Comparing with Kognia: Álex Jiménez is a young full-back with promising future as he begins to earn comparisons with Spain's senior right backs.

In a World Cup year, Álex Jiménez’s performances this season rank him among the strongest Spanish right-backs. Andoni Iraola's decision to sign the Spanish right-back for Bournemouth has followed a season of impressive output from the full-back who is only 20 years old.

The following conclusions can be drawn from this article by Kognia:

• Álex Jiménez is a right-back who compares favourably with two of the strongest full-backs for the Spanish national team, Pedro Porro and Marcos Llorente.

• Álex Jiménez is emerging as an attacking full-back with the ability to deliver crosses in dynamic play and interpret game situations through changes of direction or through balls.

• Álex Jiménez is a full-back with a high defensive level due to his ability to anticipate and his physical strength. He is a very successful full-back in individual defensive duels and recovers and intercepts a high number of balls.

Álex Jiménez, a reliable right-back with good ball control and an impressive understanding of the game at Bournemouth.

Álex Jiménez is developing at a high pace at Bournemouth and is matching the performances of Pedro Porro at Tottenham and Marcos Llorente at Atlético Madrid. He is undoubtedly earning his place on the Spanish national team's next squad.

The young Spanish full-back is above the average in his ability to win defensive duels (63rd percentile) and his brilliance in reading different situations in the game. He is a full-back who switches play (90th percentile), plays one-two passes with his teammates in the opposition's half (80 percentile) and gets forward to deliver crosses from the wing (71st percentile).

If he continues to progress, Álex Jiménez is close to matching Pedro Porro's performance at Tottenham. He still needs to improve his reading of certain game situations, such as the use of the third man. In addition, he must continue to make runs and overlaps in order to find space behind the defensive line more regularly.

Showing defensive promise at a young age.

Álex Jiménez performs very well across a range of defensive tactical metrics. He is a full-back who performs very well without the ball, relying on proactivity and anticipation. These behavioural traits are clearly evident in his ability to press the ball possessor (71st percentile) and in his forward movements in organised pressing (83rd percentile), which are no doubt helped by playing in a Bournemouth side that has developed a clear tactical identity.

In addition, he is a full-back who, as well as being very successful in offensive duels, is not easy for opponents to beat in defensive duels (95th percentile). He defends very well against movements behind the defensive line (79th percentile) and against opponents' runs (74th percentile).

How does Álex Jiménez compare to other promising young right-backs?

We now compare him with two other right-backs who are making their breakthrough on the international U-20 scene: Marco Palestra of Cagliari on loan from Atalanta and Josh Acheampong of Chelsea, who has had less playing time this season.

Álex Jiménez and Marco Palestra perform similarly in many variables, but their aggressiveness with and without the ball is different. The Bournemouth player is characterised more by his good performance without the ball, pressing the ball carrier and recovering a significant number of balls, while the Cagliari player is excellent at sending crosses into the box and breaking behind the opposition's defensive line.

Regardless of their differences, both full-backs have still been delivering impressive performances, although there is still significant room for improvement in what may be an exciting year for the young Spanish full-back.