David Neres
Napoli · Forward · Brazil · 926 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
David Neres is at his best when the game opens into one-versus-one battles out wide. For Napoli, that means stretch, isolation, and the ability to beat a full-back before the box gets crowded — not a pure chance-creation spreadsheet profile. The headline trait is playmaking winger.
He is not trying to be everything. The profile is concentrated: do playmaking winger at a high level, and let secondary tasks stay secondary.
On the pitch he has actually been used as RW / CF (#9). That matters: skill-set breadth is one thing; demonstrated deployment is another. Neres's authenticity claim starts from those minutes, not from a role board alone.
The trade-off is real: creator 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
- Clearest current facet: playmaking winger (great)
- Shown minutes: RW / CF (#9)
- Known caveat: creator
Receipts
- · Player Profile
- · Role Breadth
- · Deployment authenticity
- · Sample · featured
Position
Wide Forward
Appearances
16
Great+ roles
2
Age
29
Preferred foot
Left
Height
175 cm
Ballity insights
Peer context vs wingers — 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 wingers with match data.
9.6% team touches
Peer band · Minimal
Pool percentile
23.3%
Also 54.8 touches/90 (season aggregate).
Efficiency
Output quality per action for wingers.
31 score
Peer band · Elite
Pool percentile
88.2%
On-ball separation
Dribble-created space and self-made shot quality.
39 score
Peer band · High
Pool percentile
71.3%
Off-ball separation
Movement-created space on assisted attempts.
37 score
Peer band · Minimal
Pool percentile
5.7%
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.
Strong as Creator (Great)
Weak routes
Defensive contribution
Proxy only · confidence: proxy — not a role tier
Proxy p17 · Actions p21 within winger peers
Stat profile
Within position 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
50.0
Breadth 33.5 · Depth 16.5
- ·Midfielders: Creator (Elite), Carrier (Good), Box Crasher (Good)
- ·Wingers: Playmaking Winger (Elite), Wide Runner (Good)
- ·Forwards: Channel Runner (Good)
Versatility shape
Coarse directional pattern (Specialist / Dual-threat / Generalist) — not the 0–100 Index above.
Dual-threat
Great Dual-threatDistinct Great+
2 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 winger 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.
Stephan El Shaarawy
Roma · Serie A
Closest roles
Playmaking WingerΔ21
Wide RunnerΔ13
RaumdeuterΔ9
Gonçalo Guedes
Real Sociedad · La Liga
Closest roles
- Playmaking WingerΔ21
- Wide RunnerΔ21
- RaumdeuterΔ11
Marcus Edwards
Burnley · PL 25/26
Closest roles
- Playmaking WingerΔ18
- Wide RunnerΔ18
- RaumdeuterΔ9