Matt O'Riley
Olympique Marseille · Midfielder · Denmark · 739 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
Matt O'Riley earns his standing through how he shapes phases of play for Olympique Marseille — not through a single viral trait. Ballity's strongest current profile is creator.
He is not trying to be everything. The profile is concentrated: do creator at a high level, and let secondary tasks stay secondary.
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. O'Riley'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
- Clearest current facet: creator (good)
- 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
15
Great+ roles
0
Age
25
Preferred foot
Left
Height
187 cm
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 Elite/Great axis on this position's job board, so no weakness flag.
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
12.9
Breadth 6.7 · Depth 6.2
- ·Midfielders: Creator (Good), Box Crasher (Good), Box-to-Box Midfielder (Good)
Versatility shape
Coarse directional pattern (Specialist / Dual-threat / Generalist) — not the 0–100 Index above.
Specialist
Good SpecialistDistinct Great+
0 Great+ roles total
Where he plays
Positions with deployment evidence — not statistical guesses.
Natural
Role translations
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Role-by-role detail
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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.
Hakon Arnar Haraldsson
Lille · Ligue 1
Closest roles
CreatorΔ8
Box CrasherΔ42
Box-to-BoxΔ4
Mikkel Damsgaard
Brentford · PL 25/26
Closest roles
- CreatorΔ21
- Box CrasherΔ23
- Box-to-BoxΔ12
Jon Ander Olasagasti
Levante UD · La Liga
Closest roles
- CreatorΔ9
- Box CrasherΔ15
- Box-to-BoxΔ4