Manuel Ugarte
Manchester United · Midfielder · Uruguay · 902 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
Manuel Ugarte 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 Manchester United's structure.
Beyond the headline job, Ugarte remains plausible as ball winner and carrier. 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. Ugarte's authenticity claim starts from those minutes, not from a role board alone.
The trade-off is real: physicality 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: duel destroyer, ball winner, carrier
- Shown minutes: CM (#8) / DM (#6)
- Known caveat: physicality
Receipts
- · Player Profile
- · Role Breadth
- · Deployment authenticity
- · Sample · featured
Position
Midfielder
Appearances
22
Great+ roles
1
Age
25
Preferred foot
Right
Height
182 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.
11.1% team touches
Peer band · Average
Pool percentile
55.5%
Also 69.4 touches/90 (season aggregate).
Efficiency
Output quality per action for midfielders.
65 score
Peer band · Average
Pool percentile
68.3%
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 Physicality (Great)
Weak routes
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
17.3
Breadth 10.1 · Depth 7.2
- ·Midfielders: Duel Destroyer (Great), Ball Winner (Good), Carrier (Good)
Versatility shape
Coarse directional pattern (Specialist / Dual-threat / Generalist) — not the 0–100 Index above.
Specialist
Great SpecialistDistinct Great+
1 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.
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West Ham United · PL 25/26
Closest roles
Duel DestroyerΔ11
CarrierΔ7
Ball WinnerΔ4
Batista Mendy
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Closest roles
- Duel DestroyerΔ35
- Ball WinnerΔ21
- CarrierΔ26
Tim Iroegbunam
Everton · PL 24/25
Closest roles
- Duel DestroyerΔ7
- CarrierΔ12
- Ball WinnerΔ10