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Player assessment · 3-match observation · development focus
Josaia Levu
Centre-back · Coral Coast FC · age 22 · right-footed · no. 4
Harbour City SC (H) W 2–1 · Lagoon Rovers (A) D 0–0 · Highlands FC (H) L 1–3
Verdict
He wins everything in the air and sees danger coming earlier than most defenders his age — the defending is the easy bit with him. It's the ball that lets him down: with time, 77% of what he does comes off; with someone on his back it drops to 33%. And after the hour at home, he switches off. His goal-line clearance at Lagoon Rovers (M2 55') saved a point — the concentration that saved it there went missing in both home games.
M2 55' · goal-saving intervention
Development priority
First touch under pressure
Play him alongside a midfielder who shows for the early pass, and let him defend the box. Don't ask him to play out against a press until the work on his first touch has been done.
The record
3 matches · 270 minutes · 100 logged actions · 0 unsourced claims75%
Ground duel %
9 / 3
Ground duels (W / L)
82%
Aerial win %
14 / 3
Aerials (W / L)
8
Read early
10
Def. interventions
1
Goal-saving interv.
3
Recovery runs
1
Errors → chance
33%
Clearance retention %
6 / 12
Clearances (R / C)
85%
Progressive pass %
100%
Line-breaking pass %
40%
Long ball %
5
Turnovers
21.00
Def. actions / 90
33%
Positive % pressed
77%
Positive % unpressed
0
Caught high
0
Front-on shape
0
Late to danger
1
Goals
0
Assists
0
Own goals
The clock
Every action, in the minute it happenedM1 Harbour City SCHome · W 2–1 · 90′ played · 34 actions
0′15′30′45′60′75′90′
M2 Lagoon RoversAway · D 0–0 · 90′ played · 34 actions
0′15′30′45′60′75′90′
M3 Highlands FCHome · L 1–3 · 90′ played · 32 actions
0′15′30′45′60′75′90′
Key moment — goal, assist, own goal, goal-saving intervention, error, ground duel lost, line-break completed or scout noteAbove the line: positiveBelow the line: negativeTurnover or errorNeutral
Strengths
401
Wins everything in the air
14 of 17 headers won (82%), five of them at corners, and he scored one at the other end (M1 51'). He's a threat in both boxes and it held up in all three games — that's who he is, not a good day.
M1 51'M2 33'M2 64'
02
Smells danger early
He stepped in 18 times to cut things out before they became a problem — 8 reading it early, 10 interceptions and blocks — against 29 duels. And he hardly ever has to chase back: 3 recovery runs in three games, because he starts in the right spot. For a 22-year-old, that's the rarest thing in this profile.
M2 11'M2 18'M2 38'
03
Good passer when he's got time
85% of his forward passes found their man, and all 4 that went through the lines came off. Small sample on the line-breakers — but give him a clear picture and he picks the right pass, in all three games.
M1 31'M2 62'M3 38'
04
Saved a point on his own
Goal-line clearance at M2 55' — he read the cutback before their striker did. One moment, not a pattern, but it came when his team needed it most.
M2 55'
Limitations
401
Struggles with someone on his back
With time, 77% of what he does comes off. Under pressure it's 33% — and all five times he gave the ball away, someone was on him. Same with his one real mistake (M3 44'). The defending is fine; the first touch when he's pressed is the problem, and it showed in every match.
M1 63'M3 44'M3 84'
02
Switches off after the hour at home
In M1, five things went wrong between 67' and 88' — starting eleven minutes after his side went in front. In M3 it was worse: nine after the hour as the game got away from them. Away at Lagoon Rovers he was spot on to the final whistle. Both home games, same pattern — that's not a one-off.
M1 78'M3 82'M3 85'
03
Kicks it long and gives it back
12 of his 18 clearances went straight back to the other team — only a third stayed with his side. Most of the time he had a moment to pick something better. At this level, second balls decide games.
M1 39'M3 89'
04
Long passing needs work
2 of his 5 long balls found their man, against 85% over shorter distances. The switch to the far side isn't a weapon yet — and for a right-footed centre-back, it should be.
