Geoffrey Kondogbia
Olympique de Marseille · Midfielder · Central African Republic · 593 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
Geoffrey Kondogbia 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 Olympique de Marseille structurally sound.
He is not trying to be everything. The profile is concentrated: do duel destroyer at a high level, and let secondary tasks stay secondary.
On the pitch he has actually been used as CM (#8) / DM (#6). That matters: skill-set breadth is one thing; demonstrated deployment is another. Kondogbia'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
- Clearest current facet: duel destroyer (good)
- Shown minutes: CM (#8) / DM (#6)
- No major weakness flags in the current profile
Receipts
- · Player Profile
- · Role Breadth
- · Deployment authenticity
- · Sample · limited
Position
Midfielder
Appearances
10
Great+ roles
0
Age
33
Preferred foot
Left
Height
188 cm
Ballity insights
Peer context vs midfielders — how often they get the ball and what they do with it. Separate from role tiers above. Catalogue profile — usage ranked on touches/90, not team touch share.
Usage rate
Share of team touches (non-GK) among midfielders with match data.
22.5% team touches
Peer band · Elite
Pool percentile
94.5%
Also 0.0 touches/90 (season aggregate).
Efficiency
Output quality per action for midfielders.
26 score
Peer band · Minimal
Pool percentile
11.5%
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.
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
8.8
Breadth 6.7 · Depth 2.1
- ·Midfielders: Duel Destroyer (Good)
Versatility shape
Coarse directional pattern (Specialist / Dual-threat / Generalist) — not the 0–100 Index above.
Specialist
Good SpecialistDistinct Great+
0 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.
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