Nico González
Manchester City · Midfielder · Spain · 410 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
Nico González covers both boxes. He is not a specialist who only protects or only arrives late — he is the midfielder who can win it, carry it, and still show up in the final third. That two-way presence is what makes him hard to replace in Manchester City's structure.
Beyond the headline job, González remains plausible as carrier and duel destroyer. The secondary roles matter for how a coach can reorganise without changing the XI entirely.
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. González'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: ball winner, carrier, duel destroyer
- Shown minutes: CM (#8) / DM (#6)
- No major weakness flags in the current profile
Receipts
- · Player Profile
- · Role Breadth
- · Deployment authenticity
- · Sample · limited
Position
Midfielder
Appearances
8
Great+ roles
0
Age
24
Preferred foot
Right
Height
186 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.
13.2% team touches
Peer band · Average
Pool percentile
46.4%
Also 89.8 touches/90 (season aggregate).
Efficiency
Output quality per action for midfielders.
68 score
Peer band · Elite
Pool percentile
90.0%
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.
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
15.0
Breadth 6.7 · Depth 8.3
- ·Midfielders: Ball Winner (Good), Carrier (Good), Duel Destroyer (Good), Box-to-Box Midfielder (Good)
Versatility shape
Coarse directional pattern (Specialist / Dual-threat / Generalist) — not the 0–100 Index above.
Specialist
Good SpecialistDistinct 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 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.
Lucien Agoumé
Sevilla · La Liga 24/25
Closest roles
Duel DestroyerΔ9
CarrierΔ13
Box-to-BoxΔ1
Batista Mendy
Sevilla · La Liga
Closest roles
- Duel DestroyerΔ34
Ball WinnerΔ24- CarrierΔ33
Philipp Sander
Borussia M'gladbach · Bundesliga 24/25
Closest roles
- CarrierΔ2
- Duel DestroyerΔ13
- Ball WinnerΔ22