João Neves
Paris Saint-Germain · Midfielder · Portugal · 1,439 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
João Neves 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 Paris Saint-Germain's structure.
What separates Neves from ordinary specialists is breadth inside a coherent family: credible as ball winner, 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) / DM (#6). That matters: skill-set breadth is one thing; demonstrated deployment is another. Neves'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
- Midfield / role totality: ball winner, box crasher, box-to-box midfielder, carrier
- 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
17
Great+ roles
6
Age
21
Preferred foot
Right
Height
174 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.
12.4% team touches
Peer band · Minimal
Pool percentile
5.0%
Also 94.3 touches/90 (season aggregate).
Efficiency
Output quality per action for midfielders.
70 score
Peer band · Elite
Pool percentile
91.5%
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 Chance Creation (Great), Ball Progressor (Great), Physicality (Great)
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
69.9
Breadth 36.9 · Depth 33.0
- ·Fullbacks: Playmaking FB (Elite), Defensive FB (Elite)
- ·Midfielders: Ball Winner (Great), Box Crasher (Great), Box-to-Box Midfielder (Great), Carrier (Great), Deep-Lying Playmaker (Great), Duel Destroyer (Great), Creator (Good)
- ·Forwards: Target Man (Elite)
Versatility shape
Coarse directional pattern (Specialist / Dual-threat / Generalist) — not the 0–100 Index above.
Generalist
Great GeneralistDistinct Great+
6 Great+ roles total
Box-to-box
GreatBox-to-Box Midfielder
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.
Ruben Aguilar
RC Lens · Ligue 1 24/25
Closest roles
Deep-Lying PlaymakerΔ31
CarrierΔ43
Duel DestroyerΔ46
Ibrahim Sangaré
Nottingham Forest · PL 24/25
Closest roles
Box CrasherΔ38- Duel DestroyerΔ44
Ball WinnerΔ46
Mamadou Sangare
RC Lens · Ligue 1
Closest roles
- CarrierΔ1
- Duel DestroyerΔ3
- Deep-Lying PlaymakerΔ3