Mohamed Kader Meite
Stade Rennais · Forward · France · 530 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
Mohamed Kader Meite's value is deciding games where it hurts: occupation of the box, finishing, and the pressure that comes with a centre-forward who stays dangerous. Build-up help is secondary; the point is goals and presence.
Beyond the headline job, Meite remains plausible as shadow striker and target man. The secondary roles matter for how a coach can reorganise without changing the XI entirely.
On the pitch he has actually been used as CF (#9) / SS. That matters: skill-set breadth is one thing; demonstrated deployment is another. Meite'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
- Midfield / role totality: poacher, shadow striker, target man
- Shown minutes: CF (#9) / SS
- Known caveat: physicality
Receipts
- · Player Profile
- · Role Breadth
- · Deployment authenticity
- · Sample · limited
Position
Wide Forward
Appearances
17
Great+ roles
0
Age
18
Preferred foot
—
Height
191 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.
6.2% team touches
Peer band · Minimal
Pool percentile
10.0%
Also 31.1 touches/90 (season aggregate).
Efficiency
Output quality per action for forwards.
46 score
Peer band · Average
Pool percentile
47.6%
On-ball separation
Dribble-created space and self-made shot quality.
38 score
Peer band · Elite
Pool percentile
86.6%
Off-ball separation
Movement-created space on assisted attempts.
70 score
Peer band · High
Pool percentile
74.4%
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 (Elite)
Weak routes
Defensive contribution
Proxy only · confidence: proxy — not a role tier
Proxy p17 · Actions p7 within winger peers
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
52.1
Breadth 33.5 · Depth 18.6
- ·Midfielders: Box Crasher (Elite), Creator (Good)
- ·Wingers: Raumdeuter (Elite)
- ·Forwards: Poacher (Good), Shadow Striker (Good), Target Man (Good), Channel Runner (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 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.
Sambou Soumano
Lorient · Ligue 1
Closest roles
Target ManΔ11
PoacherΔ11
Shadow StrikerΔ4
Victor Okoh Boniface
Bayer 04 Leverkusen · Bundesliga 24/25
Closest roles
- Target ManΔ9
- PoacherΔ9
- Shadow StrikerΔ10
George Hirst
Ipswich Town · PL 24/25
Closest roles
- Shadow StrikerΔ11
- Target ManΔ20
- PoacherΔ16