Midfielder

Thierno Ballo

Saint-Étienne
Austria
24 yrs
172 cm
Preferred foot: Right

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Appearances: 12
Goals: 5
Assists: 2
Average rating: 6.88

Age24

Date of birth2 Jan 2002

Height172 cm

Weight–

Preferred footRight

Market value€5.4M

Contract until30 Jun 2030

Season performance · 2026

Ligue 2

Saint-Étienne

Appearances / Starts11 / 10

Minutes664

Rating6.85

Goals / Assists5 / 2

Shots (on target)18 (7)

Passes · accuracy173 · 80%

Key passes4

Tackles / Interceptions16 / 1

Duels won34 / 80

Successful dribbles3

Yellow cards / Red cards0 / 0

Penalties (scored / missed)0 / 0

Detailed statistics

Big chances created1

Big chances missed3

Goal conversion28%

Headed goals2

Goals from outside the box0

Hit woodwork1

Accurate long balls3

Accurate crosses2

Touches286

Possession lost79

Dispossessed7

Aerial duels won6

Ground duels won28

Clearances5

Ball recoveries19

Fouls won9

Fouls committed24

Offsides13

Penalties won0

Errors leading to goal0

Team of the week0

Clean sheets1

Saves from inside the box0

Distance covered (km)79.37

Top speed (km/h)35.14

World Cup Qual. UEFA

Austria

Appearances / Starts1 / 0

Minutes45

Rating7.20

Goals / Assists0 / 0

Shots (on target)2 (1)

Passes · accuracy17 · 88%

Key passes1

Tackles / Interceptions2 / 0

Duels won4 / 8

Successful dribbles0

Yellow cards / Red cards1 / 0

Penalties (scored / missed)0 / 0

Detailed statistics

Big chances created1

Big chances missed0

Goal conversion0%

Headed goals0

Goals from outside the box0

Hit woodwork0

Accurate long balls1

Accurate crosses0

Touches32

Possession lost7

Dispossessed1

Aerial duels won0

Ground duels won4

Clearances0

Ball recoveries3

Fouls won2

Fouls committed1

Offsides1

Penalties won0

Errors leading to goal0

Team of the week0

Clean sheets0

Saves from inside the box0

Attributes

Position: M

line: M average

Attacking55

Technical47

Tactical37

Defending40

Creativity49

Characteristics

Strengths

Weaknesses

National team

Austria1 caps · 0 goals · debut Jun 2025

Recent matches

Date	Match	Score	Min	rating
31 Oct 2026	Guingamp – Saint-Étienne	3–0	45'	6.6
24 Oct 2026	Saint-Étienne – Nantes	1–0	26'	6.8
17 Oct 2026	Red Star FC – Saint-Étienne	0–1	72'	6.6
10 Oct 2026	Saint-Étienne – Rodez AF	2–0	90'	7.2
2 Oct 2026	Saint-Étienne – Sion	5–1	–	–
19 Sep 2026	Metz – Saint-Étienne	2–2	58'	6.7
12 Sep 2026	USL Dunkerque – Saint-Étienne	2–1	53'	6.2
5 Sep 2026	Saint-Étienne – Montpellier	3–1	65'	6.0
31 Aug 2026	Dijon – Saint-Étienne	2–3	65'	7.8
22 Aug 2026	Saint-Étienne – Grenoble Foot 38	4–0	62'	7.3
14 Aug 2026	Saint-Étienne – Clermont	3–1	59'	7.3
8 Aug 2026	Sochaux – Saint-Étienne	0–3	69'	6.8
1 Aug 2026	Saint-Étienne – Venezia	4–3	–	–
29 Jul 2026	Saint-Étienne – FC Lausanne-Sport	4–0	–	–
22 Jul 2026	Rangers – Saint-Étienne	2–1	–	–

Career and transfers

5 clubs · 5 moves · total fees 2.7M €

Jul 2026

WAC To: Saint-Étienne

Transfer 2.7M €
Jun 2026

Millwall To: WAC

Loan return
Sep 2025

WAC To: Millwall

Loan
Jul 2022

Chelsea U21 To: WAC

Free transfer
Aug 2021

Chelsea U21 To: Rapid

Loan

Form, last 12 months

Updated: 1 Nov 2026

Matches (12 months)37

Average rating6.59

Last match rating6.631 Oct 2026

Matches missed1

Last 10 matches

6.6 6.8 6.6 7.2 6.7 6.2 6.0 7.8 7.3 7.3

Statistics by season

Season	Competition	Team	Apps (starts)	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Rating
2026	Ligue 2	Saint-Étienne	11 (10)	664	5	2	6.85
2026	World Cup Qual. UEFA	Austria	1 (0)	45	0	0	7.20

Stored season statistics; refreshed after each match played and weekly.

Player profile

Austrian Bundesliga 2024 · percentile among forwards (66 players)

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31 matches · 2,464 min

Thierno Ballo: percentile radar against positional peers
Metric	Value	Percentile
Goals / 90 min	0.37	69
xG / 90 min	0.00	50
Shots / 90 min	1.79	36
xA / 90 min	0.00	50
Key passes / 90 min	1.24	66
Successful dribbles / 90 min	1.75	81
Aerials won / 90 min	0.66	21
Rating	7.01	87

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