Bernardo Silva

Real Madrid · Midfielder · Portugal · 551 min

Ballity Verdict

What makes this player special?

Confidence · low

Bernardo Silva earns his standing through how he shapes phases of play for Real Madrid — not through a single viral trait.

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. Silva's authenticity claim starts from those minutes, not from a role board alone.

Sample size still limits how hard you can push the conclusions. The football idea is clear; the confidence should stay honest until a fuller season of minutes confirms it.

Why Ballity says this

  • Shown minutes: CM (#8) / DM (#6)
  • No major weakness flags in the current profile
Receipts
  • · Player Profile
  • · Role Breadth
  • · Deployment authenticity
  • · Sample · limited

Position

Midfielder

Appearances

8

Great+ roles

0

Age

31

Preferred foot

Left

Height

173 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.

11.5% team touches

Peer band · Minimal

Pool percentile

23.0%

Also 82.7 touches/90 (season aggregate).

Efficiency

Output quality per action for midfielders.

67 score

Peer band · High

Pool percentile

81.0%

Press resistance 0.86Pass accuracy 90.1xA per key pass 0.084

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 Great+ primaryMidfielder

No Elite/Great axis on this position's job board, so no weakness flag.

Stat profile

Within position peers — percentile shape (not role scores).

Tempo 87Carrying 72Defending 50Press Resistant
Creation33
Ball Progressor36
Carrying72
Finishing7
Defending50
Duels45
Tempo87
Box threat14

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.

1 group · 3 roles
13/ 100

Index

12.9

Breadth 6.7 · Depth 6.2

FullbacksCentre-backsMidfielders · GoodWingersForwards
  • ·Midfielders: Box Crasher (Good), Box-to-Box Midfielder (Good), Creator (Good)

Versatility shape

Coarse directional pattern (Specialist / Dual-threat / Generalist) — not the 0–100 Index above.

Unclassified

Unclassified

Unclassified
0

Distinct Great+

0 Great+ roles total

Where he plays

Positions with deployment evidence — not statistical guesses.

Natural

CMCMBox Crasher
DMDMDeep-Lying Playmaker

Role translations

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NaturalValidatedSupportedStrongPlausibleExploratory

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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.

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