Kenan Yıldız

Juventus · Forward · Turkey · 2,838 min

Ballity Verdict

What makes this player special?

Confidence · high

Kenan Yıldız is at his best when the game opens into one-versus-one battles out wide. For Juventus, 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 playmaking winger.

What separates Yıldız from ordinary specialists is breadth inside a coherent family: credible as playmaking winger, and still trustworthy when asked to step toward duelist winger. That is versatility with a purpose — not a random scatter of average roles.

On the pitch he has actually been used as LW / CF (#9). That matters: skill-set breadth is one thing; demonstrated deployment is another. Yıldız'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: playmaking winger, duelist winger, wide runner, raumdeuter
  • Shown minutes: LW / CF (#9)
  • Known caveat: creator
Receipts
  • · Player Profile
  • · Role Breadth
  • · Deployment authenticity
  • · Sample · featured

Position

Wide Forward

Appearances

36

Great+ roles

4

Age

21

Preferred foot

Both

Height

187 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.

9.7% team touches

Peer band · Low

Pool percentile

37.1%

Also 61.8 touches/90 (season aggregate).

Efficiency

Output quality per action for wingers.

31 score

Peer band · Elite

Pool percentile

86.4%

xA per key pass 0.1221v1 win rate 58.6Cross accuracy 26.6

On-ball separation

Dribble-created space and self-made shot quality.

44 score

Peer band · Elite

Pool percentile

97.5%

1v1 win % 58.6Adv touchline % 27.1Wide channel (self-created) % 22.9Unblocked (self-created) % 71.4Shadow zone (self-created) % 60Fast break (self-created) % 37.1Half-space % 28.9

Off-ball separation

Movement-created space on assisted attempts.

40 score

Peer band · Minimal

Pool percentile

22.1%

Unblocked (assisted) % 62.9Shadow zone (assisted) % 51.6Arrival zone (assisted) % 24.2Wide channel (assisted) % 27.4xG 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.

Weak routesWinger

Strong as Creator (Great), Duelist (Great)

Weak routes

Physicality · Average

Defensive contribution

Proxy only · confidence: proxynot a role tier

Does not clear

Proxy p25 · Actions p17 within winger peers

Stat profile

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

Duels 72Tempo 65Defending 62Clinical FinisherHigh XA Creator
Creation57
Ball Progressor16
Carrying58
Finishing34
Defending62
Duels72
Tempo65
Box threat55

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.

2 groups · 8 roles
53/ 100

Index

52.6

Breadth 26.8 · Depth 25.8

FullbacksCentre-backsMidfielders · EliteWingers · EliteForwards
  • ·Midfielders: Creator (Elite), Box Crasher (Great), Carrier (Great), Box-to-Box Midfielder (Great)
  • ·Wingers: Playmaking Winger (Elite), Duelist Winger (Great), Wide Runner (Great), Raumdeuter (Good)

Versatility shape

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

Elite

Generalist

Elite Generalist
4

Distinct Great+

4 Great+ roles total

Where he plays

Positions with deployment evidence — not statistical guesses.

Natural

CFCFPoacher
LWLWWide Runner

Role translations

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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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