Hyun-Seok Hong

Nantes · Midfielder · South Korea · 286 min

Ballity Verdict

What makes this player special?

Confidence · low

Hyun-Seok Hong is at his best when the game opens into one-versus-one battles out wide. For Nantes, 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 duelist winger.

He is not trying to be everything. The profile is concentrated: do duelist winger at a high level, and let secondary tasks stay secondary.

On the pitch he has actually been used as CM (#8) / RW. That matters: skill-set breadth is one thing; demonstrated deployment is another. Hong'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: duelist winger (good)
  • Shown minutes: CM (#8) / RW
  • No major weakness flags in the current profile
Receipts
  • · Player Profile
  • · Role Breadth
  • · Deployment authenticity
  • · Sample · limited

Position

Midfielder

Appearances

6

Great+ roles

0

Age

27

Preferred foot

Height

177 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.

8.8% team touches

Peer band · Minimal

Pool percentile

12.9%

Also 40.0 touches/90 (season aggregate).

Efficiency

Output quality per action for wingers.

19 score

Peer band · Minimal

Pool percentile

13.4%

xA per key pass 0.051v1 win rate 40Cross accuracy 14.3

On-ball separation

Dribble-created space and self-made shot quality.

35 score

Peer band · Minimal

Pool percentile

11.7%

1v1 win % 40Adv touchline % 15.7Wide channel (self-created) % 0Unblocked (self-created) % 50Shadow zone (self-created) % 0Fast break (self-created) % 0Half-space % 17

Off-ball separation

Movement-created space on assisted attempts.

52 score

Peer band · Elite

Pool percentile

85.2%

Unblocked (assisted) % 100Shadow zone (assisted) % 50Arrival zone (assisted) % 50Wide channel (assisted) % 0xG per assisted shot 0.2

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 p97 · Actions p93 within winger peers

Stat profile

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

Defending 66Duels 63Tempo 52
Creation7
Ball Progressor5
Carrying47
Finishing10
Defending66
Duels63
Tempo52
Box threat27

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 · 5 roles
30/ 100

Index

30.4

Breadth 20.1 · Depth 10.3

FullbacksCentre-backsMidfielders · GoodWingers · GoodForwards · Good
  • ·Midfielders: Box Crasher (Good), Duel Destroyer (Good), Ball Winner (Good)
  • ·Wingers: Duelist Winger (Good)
  • ·Forwards: Target Man (Good)

Versatility shape

Coarse directional pattern (Specialist / Dual-threat / Generalist) — not the 0–100 Index above.

Good

Specialist

Good Specialist
0

Distinct Great+

0 Great+ roles total

Where he plays

Positions with deployment evidence — not statistical guesses.

Natural

CMCMDuel Destroyer
RWRWDuelist Winger

Role translations

Where the profile could fit. Tap a position — then see which role style suits it.

NaturalValidatedSupportedStrongPlausibleExploratory

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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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