standalone rating. It is one input inside the contextual match model, alongside squad depth, team radar, venue adaptation, travel/rest load, and group pressure.
Match questions
- Can the player protect the box when the opponent's attack signal rises?
- Would late absence or reduced minutes materially change the team's ceiling?
- Does mobility and role fit matter more than aerial size in this matchup?
Archive context
| Team power score | 80 |
|---|---|
| Team FIFA rank | 24 |
| Group path | J |
| Squad size in archive | 26 |
| Squad average caps | 39 |
Austria fixtures
- Austria vs JordanFinished 3-1 · Jun 17, 12:00 · San Francisco Bay Area (Santa Clara)
- Argentina vs AustriaScheduled · Jun 23, 01:00 · Dallas (Arlington, Texas)
- Algeria vs AustriaScheduled · Jun 28, 10:00 · Kansas City
Related teammates
- Sabitzer MarcelMidfielder · impact 96
- Arnautovic MarkoForward · impact 96
- Gregoritsch MichaelForward · impact 96
- Laimer KonradMidfielder · impact 89
- Schlager XaverMidfielder · impact 84
- Posch StefanDefender · impact 83
- Seiwald NicolasMidfielder · impact 79
- Lienhart PhilippDefender · impact 78
Related pages
- World Cup 2026 data libraryTeams, players, matches, venues, and model explainers in one crawlable archive.
- Austria team radarFull squad, team strengths, and fixture list.
- All player profilesBrowse the World Cup 2026 player library.
- Discovery hubEvery team, match, venue, and tournament page.