Michael Olise

FC Bayern München · Midfielder · France · 2,317 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 creator.

What separates Olise from ordinary specialists is breadth inside a coherent family: credible as creator, 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 CM (#8) / AM (#10). 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: creator, playmaking winger, duelist winger, poacher
Shown minutes: CM (#8) / AM (#10)
Known caveat: creator

Receipts

· Player Profile
· Role Breadth
· Deployment authenticity
· Sample · featured

Position

Wide Forward

Appearances

Great+ roles

Age

Preferred foot

Left

Height

184 cm

Ballity insights

Peer context vs forwards — 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 forwards with match data.

11.8% team touches

Peer band · Elite

Pool percentile

90.3%

Also 90.7 touches/90 (season aggregate).

Efficiency

Output quality per action for forwards.

33 score

Peer band · Minimal

Pool percentile

17.0%

xG per shot 0Goals / npxG 1.32Goals /90 0.58

On-ball separation

Dribble-created space and self-made shot quality.

46 score

Peer band · Elite

Pool percentile

99.0%

1v1 win % 67.7Self-created shot share % 34.5Dribbles won/90 2.5Fast break (self-created) % 26.7

Off-ball separation

Movement-created space on assisted attempts.

50 score

Peer band · Minimal

Pool percentile

1.0%

Unblocked (assisted) % 66.3Shadow zone (assisted) % 58.9Arrival zone (assisted) % 31.3Central channel (assisted) % 41.7xG 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 (Elite), Duelist (Great)

Weak routes

Physicality · Average

Defensive contribution

Proxy only · confidence: proxy — not a role tier

Does not clear

Proxy p45 · Actions p43 within winger peers

Stat profile

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

Tempo 95Creation 80Box threat 80Clinical FinisherHigh XA CreatorHigh Involvement

Creation80

Ball Progressor18

Carrying71

Finishing57

Defending50

Duels72

Tempo95

Box threat80

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 · 10 roles

68/ 100

Index

67.8

Breadth 36.9 · Depth 30.9

FullbacksCentre-backsMidfielders · EliteWingers · EliteForwards · Great

·Midfielders: Creator (Elite), Box Crasher (Great), Carrier (Great), Box-to-Box Midfielder (Great)
·Wingers: Playmaking Winger (Elite), Duelist Winger (Great), Raumdeuter (Great)
·Forwards: Poacher (Great), Target Man (Good), Shadow Striker (Good)

Versatility shape

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

Elite

Generalist

Elite Generalist

Distinct Great+

5 Great+ roles total

Where he plays

Positions with deployment evidence — not statistical guesses.

Natural

AMAMCreator

CMCMCreator

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.

Comparison group has no matching role rows yet — showing scored roles from another pool (likely a stale CB/FB cohort shell).

Similar players

Shape match across forward 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.