Patrick Wimmer

VfL Wolfsburg · Forward · Austria · 1,634 min

Ballity Verdict

What makes this player special?

Confidence · high

Patrick Wimmer is at his best when the game opens into one-versus-one battles out wide. For VfL Wolfsburg, 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, Wimmer 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. That matters: skill-set breadth is one thing; demonstrated deployment is another. Wimmer'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
  • Known caveat: duelist
Receipts
  • · Player Profile
  • · Role Breadth
  • · Deployment authenticity
  • · Sample · featured

Position

Winger

Appearances

25

Great+ roles

1

Age

25

Preferred foot

Right

Height

182 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.

11.2% team touches

Peer band · High

Pool percentile

70.0%

Also 52.4 touches/90 (season aggregate).

Efficiency

Output quality per action for wingers.

24 score

Peer band · Low

Pool percentile

39.8%

xA per key pass 0.1311v1 win rate 51.4Cross accuracy 12

On-ball separation

Dribble-created space and self-made shot quality.

40 score

Peer band · High

Pool percentile

79.2%

1v1 win % 51.4Adv touchline % 15.2Wide channel (self-created) % 16.7Unblocked (self-created) % 75Shadow zone (self-created) % 75Fast break (self-created) % 33.3Half-space % 22.6

Off-ball separation

Movement-created space on assisted attempts.

49 score

Peer band · Average

Pool percentile

65.8%

Unblocked (assisted) % 83.3Shadow zone (assisted) % 41.7Arrival zone (assisted) % 58.3Wide channel (assisted) % 16.7xG 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 (Great)

Weak routes

Creator · Limited

Defensive contribution

Proxy only · confidence: proxynot a role tier

Clears

Proxy p99 · Actions p99 within winger peers

Stat profile

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

Duels 76Tempo 55Carrying 50
Creation21
Ball Progressor13
Carrying50
Finishing19
Defending48
Duels76
Tempo55
Box threat31

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 · 7 roles
50/ 100

Index

49.7

Breadth 30.2 · Depth 19.6

FullbacksCentre-backsMidfielders · GreatWingers · GreatForwards · Great
  • ·Midfielders: Box Crasher (Great), Duel Destroyer (Great), Carrier (Great), Creator (Good)
  • ·Wingers: Duelist Winger (Great), Raumdeuter (Good)
  • ·Forwards: Target Man (Great)

Versatility shape

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

Great

Specialist

Great Specialist
1

Distinct Great+

1 Great+ roles total

Where he plays

Positions with deployment evidence — not statistical guesses.

Natural

LWLWDuelist Winger

Role translations

Where the profile could fit. Tap a position — then see which role style suits it.

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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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