Manu Koné

France · Midfielder · France · 386 min

Ballity Verdict

What makes this player special?

Confidence · low

Manu Koné earns his standing through how he shapes phases of play for France — not through a single viral trait.

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. Koné's authenticity claim starts from those minutes, not from a role board alone.

Sample size still limits how hard you can push the conclusions. The football idea is clear; the confidence should stay honest until a fuller season of minutes confirms it.

Why Ballity says this

  • Shown minutes: CM (#8) / AM (#10)
  • No major weakness flags in the current profile
Receipts
  • · Player Profile
  • · Role Breadth
  • · Deployment authenticity
  • · Sample · limited

Position

Midfielder

Appearances

5

Great+ roles

0

Age

25

Preferred foot

Right

Height

186 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.

11.7% team touches

Peer band · Low

Pool percentile

32.6%

Also 74.4 touches/90 (season aggregate).

Efficiency

Output quality per action for midfielders.

68 score

Peer band · Average

Pool percentile

66.0%

Press resistance 0.88Pass accuracy 92xA per key pass 0.08

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.

No Great+ primaryMidfielder

No Elite/Great axis on this position's job board, so no weakness flag.

Stat profile

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

Tempo 63Box threat 63Carrying 58Press Resistant
Creation41
Ball Progressor31
Carrying58
Finishing51
Defending48
Duels37
Tempo63
Box threat63

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.

0 groups · 0 roles
0/ 100

Index

0.0

Breadth 0.0 · Depth 0.0

FullbacksCentre-backsMidfieldersWingersForwards

No Good+ group clearances yet.

Versatility shape

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

Unclassified

Unclassified

Unclassified
0

Distinct Great+

0 Great+ roles total

Where he plays

Positions with deployment evidence — not statistical guesses.

Natural

AMAMCarrier
CMCMCarrier

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 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.

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