Beto

Everton · Forward · Guinea-Bissau · 936 min

Ballity Verdict

What makes this player special?

Confidence · high

Beto covers both boxes. He is not a specialist who only protects or only arrives late — he is the midfielder who can win it, carry it, and still show up in the final third. That two-way presence is what makes him hard to replace in Everton's structure.

Beyond the headline job, Beto remains plausible as target man and channel runner. The secondary roles matter for how a coach can reorganise without changing the XI entirely.

On the pitch he has actually been used as CF (#9). That matters: skill-set breadth is one thing; demonstrated deployment is another. Beto'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: poacher, target man, channel runner
  • Shown minutes: CF (#9)
  • No major weakness flags in the current profile
Receipts
  • · Player Profile
  • · Role Breadth
  • · Deployment authenticity
  • · Sample · featured

Position

Forward

Appearances

8

Great+ roles

2

Age

28

Preferred foot

Right

Height

194 cm

Ballity insights

Peer context vs forwards — how often they get the ball and what they do with it. Separate from role tiers above. Attackers also split separation into on-ball (dribble-created) and off-ball (movement).

Usage rate

Share of team touches (non-GK) among forwards with match data.

18.3% team touches

Peer band · High

Pool percentile

75.0%

Also 35.1 touches/90 (season aggregate).

Efficiency

Output quality per action for forwards.

64 score

Peer band · High

Pool percentile

82.8%

xG per shot 0.168Goals / npxG 1.75Goals /90 0.58

On-ball separation

Dribble-created space and self-made shot quality.

34 score

Peer band · Elite

Pool percentile

85.9%

1v1 win % 33.9Self-created shot share % 49Dribbles won/90 1.1Fast break (self-created) % 29.2

Off-ball separation

Movement-created space on assisted attempts.

71 score

Peer band · Average

Pool percentile

67.2%

Unblocked (assisted) % 84Shadow zone (assisted) % 76Arrival zone (assisted) % 80Central channel (assisted) % 76xG per assisted shot 0.1

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.

Two-wayStriker

Strong as Poacher (Great), Target Man (Great)

Stat profile

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

Box threat 91Finishing 86Duels 80
Creation8
Ball Progressor1
Carrying2
Finishing86
Defending48
Duels80
Tempo1
Box threat91

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.

3 groups · 6 roles
55/ 100

Index

55.4

Breadth 36.9 · Depth 18.6

FullbacksCentre-backsMidfielders · EliteWingers · EliteForwards · Great
  • ·Midfielders: Box Crasher (Elite)
  • ·Wingers: Raumdeuter (Elite)
  • ·Forwards: Target Man (Great), Shadow Striker (Great), Poacher (Good), Channel Runner (Good)

Versatility shape

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

Great

Dual-threat

Great Dual-threat
2

Distinct Great+

2 Great+ roles total

Where he plays

Positions with deployment evidence — not statistical guesses.

Natural

CFCFTarget Man

Role translations

Where the profile could fit. Tap a position — then see which role style suits it.

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 forward 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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