Christoph Baumgartner
RB Leipzig · Midfielder · Austria · 1,232 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
Christoph Baumgartner stabilises midfield before anything flashy happens. He wins the ball, protects the back line, and lets more creative teammates play with freedom — the unglamorous job that keeps RB Leipzig structurally sound.
Beyond the headline job, Baumgartner remains plausible as duel destroyer. 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) / AM (#10). That matters: skill-set breadth is one thing; demonstrated deployment is another. Baumgartner'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, duel destroyer
- 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
14
Great+ roles
1
Age
26
Preferred foot
Right
Height
178 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.
14.3% team touches
Peer band · Minimal
Pool percentile
12.2%
Also 55.0 touches/90 (season aggregate).
Efficiency
Output quality per action for midfielders.
54 score
Peer band · Minimal
Pool percentile
12.7%
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 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
32.5
Breadth 20.1 · Depth 12.4
- ·Midfielders: Box Crasher (Great), Duel Destroyer (Good), Deep-Lying Playmaker (Good)
- ·Forwards: Target Man (Great), Poacher (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.
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.
Bence Dárdai
VfL Wolfsburg · Bundesliga 24/25
Closest roles
Box CrasherΔ28
Deep-Lying PlaymakerΔ23
Duel DestroyerΔ36
Dro Fernández
Paris Saint-Germain · Ligue 1
Closest roles
- Box CrasherΔ29
- Duel DestroyerΔ10
- Deep-Lying PlaymakerΔ23
Santi Comesaña
Villarreal · La Liga 24/25
Closest roles
- Box CrasherΔ4
- Duel DestroyerΔ2
- Deep-Lying PlaymakerΔ3