Kaishu Sano
1. FSV Mainz 05 · Midfielder · Japan · 3,059 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
Kaishu Sano is the kind of midfielder coaches build possession around. At 1. FSV Mainz 05, his real value is not goals or highlight assists — it is how cleanly he moves the team from safe zones into dangerous ones, almost never giving the ball away cheaply. Ballity's clearest read is ball winner: he controls games more than he decides them.
What separates Sano from ordinary specialists is breadth inside a coherent family: credible as ball winner, and still trustworthy when asked to step toward carrier. 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. Sano'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, carrier, deep-lying playmaker, duel destroyer
- 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
34
Great+ roles
2
Age
25
Preferred foot
Right
Height
176 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.
14.9% team touches
Peer band · Average
Pool percentile
64.8%
Also 52.4 touches/90 (season aggregate).
Efficiency
Output quality per action for midfielders.
62 score
Peer band · Average
Pool percentile
47.7%
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 Physicality (Great) — complementary routes are not below Good, so no noticeable 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
33.5
Breadth 20.1 · Depth 13.4
- ·Fullbacks: Defensive FB (Great)
- ·Midfielders: Ball Winner (Great), Carrier (Great), Deep-Lying Playmaker (Good), Duel Destroyer (Good)
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.
Nicolai Remberg
Hamburger SV · Bundesliga
Closest roles
CarrierΔ3
Ball WinnerΔ3
Duel DestroyerΔ20
Matteo Pessina
Monza · Serie A 24/25
Closest roles
- Ball WinnerΔ3
- Duel DestroyerΔ1
- CarrierΔ17
Carlos Baleba
Brighton & Hove Albion · PL 25/26
Closest roles
- Ball WinnerΔ35
- CarrierΔ43
- Duel DestroyerΔ34