Derek Cornelius

CAN

• #13 • Center Back

Derek Cornelius

CAN

• #13 • Center Back

Club

Marseille

League

Ligue 1

Position

Role

Ball-Playing Centre Back

Birthdate (Age)

Nov 25, 1997 (28)

Preferred Foot

Left

Height

6'2"

Weight

190 lb

National Team

Canada

Ranking

432ndout of 838

Overall Grade63.8294th/838

Impact score4.6326th/838

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Timeline

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Grades

Key Grades

This season

Overall

135th/297 DEF

63.8

Passing

212th/296 DEF

61.4

1 V 1 Defending

149th/288 DEF

61.8

Aerial Duel

122nd/274 DEF

66.1

Positioning

4th/291 DEF

87.4

Blocking

41st/282 DEF

76.7

Overall Grades by game

This season

Metrics

Key Metrics

Appearances

152

Minutes

Clean sheets

Matches

News

Jun 28, 2026

Clean sheet Sunday

Cornelius recorded one shot (one on goal) and one chance created in Sunday's 1-0 victory against South Africa.

Analysis: Cornelius would help Canada to a very important win Sunday, with the defender recording three clearances as they earned a clean sheet. This is his first clean sheet of the tournament, as he was taken off the field at halftime when defeating Qatar 6-0. He has now played the full 90 in all but that match, likely to continue starting in the round of 16.

Jun 24, 2026

Two shots from defense

Cornelius had two shots (zero on goal) in Wednesday's 2-1 loss against Switzerland.

Analysis: Cornelius took a pair of speculative shots from the defense during Wednesday's loss. The defender couldn't slow down the Swiss attack but did ok to create space for himself going in the attack. He will have some tough matches in the knockout stage if Canada are going to go on any sort of run.