RC Lens · Midfielder · Mali · 2,328 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
Mamadou Sangare 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 RC Lens's structure.
What separates Sangare from ordinary specialists is breadth inside a coherent family: credible as carrier, and still trustworthy when asked to step toward duel destroyer. 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. Sangare'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
Position
Midfielder
Appearances
29
Great+ roles
3
Age
24
Preferred foot
Left
Height
181 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.
15.9% team touches
Peer band · Average
Pool percentile
67.2%
Also 75.6 touches/90 (season aggregate).
Efficiency
Output quality per action for midfielders.
64 score
Peer band · Average
Pool percentile
63.5%
Balance & structural weaknesses
How complete this player is on the position's job board — strengths and holes.
Two-way = Great+ on ≥2 complementary axes. One-way = every other route Limited/closed. Weak routes = Average holes on complementary axes.
Strong as Physicality (Elite), Ball Progressor (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
62.4
Breadth 33.5 · Depth 28.9
Versatility shape
Coarse directional pattern (Specialist / Dual-threat / Generalist) — not the 0–100 Index above.
Dual-threat
Elite Dual-threatDistinct Great+
3 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.
Mathys de Carvalho
Olympique Lyonnais · Ligue 1
Closest roles
Eduardo Camavinga
Real Madrid · La Liga
Closest roles
Ruben Aguilar
RC Lens · Ligue 1 24/25
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