Jackson Irvine
FC St. Pauli · Midfielder · Australia · 1,632 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
Jackson Irvine 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 FC St. Pauli 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. Irvine'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
- 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 · featured
Position
Midfielder
Appearances
24
Great+ roles
0
Age
33
Preferred foot
Right
Height
190 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.
10.9% team touches
Peer band · Average
Pool percentile
48.4%
Also 52.7 touches/90 (season aggregate).
Efficiency
Output quality per action for midfielders.
56 score
Peer band · Minimal
Pool percentile
17.4%
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
10.8
Breadth 6.7 · Depth 4.1
- ·Midfielders: Duel Destroyer (Good), Ball Winner (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.
Mathias Rasmussen
FC St. Pauli · Bundesliga
Closest roles
Duel DestroyerΔ4
Ball WinnerΔ10
CarrierΔ14
Michel Adopo
Cagliari · Serie A 24/25
Closest roles
- Duel DestroyerΔ8
- Ball WinnerΔ12
- CarrierΔ4
Manuel Ugarte
Manchester United · PL 25/26
Closest roles
- Duel DestroyerΔ21
- Ball WinnerΔ12
- CarrierΔ30