Habibou Diallo
Metz · Forward · Senegal · 1,910 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
Habibou Diallo 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 Metz's structure.
What separates Diallo from ordinary specialists is breadth inside a coherent family: credible as channel runner, and still trustworthy when asked to step toward target man. That is versatility with a purpose — not a random scatter of average roles.
On the pitch he has actually been used as CF (#9) / SS. That matters: skill-set breadth is one thing; demonstrated deployment is another. Diallo's authenticity claim starts from those minutes, not from a role board alone.
The trade-off is real: target_man 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
- Midfield / role totality: channel runner, target man
- Shown minutes: CF (#9) / SS
- Known caveat: target_man
Receipts
- · Player Profile
- · Role Breadth
- · Deployment authenticity
- · Sample · featured
Position
Forward
Appearances
25
Great+ roles
2
Age
31
Preferred foot
Right
Height
186 cm
Ballity insights
Peer context vs forwards — 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 forwards with match data.
5.3% team touches
Peer band · Minimal
Pool percentile
1.4%
Also 25.7 touches/90 (season aggregate).
Efficiency
Output quality per action for forwards.
45 score
Peer band · Low
Pool percentile
42.7%
On-ball separation
Dribble-created space and self-made shot quality.
34 score
Peer band · Average
Pool percentile
62.2%
Off-ball separation
Movement-created space on assisted attempts.
69 score
Peer band · High
Pool percentile
72.0%
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 Target Man (Great), Channel Runner (Great)
Weak routes
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
33.8
Breadth 23.5 · Depth 10.3
- ·Midfielders: Box Crasher (Elite)
- ·Forwards: Channel Runner (Great), Target Man (Great)
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 forward 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.
Jean-Philippe Krasso
Paris FC · Ligue 1
Closest roles
Target ManΔ19
Channel RunnerΔ36
Shadow StrikerΔ9
Rodrigo Ribeiro
FC Augsburg · Bundesliga
Closest roles
- Channel RunnerΔ30
- Target ManΔ30
- Shadow StrikerΔ8
Rodrigo Muniz
Fulham · PL 25/26
Closest roles
- Target ManΔ12
- Channel RunnerΔ31
- Shadow StrikerΔ9