Morten Frendrup
Genoa · Midfielder · Denmark · 3,089 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
Morten Frendrup 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 Genoa structurally sound.
What separates Frendrup from ordinary specialists is breadth inside a coherent family: credible as ball winner, and still trustworthy when asked to step toward duel destroyer. That is versatility with a purpose — not a random scatter of average roles.
On the pitch he has actually been used as CM (#8) / DM (#6). That matters: skill-set breadth is one thing; demonstrated deployment is another. Frendrup'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: ball winner, duel destroyer
- Shown minutes: CM (#8) / DM (#6)
- Known caveat: physicality
Receipts
- · Player Profile
- · Role Breadth
- · Deployment authenticity
- · Sample · featured
Position
Midfielder
Appearances
36
Great+ roles
2
Age
25
Preferred foot
Right
Height
178 cm
Ballity insights
Peer context vs midfielders — how often they get the ball and what they do with it. Separate from role tiers above.
Usage rate
Share of team touches (non-GK) among midfielders with match data.
12.1% team touches
Peer band · Average
Pool percentile
59.4%
Also 52.6 touches/90 (season aggregate).
Efficiency
Output quality per action for midfielders.
67 score
Peer band · High
Pool percentile
82.6%
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
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
35.8
Breadth 23.5 · Depth 12.4
- ·Fullbacks: Defensive FB (Elite)
- ·Midfielders: Ball Winner (Great), Duel Destroyer (Great), Deep-Lying Playmaker (Good)
Versatility shape
Coarse directional pattern (Specialist / Dual-threat / Generalist) — not the 0–100 Index above.
Specialist
Great SpecialistDistinct Great+
2 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.
Roberto Gagliardini
Hellas Verona · Serie A
Closest roles
Ball WinnerΔ3
Duel DestroyerΔ4
Box-to-BoxΔ7
Senne Lynen
SV Werder Bremen · Bundesliga 24/25
Closest roles
- Duel DestroyerΔ8
- Ball WinnerΔ17
- Box-to-BoxΔ4
Urko González
Espanyol · La Liga
Closest roles
- Box-to-BoxΔ27
- Ball WinnerΔ65
- Duel DestroyerΔ67