Jamie Vardy
Cremonese · Forward · England · 2,107 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
Jamie Vardy 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 Cremonese's structure.
Beyond the headline job, Vardy remains plausible as poacher and target man. The secondary roles matter for how a coach can reorganise without changing the XI entirely.
On the pitch he has actually been used as CF (#9). That matters: skill-set breadth is one thing; demonstrated deployment is another. Vardy's authenticity claim starts from those minutes, not from a role board alone.
The trade-off is real: channel_runner 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, poacher, target man
- Shown minutes: CF (#9)
- Known caveat: channel_runner
Receipts
- · Player Profile
- · Role Breadth
- · Deployment authenticity
- · Sample · featured
Position
Forward
Appearances
29
Great+ roles
1
Age
39
Preferred foot
—
Height
178 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.
5.4% team touches
Peer band · Minimal
Pool percentile
9.0%
Also 22.0 touches/90 (season aggregate).
Efficiency
Output quality per action for forwards.
55 score
Peer band · High
Pool percentile
82.2%
On-ball separation
Dribble-created space and self-made shot quality.
31 score
Peer band · Average
Pool percentile
60.2%
Off-ball separation
Movement-created space on assisted attempts.
61 score
Peer band · Low
Pool percentile
41.5%
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 Channel Runner (Elite)
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
39.2
Breadth 26.8 · Depth 12.4
- ·Midfielders: Box Crasher (Elite)
- ·Forwards: Channel Runner (Elite), Poacher (Good), Target Man (Good)
Versatility shape
Coarse directional pattern (Specialist / Dual-threat / Generalist) — not the 0–100 Index above.
Specialist
Elite SpecialistDistinct Great+
1 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.
Henrik Wendel Meister
Pisa · Serie A
Closest roles
Channel RunnerΔ11
PoacherΔ5
Target ManΔ6
Jeff Ekhator
Genoa · Serie A 24/25
Closest roles
- Channel RunnerΔ32
- Target ManΔ16
- PoacherΔ30
Tani Oluwaseyi
Villarreal · La Liga
Closest roles
- Channel RunnerΔ18
- PoacherΔ11
- Target ManΔ10