Nikola Moro
Bologna · Midfielder · Croatia · 1,797 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
Nikola Moro is the kind of midfielder coaches build possession around. At Bologna, his real value is not goals or highlight assists — it is how cleanly he moves the team from safe zones into dangerous ones, almost never giving the ball away cheaply. Ballity's clearest read is carrier: he controls games more than he decides them.
What separates Moro from ordinary specialists is breadth inside a coherent family: credible as carrier, and still trustworthy when asked to step toward deep-lying playmaker. 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. Moro'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
- Midfield / role totality: carrier, deep-lying playmaker, ball winner
- Shown minutes: CM (#8) / DM (#6)
- No major weakness flags in the current profile
Receipts
- · Player Profile
- · Role Breadth
- · Deployment authenticity
- · Sample · featured
Position
Midfielder
Appearances
30
Great+ roles
2
Age
28
Preferred foot
Right
Height
182 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.
14.1% team touches
Peer band · Average
Pool percentile
68.3%
Also 81.0 touches/90 (season aggregate).
Efficiency
Output quality per action for midfielders.
64 score
Peer band · Average
Pool percentile
62.6%
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 Chance Creation (Great), Ball Progressor (Great)
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
46.1
Breadth 23.5 · Depth 22.7
- ·Fullbacks: Playmaking FB (Elite), Defensive FB (Great), Offensive FB (Good)
- ·Midfielders: Carrier (Great), Deep-Lying Playmaker (Great), Box-to-Box Midfielder (Great), Ball Winner (Good), Creator (Good)
Versatility shape
Coarse directional pattern (Specialist / Dual-threat / Generalist) — not the 0–100 Index above.
Dual-threat
Great Dual-threatDistinct 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.
Luka Modrić
Milan · Serie A
Closest roles
Deep-Lying PlaymakerΔ8
CarrierΔ4
Box-to-BoxΔ15
Angelo Stiller
VfB Stuttgart · Bundesliga 24/25
Closest roles
- Deep-Lying PlaymakerΔ8
- CarrierΔ6
- Box-to-BoxΔ11
Aleksandar Pavlović
FC Bayern München · Bundesliga 24/25
Closest roles
- Deep-Lying PlaymakerΔ2
- CarrierΔ3
- Box-to-BoxΔ8