Ousmane Dembélé

Paris Saint-Germain · Forward · France · 827 min

Ballity Verdict

What makes this player special?

Confidence · low

Ousmane Dembélé is at his best when the game opens into one-versus-one battles out wide. For Paris Saint-Germain, 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 playmaking winger.

What separates Dembélé from ordinary specialists is breadth inside a coherent family: credible as playmaking winger, and still trustworthy when asked to step toward poacher. That is versatility with a purpose — not a random scatter of average roles.

On the pitch he has actually been used as RW / CF (#9). That matters: skill-set breadth is one thing; demonstrated deployment is another. Dembélé'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: playmaking winger, poacher, raumdeuter, shadow striker
  • Shown minutes: RW / CF (#9)
  • No major weakness flags in the current profile
Receipts
  • · Player Profile
  • · Role Breadth
  • · Deployment authenticity
  • · Sample · limited

Position

Wide Forward

Appearances

13

Great+ roles

5

Age

29

Preferred foot

Both

Height

178 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

15.3%

Also 57.9 touches/90 (season aggregate).

Efficiency

Output quality per action for wingers.

31 score

Peer band · High

Pool percentile

83.6%

xA per key pass 0.0851v1 win rate 50Cross accuracy 40

On-ball separation

Dribble-created space and self-made shot quality.

47 score

Peer band · Elite

Pool percentile

97.1%

1v1 win % 50Adv touchline % 23.7Wide channel (self-created) % 28.6Unblocked (self-created) % 71.4Shadow zone (self-created) % 78.6Fast break (self-created) % 57.1Half-space % 33.4

Off-ball separation

Movement-created space on assisted attempts.

56 score

Peer band · Elite

Pool percentile

94.7%

Unblocked (assisted) % 85Shadow zone (assisted) % 55Arrival zone (assisted) % 60Wide channel (assisted) % 30xG 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.

No Great+ primaryWinger

No Elite/Great axis on this position's job board, so no weakness flag.

Defensive contribution

Proxy only · confidence: proxynot a role tier

Does not clear

Proxy p6 · Actions p6 within winger peers

Stat profile

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

Box threat 83Finishing 68Tempo 67
Creation52
Ball Progressor36
Carrying59
Finishing68
Defending59
Duels29
Tempo67
Box threat83

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.

3 groups · 10 roles
68/ 100

Index

67.8

Breadth 36.9 · Depth 30.9

FullbacksCentre-backsMidfielders · EliteWingers · EliteForwards · Great
  • ·Midfielders: Box Crasher (Elite), Creator (Elite), Box-to-Box Midfielder (Good), Carrier (Good)
  • ·Wingers: Raumdeuter (Elite), Playmaking Winger (Great), Wide Runner (Great)
  • ·Forwards: Poacher (Great), Shadow Striker (Great), Channel Runner (Good)

Versatility shape

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

Great

Generalist

Great Generalist
5

Distinct Great+

5 Great+ roles total

Where he plays

Positions with deployment evidence — not statistical guesses.

Natural

CFCFPoacher
RWRWWide Runner

Role translations

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NaturalValidatedSupportedStrongPlausibleExploratory

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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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