Domenico Berardi

Sassuolo · Forward · Italy · 1,971 min

Ballity Verdict

What makes this player special?

Confidence · high

Domenico Berardi is at his best when the game opens into one-versus-one battles out wide. For Sassuolo, 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 raumdeuter.

Beyond the headline job, Berardi remains plausible as playmaking winger and poacher. The secondary roles matter for how a coach can reorganise without changing the XI entirely.

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

Position

Wide Forward

Appearances

26

Great+ roles

2

Age

31

Preferred foot

Left

Height

185 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.

10.8% team touches

Peer band · Low

Pool percentile

31.9%

Also 46.7 touches/90 (season aggregate).

Efficiency

Output quality per action for wingers.

24 score

Peer band · Low

Pool percentile

39.1%

xA per key pass 0.0971v1 win rate 37.9Cross accuracy 29.3

On-ball separation

Dribble-created space and self-made shot quality.

40 score

Peer band · High

Pool percentile

76.2%

1v1 win % 37.9Adv touchline % 20.4Wide channel (self-created) % 32Unblocked (self-created) % 84Shadow zone (self-created) % 44Fast break (self-created) % 28Half-space % 20.8

Off-ball separation

Movement-created space on assisted attempts.

48 score

Peer band · High

Pool percentile

82.8%

Unblocked (assisted) % 93.3Shadow zone (assisted) % 53.3Arrival zone (assisted) % 46.7Wide channel (assisted) % 13.3xG 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.

No Great+ primaryWinger

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

Defensive contribution

Proxy only · confidence: proxynot a role tier

Clears

Proxy p74 · Actions p70 within winger peers

Stat profile

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

Duels 56Tempo 55Carrying 51Clinical Finisher
Creation34
Ball Progressor28
Carrying51
Finishing32
Defending51
Duels56
Tempo55
Box threat36

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
48/ 100

Index

47.7

Breadth 30.2 · Depth 17.5

FullbacksCentre-backsMidfielders · EliteWingers · GreatForwards · Good
  • ·Midfielders: Box Crasher (Elite), Creator (Elite)
  • ·Wingers: Raumdeuter (Great), Playmaking Winger (Good), Wide Runner (Good)
  • ·Forwards: Poacher (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

CFCFPoacher
RWRWRaumdeuter

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.

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