Obed Vargas
Atlético Madrid · Midfielder · Mexico · 739 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
Obed Vargas 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 Atlético Madrid's structure.
Beyond the headline job, Vargas remains plausible as carrier and ball winner. 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. Vargas'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: duel destroyer, carrier, ball winner
- Shown minutes: CM (#8) / DM (#6)
- Known caveat: physicality
Receipts
- · Player Profile
- · Role Breadth
- · Deployment authenticity
- · Sample · limited
Position
Midfielder
Appearances
12
Great+ roles
1
Age
20
Preferred foot
Right
Height
175 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.
12.7% team touches
Peer band · Minimal
Pool percentile
20.1%
Also 54.9 touches/90 (season aggregate).
Efficiency
Output quality per action for midfielders.
63 score
Peer band · Average
Pool percentile
48.3%
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 (Great)
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
30.4
Breadth 20.1 · Depth 10.3
- ·Fullbacks: Defensive FB (Great)
- ·Midfielders: Duel Destroyer (Great), Carrier (Good), Ball Winner (Good)
Versatility shape
Coarse directional pattern (Specialist / Dual-threat / Generalist) — not the 0–100 Index above.
Specialist
Great SpecialistDistinct Great+
1 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.
Ugo Raghouber
Levante UD · La Liga
Closest roles
Duel DestroyerΔ3
CarrierΔ1
Ball WinnerΔ18
Boubacar Kamara
Aston Villa · PL 25/26
Closest roles
- Duel DestroyerΔ2
- CarrierΔ15
- Ball WinnerΔ1
Carlos Baleba
Brighton & Hove Albion · PL 24/25
Closest roles
- Duel DestroyerΔ8
- CarrierΔ14
- Ball WinnerΔ25