Aleksandar Pavlović
FC Bayern München · Midfielder · Germany · 1,461 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
Aleksandar Pavlović is the kind of midfielder coaches build possession around. At FC Bayern München, his real value is not goals or highlight assists — it is how cleanly he moves the team from safe zones into dangerous ones, almost never giving the ball away cheaply. Ballity's clearest read is box crasher: he controls games more than he decides them.
What separates Pavlović from ordinary specialists is breadth inside a coherent family: credible as box crasher, and still trustworthy when asked to step toward carrier. That is versatility with a purpose — not a random scatter of average roles.
On the pitch he has actually been used as CM (#8) / AM (#10). That matters: skill-set breadth is one thing; demonstrated deployment is another. Pavlović's authenticity claim starts from those minutes, not from a role board alone.
There are no major weakness flags screaming from the current profile — which does not mean he is complete, only that the main story is the strength of what he already does.
Why Ballity says this
- Midfield / role totality: box crasher, carrier, deep-lying playmaker, box-to-box midfielder
- Shown minutes: CM (#8) / AM (#10)
- No major weakness flags in the current profile
Receipts
- · Player Profile
- · Role Breadth
- · Deployment authenticity
- · Sample · featured
Position
Midfielder
Appearances
24
Great+ roles
0
Age
22
Preferred foot
Both
Height
186 cm
Ballity insights
Peer context vs midfielders — how often they get the ball and what they do with it. Separate from role tiers above.
Usage rate
Share of team touches (non-GK) among midfielders with match data.
14.8% team touches
Peer band · High
Pool percentile
79.5%
Also 110.6 touches/90 (season aggregate).
Efficiency
Output quality per action for midfielders.
71 score
Peer band · Elite
Pool percentile
99.2%
Balance & structural weaknesses
How complete this player is on the position's job board — strengths and holes.
How we define this
Two-way = Great+ on ≥2 complementary axes. One-way = every other route Limited/closed. Weak routes = Average holes on complementary axes.
No Elite/Great axis on this position's job board, so no weakness flag.
Stat profile
Within position peers — percentile shape (not role scores).
Versatility Index
Precise 0–100 score — cross-group breadth (67%) plus within-group depth (33%), quality-scaled by tier. Distinct from the shape card below.
Index
42.3
Breadth 26.8 · Depth 15.5
- ·Fullbacks: Playmaking FB (Elite)
- ·Midfielders: Deep-Lying Playmaker (Elite), Box-to-Box Midfielder (Great), Box Crasher (Good), Carrier (Good)
Versatility shape
Coarse directional pattern (Specialist / Dual-threat / Generalist) — not the 0–100 Index above.
Generalist
Good GeneralistDistinct Great+
0 Great+ roles total
Where he plays
Positions with deployment evidence — not statistical guesses.
Natural
Role translations
Where the profile could fit. Tap a position — then see which role style suits it.
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Role-by-role detail
How each role is scored. Expand a row for a radar of role-shaped stats.
Similar players
Shape match across midfielder roles — cosine similarity of role scores (domestic leagues only). Slot 1 is the best same-league match; the rest are the next closest from the full pool.
Florian Neuhaus
Borussia M'gladbach · Bundesliga
Closest roles
Deep-Lying PlaymakerΔ42
Box CrasherΔ27
Box-to-BoxΔ42
Rafael Luis
RC Strasbourg · Ligue 1
Closest roles
- Deep-Lying PlaymakerΔ35
CarrierΔ17- Box-to-BoxΔ32
James Milner
Brighton & Hove Albion · PL 25/26
Closest roles
- Deep-Lying PlaymakerΔ35
- Box CrasherΔ18
- Box-to-BoxΔ38