Michael Olise

FC Bayern München · Forward · France · 1,081 min

Ballity Verdict

What makes this player special?

Confidence · high

Michael Olise is at his best when the game opens into one-versus-one battles out wide. For FC Bayern München, that means stretch, isolation, and the ability to beat a full-back before the box gets crowded — not a pure chance-creation spreadsheet profile. The headline trait is duelist winger.

What separates Olise from ordinary specialists is breadth inside a coherent family: credible as duelist winger, and still trustworthy when asked to step toward playmaking winger. That is versatility with a purpose — not a random scatter of average roles.

On the pitch he has actually been used as RW / CF (#9). That matters: skill-set breadth is one thing; demonstrated deployment is another. Olise's authenticity claim starts from those minutes, not from a role board alone.

The trade-off is real: creator 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: duelist winger, playmaking winger, raumdeuter, shadow striker
  • Shown minutes: RW / CF (#9)
  • Known caveat: creator
Receipts
  • · Player Profile
  • · Role Breadth
  • · Deployment authenticity
  • · Sample · featured

Position

Wide Forward

Appearances

13

Great+ roles

3

Age

24

Preferred foot

Left

Height

184 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.

12.9% team touches

Peer band · High

Pool percentile

70.0%

Also 80.0 touches/90 (season aggregate).

Efficiency

Output quality per action for wingers.

36 score

Peer band · Elite

Pool percentile

97.7%

xA per key pass 0.141v1 win rate 80.4Cross accuracy 17.5

On-ball separation

Dribble-created space and self-made shot quality.

46 score

Peer band · Elite

Pool percentile

93.7%

1v1 win % 80.4Adv touchline % 33.2Wide channel (self-created) % 0Unblocked (self-created) % 86.7Shadow zone (self-created) % 40Fast break (self-created) % 46.7Half-space % 24.1

Off-ball separation

Movement-created space on assisted attempts.

41 score

Peer band · Low

Pool percentile

25.3%

Unblocked (assisted) % 56.7Shadow zone (assisted) % 60Arrival zone (assisted) % 23.3Wide channel (assisted) % 13.3xG 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.

Weak routesWinger

Strong as Creator (Great), Duelist (Great)

Weak routes

Physicality · Average

Defensive contribution

Proxy only · confidence: proxynot a role tier

Clears

Proxy p58 · Actions p47 within winger peers

Stat profile

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

Tempo 84Duels 79Carrying 78High XA Creator
Creation68
Ball Progressor14
Carrying78
Finishing40
Defending51
Duels79
Tempo84
Box threat70

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.

3 groups · 11 roles
66/ 100

Index

65.5

Breadth 33.5 · Depth 32.0

FullbacksCentre-backsMidfielders · EliteWingers · EliteForwards · Good
  • ·Midfielders: Creator (Elite), Carrier (Great), Box Crasher (Great), Box-to-Box Midfielder (Great)
  • ·Wingers: Duelist Winger (Elite), Playmaking Winger (Elite), Raumdeuter (Good), Wide Runner (Good)
  • ·Forwards: Poacher (Good), Target Man (Good), Shadow Striker (Good)

Versatility shape

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

Great

Generalist

Great Generalist
3

Distinct Great+

3 Great+ roles total

Where he plays

Positions with deployment evidence — not statistical guesses.

Natural

CFCFPoacher
RWRWPlaymaking Winger

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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