M3 72'M3 90+2'
Coach’s notes
Top 3 development points · observation → evidence → suggestion01
Get his eyes up before the ball arrives
The numbers tell the story: 77% with time, 33% when pressed, and every single giveaway came with a man on his back. It isn't his passing — it's that he doesn't know what's around him before the ball gets there. Worth a look on the grass before you drill it.
M1 63'M2 81'M3 69'M3 84'
On the training groundRehearse it under the pressure that causes it: play the ball into him with a man arriving, so he has to take a look over his shoulder before it reaches him. Start with one presser, add a second as he copes. You'll know it's landing when he's already turning as the ball travels, not after his first touch.
02
The 70-minute switch-off
Both home games went the same way: things started going wrong after the hour — 67'–88' in M1 once they were in front, and right through the collapse in M3. Away from home he was clean to the end. He stops talking once the game settles and walks between phases — the 84' note in M1 is where you can see it start. It's concentration, not fitness.
M1 78'M1 84'M3 77'M3 84'
On the training groundThis one isn't a drill — it's a conversation and a job. Tell him what you've seen, show him the two clips, and give him the line to organise after the hour. Then watch whether he's talking at 75' in the next home game. If he is, it's fixed. If he isn't, it's a selection question, not a training one.
03
Turn his clearances into passes
18 clearances and only 6 stayed with his team. Most of them he had time to pick a spot — he's just leathering it. The strike is flat, hard and genuinely good, so he can do it. He's just not choosing to.
M1 39'M3 87'M3 89'
On the training groundRehearse the picture, not the technique: ball into him under pressure in his own third, wide players and the striker showing, and he has to find one of them rather than clear the area. Keep going until looking for a man is his first thought, not his second. If nobody's showing, that's the team's problem to fix, not his.
Key moments
12 entries| Time | Action | Read |
|---|---|---|
| M1 31' | Line-breaking pass completed | |
| M1 51' | Goal scored (corner) | Attacked the corner at the front post and buried it — a real threat at set pieces, both ends. |
| M1 78' | Ground duel lost | First duel he lost all night — eleven minutes after his side went in front. |
| M1 84' | Timestamped note | Stopped talking once the game settled — line drifted five metres deeper without him noticing |
| M2 29' | Line-breaking pass completed | |
| M2 31' | Timestamped note | Organised the offside trap twice in five minutes — clear voice, arms out, full-backs responded |
| M2 55' | Goal-saving intervention | Read the cutback before their striker did and cleared it off the line. The point survived because of him. |
| M2 62' | Line-breaking pass completed (pressed) | |
| M3 21' | Ground duel lost | Lost his first ground duel of a hard afternoon — left one-on-one with nothing in front of him. |
| M3 38' | Line-breaking pass completed | |
| M3 44' | Error leading to chance (pressed) | Pressed on his first touch and gave it straight to their ten — his one real mistake in three games. |
| M3 82' | Ground duel lost |
Attributes
Scout rubric · 1–5 · across the coverageAerial defending5.0
Ground duels / 1v14.0
Reading & anticipation4.0
Starting position & body shape4.0
Recovery pace3.0
Distribution — short & progressive3.0
Long passing & switches2.0
Composure under pressure2.0
Decision making3.0
Organisation & communication4.0
Reaction to error3.0
Scout’s judgement, not measured data. 11 of 11 attributes scored across 3 matches. Not normalised against a peer group — the shape describes this player, it does not rank them.
Projection
—
The hard-to-coach stuff — the heading, the reading of the game, where he stands — is already there, and it's as good as anything in this league at his age. The two problems are different in kind. The first touch under pressure is a habit that can be rehearsed. The switching off only happened at home, which points at concentration rather than legs, and that's a conversation before it's anything else. Get both right over a season and you have a stopper good enough for the A-League. The warning is that both showed up in more than one game — they're settled into his game now, and that takes deliberate work to shift.
