András Schäfer
1. FC Union Berlin · Midfielder · Hungary · 925 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
András Schäfer is the kind of midfielder coaches build possession around. At 1. FC Union Berlin, 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 duel destroyer: he controls games more than he decides them.
Beyond the headline job, Schäfer remains plausible as deep-lying playmaker. The secondary roles matter for how a coach can reorganise without changing the XI entirely.
On the pitch he has actually been used as CM (#8) / DM (#6). That matters: skill-set breadth is one thing; demonstrated deployment is another. Schäfer's authenticity claim starts from those minutes, not from a role board alone.
The trade-off is real: physicality shows up as a structural caveat in the profile. Any club buying the upside has to decide whether that hole is tolerable in their system — or whether they will need complementary players beside him.
Why Ballity says this
- Midfield / role totality: duel destroyer, deep-lying playmaker
- Shown minutes: CM (#8) / DM (#6)
- Known caveat: physicality
Receipts
- · Player Profile
- · Role Breadth
- · Deployment authenticity
- · Sample · featured
Position
Midfielder
Appearances
10
Great+ roles
1
Age
27
Preferred foot
Both
Height
179 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.
18.3% team touches
Peer band · Average
Pool percentile
63.3%
Also 49.3 touches/90 (season aggregate).
Efficiency
Output quality per action for midfielders.
59 score
Peer band · Low
Pool percentile
30.4%
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.
Strong as Physicality (Great)
Weak routes
Stat profile
Within Midfielder 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
34.8
Breadth 23.5 · Depth 11.3
- ·Fullbacks: Defensive FB (Elite)
- ·Midfielders: Duel Destroyer (Great), Deep-Lying Playmaker (Good), Ball Winner (Good)
Versatility shape
Coarse directional pattern (Specialist / Dual-threat / Generalist) — not the 0–100 Index above.
Specialist
Great SpecialistDistinct Great+
1 Great+ roles total
Where he plays
Positions with deployment evidence — not statistical guesses.
Natural
Role translations
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Role-by-role detail
How each role is scored. Expand a row for a radar of role-shaped stats.
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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.
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