Mauro Júnior
PSV Eindhoven · Midfielder · Brazil · 630 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
Mauro Júnior 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 PSV Eindhoven's structure.
Beyond the headline job, Júnior remains plausible as creator and duel destroyer. 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) / AM (#10). That matters: skill-set breadth is one thing; demonstrated deployment is another. Júnior'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
- Midfield / role totality: carrier, creator, duel destroyer, box-to-box midfielder
- 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
7
Great+ roles
0
Age
27
Preferred foot
Left
Height
171 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.
23.2% team touches
Peer band · Elite
Pool percentile
94.8%
Also 73.9 touches/90 (season aggregate).
Efficiency
Output quality per action for midfielders.
67 score
Peer band · High
Pool percentile
84.8%
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
30.2
Breadth 16.8 · Depth 13.4
- ·Fullbacks: Offensive FB (Good)
- ·Midfielders: Carrier (Great), Creator (Good), Duel Destroyer (Good), Box-to-Box Midfielder (Good), Deep-Lying Playmaker (Good)
Versatility shape
Coarse directional pattern (Specialist / Dual-threat / Generalist) — not the 0–100 Index above.
Generalist
Good GeneralistDistinct 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
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.
Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta
Athletic Club · La Liga 24/25
Closest roles
CarrierΔ12
CreatorΔ2
Deep-Lying PlaymakerΔ5
Julian Ryerson
Borussia Dortmund · Bundesliga 24/25
Closest roles
- CarrierΔ0
Duel DestroyerΔ3- Deep-Lying PlaymakerΔ2
Mateo Kovačić
Manchester City · PL 24/25
Closest roles
- CarrierΔ4
- Duel DestroyerΔ5
- Deep-Lying PlaymakerΔ18