Ake Nathan World Cup 2026 player profile
Ake Nathan is listed for Netherlands 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
Ake Nathan is currently classified as a important rotation/core defender: established international, 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.
- established international; 59 caps and 5 international goals are used as stable public career context.
- important rotation/core player in this data package, ranked 7 by impact inside the Netherlands squad and 3 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 | Netherlands |
|---|---|
| Role | Defender · DF |
| Caps | 59 |
| International goals | 5 |
| Impact score | 85 |
| Squad impact rank | 7 |
| Role impact rank | 3 |
| Role profile | important rotation/core · 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?
- Does the player improve the rotation floor without becoming the central dependency?
- Does mobility and role fit matter more than aerial size in this matchup?
Archive context
| Team power score | 79 |
|---|---|
| Team FIFA rank | 8 |
| Group path | F |
| Squad size in archive | 26 |
| Squad average caps | 33 |
Netherlands fixtures
- Netherlands vs JapanFinished 2-2 · Jun 15, 04:00 · Dallas (Arlington, Texas)
- Netherlands vs SwedenScheduled · Jun 21, 01:00 · Houston
- Tunisia vs NetherlandsScheduled · Jun 26, 07:00 · Kansas City
Related teammates
- Van Dijk VirgilDefender · impact 96
- Gakpo CodyForward · impact 96
- Malen DonyellForward · impact 96
- Depay MemphisForward · impact 96
- Dumfries DenzelDefender · impact 94
- Weghorst WoutForward · impact 90
- De Jong FrenkieMidfielder · impact 85
- Reijnders TijjaniMidfielder · impact 82
Related pages
- World Cup 2026 data libraryTeams, players, matches, venues, and model explainers in one crawlable archive.
- Netherlands 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.