Pedri
Barcelona · Midfielder · Spain · 695 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
Pedri 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 Barcelona's structure.
What separates Pedri from ordinary specialists is breadth inside a coherent family: credible as carrier, and still trustworthy when asked to step toward ball winner. 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. Pedri'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: carrier, ball winner, box-to-box midfielder, duel destroyer
- Shown minutes: CM (#8) / AM (#10)
- No major weakness flags in the current profile
Receipts
- · Player Profile
- · Role Breadth
- · Deployment authenticity
- · Sample · limited
Position
Midfielder
Appearances
9
Great+ roles
1
Age
23
Preferred foot
Right
Height
174 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.
18.9% team touches
Peer band · High
Pool percentile
84.5%
Also 94.0 touches/90 (season aggregate).
Efficiency
Output quality per action for midfielders.
67 score
Peer band · High
Pool percentile
82.9%
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 Elite/Great axis on this position's job board, so no weakness flag.
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
41.8
Breadth 20.1 · Depth 21.7
- ·Fullbacks: Defensive FB (Great), Playmaking FB (Great)
- ·Midfielders: Carrier (Great), Box-to-Box Midfielder (Great), Deep-Lying Playmaker (Great), Ball Winner (Good), Duel Destroyer (Good), Creator (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.
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Closest roles
Deep-Lying PlaymakerΔ5
Duel DestroyerΔ10
CarrierΔ22
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Closest roles
- Duel DestroyerΔ10
Box-to-BoxΔ8
CreatorΔ4
Angelo Stiller
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Closest roles
- CarrierΔ7
- Deep-Lying PlaymakerΔ16
- Box-to-BoxΔ15