Mohamed Kaba
Nantes · Midfielder · France · 924 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
Mohamed Kaba stabilises midfield before anything flashy happens. He wins the ball, protects the back line, and lets more creative teammates play with freedom — the unglamorous job that keeps Nantes structurally sound.
He is not trying to be everything. The profile is concentrated: do duel destroyer 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. Kaba's authenticity claim starts from those minutes, not from a role board alone.
The trade-off is real: physicality 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
- Clearest current facet: duel destroyer (great)
- Shown minutes: CM (#8) / AM (#10)
- Known caveat: physicality
Receipts
- · Player Profile
- · Role Breadth
- · Deployment authenticity
- · Sample · featured
Position
Midfielder
Appearances
12
Great+ roles
1
Age
24
Preferred foot
Right
Height
185 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.
Strong as Physicality (Great)
Weak routes
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
32.7
Breadth 23.5 · Depth 9.3
- ·Fullbacks: Defensive FB (Elite)
- ·Midfielders: Duel Destroyer (Great), Ball Winner (Good)
Versatility shape
Coarse directional pattern (Specialist / Dual-threat / Generalist) — not the 0–100 Index above.
Specialist
Great SpecialistDistinct Great+
1 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.
Alexis Vossah
Toulouse · Ligue 1
Closest roles
Ball WinnerΔ40
Duel DestroyerΔ65
Box CrasherΔ29
Jackson Irvine
FC St. Pauli · Bundesliga
Closest roles
- Duel DestroyerΔ26
- Ball WinnerΔ2
- Box CrasherΔ7
Michel Adopo
Cagliari · Serie A 24/25
Closest roles
- Duel DestroyerΔ34
- Ball WinnerΔ15
- Box CrasherΔ9