Kang-in Lee

Paris Saint-Germain · Midfielder · South Korea · 1,523 min

Ballity Verdict

What makes this player special?

Confidence · high

Kang-in Lee is at his best when the game opens into one-versus-one battles out wide. For Paris Saint-Germain, that means stretch, isolation, and the ability to beat a full-back before the box gets crowded — not a pure chance-creation spreadsheet profile. The headline trait is creator.

What separates Lee from ordinary specialists is breadth inside a coherent family: credible as creator, and still trustworthy when asked to step toward playmaking winger. 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. Lee's authenticity claim starts from those minutes, not from a role board alone.

The trade-off is real: creator 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, playmaking winger, box crasher, carrier
  • Shown minutes: CM (#8) / AM (#10)
  • Known caveat: creator
Receipts
  • · Player Profile
  • · Role Breadth
  • · Deployment authenticity
  • · Sample · featured

Position

Wide Forward

Appearances

27

Great+ roles

6

Age

25

Preferred foot

Left

Height

173 cm

Ballity insights

Peer context vs wingers — 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 wingers with match data.

10.2% team touches

Peer band · Low

Pool percentile

44.0%

Also 82.7 touches/90 (season aggregate).

Efficiency

Output quality per action for wingers.

34 score

Peer band · Elite

Pool percentile

92.0%

xA per key pass 0.0891v1 win rate 57.1Cross accuracy 39.8

On-ball separation

Dribble-created space and self-made shot quality.

38 score

Peer band · Average

Pool percentile

50.8%

1v1 win % 57.1Adv touchline % 27.1Wide channel (self-created) % 0Unblocked (self-created) % 62.5Shadow zone (self-created) % 50Fast break (self-created) % 12.5Half-space % 23.2

Off-ball separation

Movement-created space on assisted attempts.

39 score

Peer band · Minimal

Pool percentile

10.2%

Unblocked (assisted) % 75.9Shadow zone (assisted) % 37.9Arrival zone (assisted) % 20.7Wide channel (assisted) % 13.8xG per assisted shot 0.1

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.

One-wayWinger

Strong as Creator (Elite)

Weak routes

Duelist · LimitedPhysicality · Limited

Defensive contribution

Proxy only · confidence: proxynot a role tier

Does not clear

Proxy p27 · Actions p24 within winger peers

Stat profile

Within position peers — percentile shape (not role scores).

Tempo 87Creation 80Carrying 70High XA CreatorPress Resistant
Creation80
Ball Progressor56
Carrying70
Finishing17
Defending57
Duels58
Tempo87
Box threat39

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.

3 groups · 8 roles
66/ 100

Index

66.0

Breadth 40.2 · Depth 25.8

Fullbacks · EliteCentre-backsMidfielders · EliteWingers · EliteForwards
  • ·Fullbacks: Offensive FB (Elite)
  • ·Midfielders: Creator (Elite), Box Crasher (Great), Carrier (Great), Box-to-Box Midfielder (Great), Deep-Lying Playmaker (Good)
  • ·Wingers: Playmaking Winger (Elite), Wide Runner (Good)

Versatility shape

Coarse directional pattern (Specialist / Dual-threat / Generalist) — not the 0–100 Index above.

Elite

Generalist

Elite Generalist
6

Distinct Great+

6 Great+ roles total

Where he plays

Positions with deployment evidence — not statistical guesses.

Natural

AMAMCreator
CMCMCreator

Role translations

Where the profile could fit. Tap a position — then see which role style suits it.

NaturalValidatedSupportedStrongPlausibleExploratory

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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 winger 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.

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