Mikael Ellertsson

Genoa · Midfielder · Iceland · 2,778 min

Ballity Verdict

What makes this player special?

Confidence · medium

Mikael Ellertsson earns his standing through how he shapes phases of play for Genoa — 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

Great+ roles

Age

Preferred foot

Left

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.

8.6% team touches

Peer band · Average

Pool percentile

68.1%

Also 37.3 touches/90 (season aggregate).

Efficiency

Output quality per action for wingers.

22 score

Peer band · Minimal

Pool percentile

24.5%

xA per key pass 0.1051v1 win rate 37.9Cross accuracy 21.9

On-ball separation

Dribble-created space and self-made shot quality.

37 score

Peer band · Low

Pool percentile

35.2%

1v1 win % 37.9Adv touchline % 19.4Wide channel (self-created) % 20Unblocked (self-created) % 73.3Shadow zone (self-created) % 66.7Fast break (self-created) % 6.7Half-space % 13.5

Off-ball separation

Movement-created space on assisted attempts.

48 score

Peer band · High

Pool percentile

79.5%

Unblocked (assisted) % 63.6Shadow zone (assisted) % 63.6Arrival zone (assisted) % 72.7Wide channel (assisted) % 9.1xG 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: proxy — not a role tier

Clears

Proxy p70 · Actions p65 within winger peers

Stat profile

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

Defending 54Duels 52Tempo 49

Creation12

Ball Progressor8

Carrying47

Finishing6

Defending54

Duels52

Tempo49

Box threat13

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.

0 groups · 0 roles

0/ 100

Index

0.0

Breadth 0.0 · Depth 0.0

FullbacksCentre-backsMidfieldersWingersForwards

No Good+ group clearances yet.

Versatility shape

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

Unclassified

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.

No positions to show.

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.

Amin Sarr

Hellas Verona · Serie A

90.7% matchSame league

Closest roles

Wide RunnerΔ3
RaumdeuterΔ14
Duelist WingerΔ17

Bahereba Guirassy

Nantes · Ligue 1

99.1% match

Closest roles

Wide RunnerΔ54
RaumdeuterΔ46
Duelist WingerΔ18

Jürgen Ekkelenkamp

Udinese · Serie A 24/25

98.4% match

Closest roles

Wide RunnerΔ23
RaumdeuterΔ24
Duelist WingerΔ15