▸Appendix — full action log
100 timestamped actions
Match 1 — Harbour City SC
| Time | Action | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 4' | Read early — danger killed | |
| 8' | Aerial duel won | |
| 12' | Clearance — conceded | |
| 14' | Defensive intervention | |
| 17' | Progressive pass completed | |
| 20' | Ground duel won | |
| 22' | Progressive pass lost (pressed) | |
| 25' | Aerial duel won (corner) | |
| 28' | Progressive pass completed (pressed) | |
| 31' | Line-breaking pass completed | |
| 34' | Clearance — retained (pressed) | |
| 36' | Defensive intervention | |
| 39' | Clearance — conceded | |
| 41' | Aerial duel won | |
| 44' | Ground duel won | |
| 45+1' | Progressive pass completed | |
| 48' | Read early — danger killed | |
| 51' | Goal scored (corner) | |
| 54' | Progressive pass completed | |
| 56' | Aerial duel won (corner) | |
| 58' | Defensive intervention | |
| 60' | Ground duel won | |
| 63' | Turnover (pressed) | |
| 65' | Clearance — retained | |
| 67' | Aerial duel lost | |
| 70' | Recovery run | |
| 72' | Long ball completed | |
| 76' | Long ball lost (pressed) | |
| 78' | Ground duel lost | |
| 81' | Clearance — conceded | |
| 84' | Timestamped note | Stopped talking once the game settled — line drifted five metres deeper without him noticing |
| 86' | Aerial duel won | |
| 88' | Clearance — conceded | |
| 90+2' | Read early — danger killed |
Match 2 — Lagoon Rovers
| Time | Action | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 3' | Defensive intervention | |
| 6' | Aerial duel won (corner) | |
| 9' | Progressive pass completed | |
| 11' | Read early — danger killed | |
| 15' | Ground duel won | |
| 18' | Read early — danger killed | |
| 21' | Aerial duel won | |
| 24' | Progressive pass completed | |
| 27' | Clearance — conceded | |
| 29' | Line-breaking pass completed | |
| 31' | Timestamped note | Organised the offside trap twice in five minutes — clear voice, arms out, full-backs responded |
| 33' | Aerial duel won (corner) | |
| 36' | Defensive intervention | |
| 38' | Read early — danger killed | |
| 40' | Ground duel won | |
| 44' | Progressive pass completed (pressed) | |
| 47' | Clearance — retained | |
| 50' | Aerial duel won | |
| 53' | Defensive intervention | |
| 55' | Goal-saving intervention | |
| 58' | Progressive pass completed | |
| 62' | Line-breaking pass completed (pressed) | |
| 64' | Aerial duel won (corner) | |
| 67' | Clearance — conceded | |
| 69' | Ground duel won | |
| 71' | Clearance — conceded (pressed) | |
| 74' | Clearance — retained | |
| 76' | Defensive intervention | |
| 79' | Aerial duel won | |
| 81' | Turnover (pressed) | |
| 84' | Long ball completed | |
| 86' | Recovery run | |
| 89' | Read early — danger killed | |
| 90+3' | Clearance — retained |
Match 3 — Highlands FC
| Time | Action | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 5' | Aerial duel won | |
| 8' | Defensive intervention | |
| 12' | Progressive pass completed (pressed) | |
| 15' | Clearance — conceded | |
| 18' | Ground duel won | |
| 21' | Ground duel lost | |
| 24' | Aerial duel won | |
| 27' | Progressive pass completed | |
| 30' | Read early — danger killed | |
| 33' | Ground duel won | |
| 36' | Defensive intervention | |
| 38' | Line-breaking pass completed | |
| 40' | Progressive pass lost (pressed) | |
| 44' | Error leading to chance (pressed) | |
| 45+1' | Clearance — retained | |
| 48' | Aerial duel won | |
| 52' | Progressive pass completed | |
| 55' | Ground duel won | |
| 58' | Defensive intervention | |
| 62' | Recovery run | |
| 66' | Clearance — conceded | |
| 69' | Turnover (pressed) | |
| 72' | Long ball lost | |
| 75' | Aerial duel lost | |
| 77' | Turnover (pressed) | |
| 80' | Clearance — conceded | |
| 82' | Ground duel lost | |
| 84' | Turnover (pressed) | |
| 85' | Aerial duel lost (corner) | |
| 87' | Clearance — conceded | |
| 89' | Clearance — conceded | |
| 90+2' | Long ball lost |
Prepared by D. Ferreira · 2026-07-14
Source: Full-match footage. 270 minutes across 3 fixtures. Patterns recurring across matches are treated as traits; one-off events are treated as such.
Every assessment in this report is traceable to a timestamped action in the appendix.
Where the record is incomplete, it says so.