Nicolò Cambiaghi

Bologna · Forward · Italy · 1,530 min

Ballity Verdict

What makes this player special?

Confidence · high

Nicolò Cambiaghi is at his best when the game opens into one-versus-one battles out wide. For Bologna, 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 duelist winger.

Beyond the headline job, Cambiaghi remains plausible as raumdeuter. The secondary roles matter for how a coach can reorganise without changing the XI entirely.

On the pitch he has actually been used as LW / CF (#9). That matters: skill-set breadth is one thing; demonstrated deployment is another. Cambiaghi's authenticity claim starts from those minutes, not from a role board alone.

The trade-off is real: duelist 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: duelist winger, raumdeuter
  • Shown minutes: LW / CF (#9)
  • Known caveat: duelist
Receipts
  • · Player Profile
  • · Role Breadth
  • · Deployment authenticity
  • · Sample · featured

Position

Wide Forward

Appearances

28

Great+ roles

1

Age

25

Preferred foot

Right

Height

173 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.

8.1% team touches

Peer band · Minimal

Pool percentile

6.0%

Also 43.8 touches/90 (season aggregate).

Efficiency

Output quality per action for wingers.

24 score

Peer band · Average

Pool percentile

48.2%

xA per key pass 0.1291v1 win rate 41.7Cross accuracy 25

On-ball separation

Dribble-created space and self-made shot quality.

37 score

Peer band · Low

Pool percentile

40.2%

1v1 win % 41.7Adv touchline % 33.5Wide channel (self-created) % 37.5Unblocked (self-created) % 37.5Shadow zone (self-created) % 37.5Fast break (self-created) % 25Half-space % 18.7

Off-ball separation

Movement-created space on assisted attempts.

55 score

Peer band · Elite

Pool percentile

99.2%

Unblocked (assisted) % 81.2Shadow zone (assisted) % 68.8Arrival zone (assisted) % 62.5Wide channel (assisted) % 37.5xG per assisted shot 0.1

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.

Weak routesWinger

Strong as Duelist (Elite)

Weak routes

Creator · Average

Defensive contribution

Proxy only · confidence: proxynot a role tier

Clears

Proxy p78 · Actions p69 within winger peers

Stat profile

Within position peers — percentile shape (not role scores).

Duels 80Tempo 55Defending 54
Creation25
Ball Progressor10
Carrying50
Finishing16
Defending54
Duels80
Tempo55
Box threat26

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.

2 groups · 7 roles
42/ 100

Index

42.0

Breadth 23.5 · Depth 18.6

FullbacksCentre-backsMidfielders · GreatWingers · EliteForwards
  • ·Midfielders: Creator (Great), Box Crasher (Great), Carrier (Good), Duel Destroyer (Good)
  • ·Wingers: Duelist Winger (Elite), Raumdeuter (Good), Playmaking Winger (Good)

Versatility shape

Coarse directional pattern (Specialist / Dual-threat / Generalist) — not the 0–100 Index above.

Elite

Specialist

Elite Specialist
1

Distinct Great+

1 Great+ roles total

Where he plays

Positions with deployment evidence — not statistical guesses.

Natural

CFCFTarget Man
LWLWDuelist Winger

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.

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