Marco Grüll

SV Werder Bremen · Forward · Austria · 2,020 min

Ballity Verdict

What makes this player special?

Confidence · medium

Marco Grüll earns his standing through how he shapes phases of play for SV Werder Bremen — not through a single viral trait.

Deployment evidence is thinner than the skill-set read — treat any talk of a “natural” secondary position as hypothesis until the minutes show it.

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

  • No major weakness flags in the current profile
Receipts
  • · Player Profile
  • · Role Breadth
  • · Deployment · thin
  • · Sample · featured

Position

Winger

Appearances

33

Great+ roles

0

Age

28

Preferred foot

Both

Height

182 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.

11.2% team touches

Peer band · Average

Pool percentile

51.8%

Also 49.0 touches/90 (season aggregate).

Efficiency

Output quality per action for wingers.

23 score

Peer band · Low

Pool percentile

38.0%

xA per key pass 0.0841v1 win rate 41.2Cross accuracy 25

On-ball separation

Dribble-created space and self-made shot quality.

36 score

Peer band · Low

Pool percentile

34.2%

1v1 win % 41.2Adv touchline % 23.8Wide channel (self-created) % 15Unblocked (self-created) % 75Shadow zone (self-created) % 35Fast break (self-created) % 15Half-space % 21.9

Off-ball separation

Movement-created space on assisted attempts.

48 score

Peer band · Average

Pool percentile

55.8%

Unblocked (assisted) % 60.9Shadow zone (assisted) % 56.5Arrival zone (assisted) % 52.2Wide channel (assisted) % 13xG 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.

No Great+ primaryWinger

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

Defensive contribution

Proxy only · confidence: proxynot a role tier

Clears

Proxy p80 · Actions p83 within winger peers

Stat profile

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

Duels 62Tempo 54Carrying 51
Creation33
Ball Progressor10
Carrying51
Finishing15
Defending51
Duels62
Tempo54
Box threat31

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.

1 group · 2 roles
11/ 100

Index

10.8

Breadth 6.7 · Depth 4.1

FullbacksCentre-backsMidfielders · GoodWingersForwards
  • ·Midfielders: Box Crasher (Good), Creator (Good)

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

None inferred

Role translations

Where the profile could fit. Tap a position — then see which role style suits it.

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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