Mohamed Salah
Egypt · Midfielder · Egypt · 428 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
Mohamed Salah is at his best when the game opens into one-versus-one battles out wide. For Egypt, 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 box crasher.
Beyond the headline job, Salah remains plausible as carrier and creator. The secondary roles matter for how a coach can reorganise without changing the XI entirely.
On the pitch he has actually been used as AM (#10) / CM (#8). That matters: skill-set breadth is one thing; demonstrated deployment is another. Salah's authenticity claim starts from those minutes, not from a role board alone.
Sample size still limits how hard you can push the conclusions. The football idea is clear; the confidence should stay honest until a fuller season of minutes confirms it.
Why Ballity says this
- Midfield / role totality: box crasher, carrier, creator, duelist winger
- Shown minutes: AM (#10) / CM (#8)
- No major weakness flags in the current profile
Receipts
- · Player Profile
- · Role Breadth
- · Deployment authenticity
- · Sample · limited
Position
Wide Forward
Appearances
5
Great+ roles
0
Age
34
Preferred foot
Left
Height
175 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.
9.3% team touches
Peer band · Minimal
Pool percentile
13.6%
Also 48.4 touches/90 (season aggregate).
Efficiency
Output quality per action for wingers.
26 score
Peer band · Low
Pool percentile
37.3%
On-ball separation
Dribble-created space and self-made shot quality.
39 score
Peer band · Average
Pool percentile
66.4%
Off-ball separation
Movement-created space on assisted attempts.
43 score
Peer band · Average
Pool percentile
64.4%
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.
No Elite/Great axis on this position's job board, so no weakness flag.
Defensive contribution
Proxy only · confidence: proxy — not a role tier
Proxy p20 · Actions p15 within winger peers
Stat profile
Within Winger 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
68.0
Breadth 40.2 · Depth 27.8
- ·Fullbacks: Overlapping FB (Great)
- ·Midfielders: Box Crasher (Great), Carrier (Good), Creator (Good)
- ·Wingers: Playmaking Winger (Great), Raumdeuter (Great), Duelist Winger (Good)
- ·Forwards: Target Man (Great), Poacher (Good), Shadow Striker (Good), Link Forward (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 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.
Mathys Tel
Tottenham Hotspur · PL 25/26
Closest roles
Playmaking WingerΔ3
Duelist WingerΔ4
RaumdeuterΔ4
Nico Serrano
Athletic Club · La Liga
Closest roles
- Playmaking WingerΔ35
- Duelist WingerΔ27
- RaumdeuterΔ28
Amad Diallo
Manchester United · PL 24/25
Closest roles
- Playmaking WingerΔ4
- Duelist WingerΔ10
- RaumdeuterΔ4