Dani Olmo

Spain · Midfielder · Spain · 495 min

Ballity Verdict

What makes this player special?

Confidence · low

Dani Olmo 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 Spain's structure.

What separates Olmo from ordinary specialists is breadth inside a coherent family: credible as carrier, and still trustworthy when asked to step toward box crasher. 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. Olmo'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

  • Midfield / role totality: carrier, box crasher, creator
  • Shown minutes: CM (#8) / AM (#10)
  • No major weakness flags in the current profile
Receipts
  • · Player Profile
  • · Role Breadth
  • · Deployment authenticity
  • · Sample · limited

Position

Midfielder

Appearances

8

Great+ roles

1

Age

28

Preferred foot

Right

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.

7.5% team touches

Peer band · Minimal

Pool percentile

4.9%

Also 56.7 touches/90 (season aggregate).

Efficiency

Output quality per action for midfielders.

66 score

Peer band · Low

Pool percentile

42.4%

Press resistance 0.84Pass accuracy 90.5xA per key pass 0.122

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 Midfielder peers — percentile shape (not role scores).

Creation 88Box threat 80Finishing 67Press Resistant
Creation88
Ball Progressor30
Carrying27
Finishing67
Defending55
Duels66
Tempo30
Box threat80

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.

2 groups · 6 roles
36/ 100

Index

35.6

Breadth 20.1 · Depth 15.5

FullbacksCentre-backsMidfielders · GreatWingersForwards · Great
  • ·Midfielders: Carrier (Great), Creator (Great), Box Crasher (Good), Box-to-Box Midfielder (Good)
  • ·Forwards: Link Forward (Great), Target Man (Good)

Versatility shape

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

Great

Specialist

Great Specialist
1

Distinct Great+

1 Great+ roles total

Where he plays

Positions with deployment evidence — not statistical guesses.

Natural

AMAMCarrier
CMCMCarrier

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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