Isi Palazón
Rayo Vallecano · Midfielder · Spain · 1,572 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
Isi Palazón earns his standing through how he shapes phases of play for Rayo Vallecano — not through a single viral trait. Ballity's strongest current profile is creator.
What separates Palazón from ordinary specialists is breadth inside a coherent family: credible as creator, and still trustworthy when asked to step toward box crasher. That is versatility with a purpose — not a random scatter of average roles.
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. Palazón's authenticity claim starts from those minutes, not from a role board alone.
The trade-off is real: chance_creation 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: creator, box crasher
- Shown minutes: CM (#8) / AM (#10)
- Known caveat: chance_creation
Receipts
- · Player Profile
- · Role Breadth
- · Deployment authenticity
- · Sample · featured
Position
Midfielder
Appearances
19
Great+ roles
2
Age
31
Preferred foot
Left
Height
169 cm
Ballity insights
Peer context vs midfielders — how often they get the ball and what they do with it. Separate from role tiers above.
Usage rate
Share of team touches (non-GK) among midfielders with match data.
14.4% team touches
Peer band · Minimal
Pool percentile
17.9%
Also 57.5 touches/90 (season aggregate).
Efficiency
Output quality per action for midfielders.
59 score
Peer band · Minimal
Pool percentile
18.1%
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.
Strong as Chance Creation (Elite)
Weak routes
Stat profile
Within Midfielder 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
19.3
Breadth 10.1 · Depth 9.3
- ·Midfielders: Creator (Great), Box Crasher (Great), Deep-Lying Playmaker (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 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.
Javier Guerra
Valencia · La Liga 24/25
Closest roles
CreatorΔ53
CarrierΔ4
Box-to-BoxΔ14
Morgan Rogers
Aston Villa · PL 24/25
Closest roles
Box CrasherΔ5
Deep-Lying PlaymakerΔ7- CreatorΔ22
Morgan Gibbs-White
Nottingham Forest · PL 24/25
Closest roles
- Box CrasherΔ0
- Deep-Lying PlaymakerΔ7
- CreatorΔ20