#69M. Thiaw
NewcastleGermany24 years old191
0
Tackles
#157 DEF
2
Interceptions
6.5
Rating
#94 DEF
5
Appearances
450 mins
0
Goals
#14 DEF
TackleZone Defender Score
43.7
Below Average
Rank #69 of 304 defenders
Ranks in top 23% of all defenders in Europe's top 5 leagues (304 players, 900+ mins, rating ≥ 6.8).
📊 Season Performance
📅 Career History
| Season | Club · League | Apps | Goals | Ast | Rtg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/27 | Newcastle · Premier League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 |
| 25/26 | Newcastle · Premier League | 35 | 4 | 0 | 7.0 |
| 24/25 | AC Milan · Serie A | 22 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 |
| 23/24 | AC Milan · Serie A | 21 | 0 | 1 | 6.8 |
| 22/23 | AC Milan · Serie A | 20 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 |
| 21/22 | FC Schalke 04 · 2. Bundesliga | 31 | 2 | 0 | 7.2 |
| 20/21 | FC Schalke 04 · Bundesliga | 19 | 1 | 0 | 6.7 |
| 19/20 | FC Schalke 04 · Bundesliga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 |
Thiaw's 2026/27 season, read from the numbers
In 2026/27, M. Thiaw was used in rotation for Newcastle in the Premier League: 5 appearances and 450 minutes, averaging 90 minutes per outing. His standout number is match rating — 94th of 905 defenders and inside the top 10%.
Per 90 minutes that is 0.0 tackles per 90, 0.4 interceptions per 90 and 61% of his duels won — the rate profile behind Thiaw's totals. Thiaw played 260 passes at 84% accuracy — 52.0 per 90, which is the volume that decides whether a side builds through him or around him.
The profile is lopsided rather than complete: measured against defenders, Thiaw sits in the top 2% for goalscoring but only the top 41% for chance creation. Set against Thiaw's own record, 2026/27 reads differently: he is playing far less than he once did — 670 minutes against 2973 at his peak; his average match rating has slipped from 7.04 to 6.26 since 2025/26.
Our records cover 7 seasons of Thiaw's career, 2019/20 to 2026/27, across 3 clubs — FC Schalke 04, AC Milan, Newcastle. In that time he has played 175 matches across 9 competitions, 13,233 minutes in all. His best season on our records was 2024/25, when he averaged 6.99 across 31 appearances.
Thiaw has 33 appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League on our records, and the gap is real: he is roughly 1.9 times more productive in Europe, 0.05 per 90 domestically against 0.09 in Europe. On our positional score Thiaw rates 44 out of 100, 69th of 304 qualified players — inside the top 23%. Relative to what each component is worth, his strongest is interceptions.
How these scores are built, and the minutes and rating floors a player must clear to appear on our boards, are set out in our methodology.