Patrick Wimmer
VfL Wolfsburg · Midfielder · Austria · 1,177 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
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 box crasher.
What separates Wimmer from ordinary specialists is breadth inside a coherent family: credible as box crasher, and still trustworthy when asked to step toward duel destroyer. That is versatility with a purpose — not a random scatter of average roles.
On the pitch he has actually been used as CM (#8) / AM (#10). 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.
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: box crasher, duel destroyer, duelist winger, carrier
- Shown minutes: CM (#8) / AM (#10)
- No major weakness flags in the current profile
Receipts
- · Player Profile
- · Role Breadth
- · Deployment authenticity
- · Sample · featured
Position
Midfielder
Appearances
14
Great+ roles
3
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.
14.2% team touches
Peer band · Low
Pool percentile
43.3%
Also 52.5 touches/90 (season aggregate).
Efficiency
Output quality per action for wingers.
32 score
Peer band · High
Pool percentile
83.3%
On-ball separation
Dribble-created space and self-made shot quality.
35 score
Peer band · Low
Pool percentile
25.6%
Off-ball separation
Movement-created space on assisted attempts.
44 score
Peer band · Low
Pool percentile
30.0%
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 Duelist (Great) — complementary routes are not below Good, so no noticeable weakness flag.
Defensive contribution
Proxy only · confidence: proxy — not a role tier
Proxy p99 · Actions p99 within winger peers
Stat profile
Within Winger 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
66.0
Breadth 40.2 · Depth 25.8
- ·Fullbacks: Overlapping FB (Great)
- ·Midfielders: Box Crasher (Great), Duel Destroyer (Great), Carrier (Good), Creator (Good), Box-to-Box Midfielder (Good), Deep-Lying Playmaker (Good)
- ·Wingers: Duelist Winger (Elite), Playmaking Winger (Good)
- ·Forwards: Target Man (Good)
Versatility shape
Coarse directional pattern (Specialist / Dual-threat / Generalist) — not the 0–100 Index above.
Generalist
Great GeneralistDistinct Great+
3 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 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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Wide RunnerΔ8
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- Playmaking WingerΔ41
- Duelist WingerΔ56
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- Duelist WingerΔ7
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