Pepelu
Valencia · Midfielder · Spain · 1,388 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
Pepelu is the kind of midfielder coaches build possession around. At Valencia, his real value is not goals or highlight assists — it is how cleanly he moves the team from safe zones into dangerous ones, almost never giving the ball away cheaply. Ballity's clearest read is deep-lying playmaker: he controls games more than he decides them.
Beyond the headline job, Pepelu remains plausible as duel destroyer. The secondary roles matter for how a coach can reorganise without changing the XI entirely.
On the pitch he has actually been used as CM (#8) / DM (#6). That matters: skill-set breadth is one thing; demonstrated deployment is another. Pepelu'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: deep-lying playmaker, duel destroyer
- Shown minutes: CM (#8) / DM (#6)
- No major weakness flags in the current profile
Receipts
- · Player Profile
- · Role Breadth
- · Deployment authenticity
- · Sample · featured
Position
Midfielder
Appearances
15
Great+ roles
1
Age
27
Preferred foot
Right
Height
185 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.
23.5% team touches
Peer band · High
Pool percentile
82.1%
Also 75.7 touches/90 (season aggregate).
Efficiency
Output quality per action for midfielders.
62 score
Peer band · Low
Pool percentile
42.2%
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.
Strong as Chance Creation (Elite), Ball Progressor (Elite)
Stat profile
Within Midfielder 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
44.1
Breadth 23.5 · Depth 20.6
- ·Fullbacks: Playmaking FB (Elite), Overlapping FB (Great)
- ·Midfielders: Deep-Lying Playmaker (Great), Box-to-Box Midfielder (Great), Creator (Great), Duel Destroyer (Good), Carrier (Good)
Versatility shape
Coarse directional pattern (Specialist / Dual-threat / Generalist) — not the 0–100 Index above.
Specialist
Elite 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.
Pedri
Barcelona · La Liga 24/25
Closest roles
Deep-Lying PlaymakerΔ16
Box-to-BoxΔ15
Duel DestroyerΔ4
Rodri
Manchester City · PL 25/26
Closest roles
- Deep-Lying PlaymakerΔ3
- Box-to-BoxΔ25
- Duel DestroyerΔ17
Gerard Gumbau
Rayo Vallecano · La Liga
Closest roles
CreatorΔ1- Deep-Lying PlaymakerΔ27
- Box-to-BoxΔ19