Phil Foden
Manchester City · Midfielder · England · 508 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
Phil Foden is at his best when the game opens into one-versus-one battles out wide. For Manchester City, 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 Foden from ordinary specialists is breadth inside a coherent family: credible as box crasher, and still trustworthy when asked to step toward carrier. 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. Foden'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: box crasher, carrier, playmaking winger
- 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
7
Great+ roles
0
Age
26
Preferred foot
Left
Height
171 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.
11.1% team touches
Peer band · Average
Pool percentile
55.3%
Also 71.0 touches/90 (season aggregate).
Efficiency
Output quality per action for wingers.
27 score
Peer band · Average
Pool percentile
47.7%
On-ball separation
Dribble-created space and self-made shot quality.
30 score
Peer band · Minimal
Pool percentile
1.7%
Off-ball separation
Movement-created space on assisted attempts.
44 score
Peer band · Low
Pool percentile
41.8%
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.
Defensive contribution
Proxy only · confidence: proxy — not a role tier
Proxy p42 · Actions p56 within winger peers
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
46.7
Breadth 30.2 · Depth 16.5
- ·Midfielders: Creator (Elite), Box Crasher (Great), Carrier (Good), Box-to-Box Midfielder (Good)
- ·Wingers: Playmaking Winger (Great)
- ·Forwards: Poacher (Good)
Versatility shape
Coarse directional pattern (Specialist / Dual-threat / Generalist) — not the 0–100 Index above.
Generalist
Good GeneralistDistinct Great+
0 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.
Ludovic Blas
Stade Rennais · Ligue 1
Closest roles
Playmaking WingerΔ16
RaumdeuterΔ12
Wide RunnerΔ9
Federico Bernardeschi
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Closest roles
- Playmaking WingerΔ4
- RaumdeuterΔ6
- Wide RunnerΔ10
Álex Berenguer
Athletic Club · La Liga
Closest roles
- Playmaking WingerΔ13
- RaumdeuterΔ18
Duelist WingerΔ6