Fermín López
Barcelona · Midfielder · Spain · 801 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
Fermín López 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 Barcelona's structure.
Beyond the headline job, López remains plausible as carrier. 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. López'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: box crasher, carrier
- 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
11
Great+ roles
1
Age
23
Preferred foot
Right
Height
176 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.
12.0% team touches
Peer band · Low
Pool percentile
31.3%
Also 57.0 touches/90 (season aggregate).
Efficiency
Output quality per action for wingers.
25 score
Peer band · Low
Pool percentile
33.6%
On-ball separation
Dribble-created space and self-made shot quality.
39 score
Peer band · Average
Pool percentile
52.3%
Off-ball separation
Movement-created space on assisted attempts.
52 score
Peer band · Elite
Pool percentile
86.5%
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.
Defensive contribution
Proxy only · confidence: proxy — not a role tier
Proxy p90 · Actions p90 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
47.9
Breadth 33.5 · Depth 14.4
- ·Midfielders: Box Crasher (Elite), Carrier (Good), Creator (Good)
- ·Wingers: Raumdeuter (Great)
- ·Forwards: Poacher (Great)
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.
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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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