Ilyas Ansah

1. FC Union Berlin · Forward · Germany · 1,909 min

Ballity Verdict

What makes this player special?

Confidence · medium

Ilyas Ansah earns his standing through how he shapes phases of play for 1. FC Union Berlin — not through a single viral trait.

On the pitch he has actually been used as CF (#9) / LW. That matters: skill-set breadth is one thing; demonstrated deployment is another. Ansah'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

  • Shown minutes: CF (#9) / LW
  • No major weakness flags in the current profile
Receipts
  • · Player Profile
  • · Role Breadth
  • · Deployment authenticity
  • · Sample · featured

Position

Wide Forward

Appearances

33

Great+ roles

0

Age

21

Preferred foot

Right

Height

194 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.

10.2% team touches

Peer band · Low

Pool percentile

39.1%

Also 37.4 touches/90 (season aggregate).

Efficiency

Output quality per action for wingers.

17 score

Peer band · Minimal

Pool percentile

4.6%

xA per key pass 0.0621v1 win rate 28.4Cross accuracy 21.1

On-ball separation

Dribble-created space and self-made shot quality.

35 score

Peer band · Minimal

Pool percentile

22.5%

1v1 win % 28.4Adv touchline % 21Wide channel (self-created) % 10Unblocked (self-created) % 75Shadow zone (self-created) % 50Fast break (self-created) % 15Half-space % 25.1

Off-ball separation

Movement-created space on assisted attempts.

43 score

Peer band · Low

Pool percentile

27.5%

Unblocked (assisted) % 76.9Shadow zone (assisted) % 46.2Arrival zone (assisted) % 30.8Wide channel (assisted) % 0xG 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

Does not clear

Proxy p19 · Actions p21 within winger peers

Stat profile

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

Duels 60Defending 48Tempo 45
Creation17
Ball Progressor4
Carrying42
Finishing25
Defending48
Duels60
Tempo45
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.

1 group · 1 role
9/ 100

Index

8.8

Breadth 6.7 · Depth 2.1

FullbacksCentre-backsMidfielders · GoodWingersForwards
  • ·Midfielders: Box Crasher (Good)

Versatility shape

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

Unclassified

Unclassified

Unclassified
0

Distinct Great+

0 Great+ roles total

Where he plays

Positions with deployment evidence — not statistical guesses.

Natural

CFCFTarget Man
LWLWRaumdeuter

Role translations

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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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