Pablo Durán

Celta Vigo · Forward · Spain · 1,433 min

Ballity Verdict

What makes this player special?

Confidence · medium

Pablo Durán earns his standing through how he shapes phases of play for Celta Vigo — not through a single viral trait.

On the pitch he has actually been used as CF (#9). That matters: skill-set breadth is one thing; demonstrated deployment is another. Durán'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

Shown minutes: CF (#9)
No major weakness flags in the current profile

Receipts

· Player Profile
· Role Breadth
· Deployment authenticity
· Sample · featured

Position

Forward

Appearances

Great+ roles

Age

Preferred foot

Right

Height

176 cm

Ballity insights

Peer context vs forwards — 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 forwards with match data.

7.8% team touches

Peer band · Average

Pool percentile

69.1%

Also 36.2 touches/90 (season aggregate).

Efficiency

Output quality per action for forwards.

31 score

Peer band · Minimal

Pool percentile

12.7%

xG per shot 0.127Goals / npxG 0.43Goals /90 0.13

On-ball separation

Dribble-created space and self-made shot quality.

28 score

Peer band · Low

Pool percentile

32.4%

1v1 win % 33.3Self-created shot share % 35.1Dribbles won/90 0.4Fast break (self-created) % 15.4

Off-ball separation

Movement-created space on assisted attempts.

64 score

Peer band · Average

Pool percentile

48.0%

Unblocked (assisted) % 70.8Shadow zone (assisted) % 66.7Arrival zone (assisted) % 54.2Central channel (assisted) % 58.3xG per assisted shot 0.2

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+ primaryStriker

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

Stat profile

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

Box threat 53Defending 52Tempo 49Underperforming XG

Creation15

Ball Progressor17

Carrying44

Finishing17

Defending52

Duels48

Tempo49

Box threat53

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.

1 group · 1 role

18/ 100

Index

17.5

Breadth 13.4 · Depth 4.1

FullbacksCentre-backsMidfielders · EliteWingersForwards

·Midfielders: Box Crasher (Elite)

Versatility shape

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

Unclassified

Distinct Great+

0 Great+ roles total

Where he plays

Positions with deployment evidence — not statistical guesses.

Natural

CFCFPoacher

Role translations

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NaturalValidatedSupportedStrongPlausibleExploratory

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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.

Hugo Duro

Valencia · La Liga

99.6% matchSame league

Closest roles

Channel RunnerΔ46
Shadow StrikerΔ47
PoacherΔ70

Goduine Koyalipou

Angers · Ligue 1

99.7% match

Closest roles

PoacherΔ42
Target ManΔ43
Channel RunnerΔ28

Santiago Castro

Bologna · Serie A 24/25

99.5% match

Closest roles

Target ManΔ33
PoacherΔ52
Channel RunnerΔ24