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Armel Bella-Kotchap

Squad depthHellas Verona · 24 yrsTransferred to Venezia

Profile

Full nameArmel Bella-Kotchap
PositionCentre-back
NationalityGermany
Age24
Date of birth11 Dec 2001
BirthplaceParis
Height190 cm
Shirt number#37
ClubHellas Verona
Centre-back
19
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
1355
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Hellas Verona.

Injury-affected season

Missed 12 of Hellas Verona's ~38 games this season through 12 injury absences (thigh, injury, shoulder). He still appeared 19 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Serie A190013626.73
Coppa Italia100956.9
Championshipat Southampton300656.45

Scout report

Squad depthBall-winning Central defender

A. Bella-Kotchap is a 24-year-old central defender at Hellas Verona, rated 66.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 152nd of 388 on scout potential in the Serie A. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (39.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.52 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Bella-Kotchap.

Judged on this season alone, Bella-Kotchap graded 17 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 42nd of 52 of the 52 centre-backs in the Serie A, on 2 clean sheets and 4.517 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 3 → 17). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 67, top 37% of the 52 centre-backs in the Serie A. At 24 Bella-Kotchap is in his prime years, and a market index of 41.2 reflects that trajectory.

Read the appearance count in context: Bella-Kotchap missed 12 games through injury (thigh, injury, shoulder) out of roughly 38 this season. The 19 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.

From the career report
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Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2020/21Holding levelStepped up 2021/22Injury-hit 2025/264 clubs
Current potentialTop 37% centre-backs · Serie ACurrent season42nd of 52 centre-backs · Serie A42nd-best centre-back in the Serie A152nd in the Serie A · potential19th-highest potential centre-back in the Serie A
66.5
Ratingi
19th of 52 centre-backs
16.9
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
39.6%
Minutes
rotation minutes
4.52
Def. actions / 90
solid defensive volume

Output in context · Hellas Verona finished 19th of 20 · a relegation-threatened side

4.52
Def. / 90
20
Tackles
32
Interceptions
2
Clean sheets

4.52 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 19 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (19th of 20) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight.

Strengths

  • Defensive volume. 4.52 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 39.6% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.

Outlook

With a Rating of 66.5, Bella-Kotchap carries the 19th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Serie A (top 37%), and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Hellas Verona finished 19th of 20) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.52 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. Doing it for a lesser side, he profiles as a value buy for a club higher up the table.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Serie A with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0
Shots2

Passing

Assists0
Chances created1
Passes566
Pass accuracy84%

Possession

Successful dribbles1
Dribble success25%
Duels won77
Duels won %68.1%
Fouls won17

Defending

Tackles20
Interceptions32
Blocks16
Fouls committed22
Penalties conceded1

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards3
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.