Nicolas Jackson
FC Bayern München · Forward · Senegal · 1,037 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
Nicolas Jackson'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.
He is not trying to be everything. The profile is concentrated: do poacher at a high level, and let secondary tasks stay secondary.
On the pitch he has actually been used as CF (#9). That matters: skill-set breadth is one thing; demonstrated deployment is another. Jackson's authenticity claim starts from those minutes, not from a role board alone.
There are no major weakness flags screaming from the current profile — which does not mean he is complete, only that the main story is the strength of what he already does.
Why Ballity says this
- Clearest current facet: poacher (good)
- Shown minutes: CF (#9)
- No major weakness flags in the current profile
Receipts
- · Player Profile
- · Role Breadth
- · Deployment authenticity
- · Sample · featured
Position
Wide Forward
Appearances
23
Great+ roles
0
Age
25
Preferred foot
Right
Height
186 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.
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 p12 · Actions p21 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
53.4
Breadth 36.9 · Depth 16.5
- ·Midfielders: Box Crasher (Great), Creator (Great)
- ·Wingers: Raumdeuter (Elite)
- ·Forwards: Shadow Striker (Elite), Poacher (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
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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.
Michael Olise
FC Bayern München · Bundesliga
Closest roles
PoacherΔ15
Shadow StrikerΔ25
Target ManΔ16
Ferran Torres
Barcelona · La Liga 24/25
Closest roles
- Shadow StrikerΔ3
- PoacherΔ1
- Target ManΔ4
Estêvão
Chelsea · PL 25/26
Closest roles
- Shadow StrikerΔ28
- PoacherΔ24
Channel RunnerΔ3