Kevin Stöger
Borussia M'gladbach · Midfielder · Austria · 1,341 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
Kevin Stöger 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 Borussia M'gladbach's structure.
Beyond the headline job, Stöger remains plausible as duel destroyer and box crasher. The secondary roles matter for how a coach can reorganise without changing the XI entirely.
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. Stöger'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: box-to-box midfielder, duel destroyer, box crasher, creator
- 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
29
Great+ roles
2
Age
32
Preferred foot
Left
Height
175 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.
14.1% team touches
Peer band · Elite
Pool percentile
86.1%
Also 73.4 touches/90 (season aggregate).
Efficiency
Output quality per action for midfielders.
61 score
Peer band · Low
Pool percentile
43.2%
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 Ball Progressor (Great), Physicality (Great)
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
37.6
Breadth 20.1 · Depth 17.5
- ·Fullbacks: Playmaking FB (Great), Offensive FB (Great)
- ·Midfielders: Duel Destroyer (Great), Box-to-Box Midfielder (Good), Box Crasher (Good), Creator (Good), Deep-Lying Playmaker (Good)
Versatility shape
Coarse directional pattern (Specialist / Dual-threat / Generalist) — not the 0–100 Index above.
Generalist
Great GeneralistDistinct Great+
2 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.
Wouter Burger
TSG Hoffenheim · Bundesliga
Closest roles
Box-to-BoxΔ9
CreatorΔ8
Box CrasherΔ13
Alexis Mac Allister
Liverpool · PL 24/25
Closest roles
- Box-to-BoxΔ2
Duel DestroyerΔ4- Box CrasherΔ6
Sean Longstaff
Leeds United · PL 25/26
Closest roles
- CreatorΔ6
- Duel DestroyerΔ19
- Box-to-BoxΔ19