Piotr Zieliński
Inter · Midfielder · Poland · 834 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
Piotr Zieliński 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 Inter's structure.
Beyond the headline job, Zieliński remains plausible as box-to-box midfielder. 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) / AM (#10). That matters: skill-set breadth is one thing; demonstrated deployment is another. Zieliński'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, box-to-box midfielder
- 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
6
Great+ roles
0
Age
32
Preferred foot
Both
Height
180 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.
17.8% team touches
Peer band · Low
Pool percentile
33.7%
Also 76.2 touches/90 (season aggregate).
Efficiency
Output quality per action for midfielders.
68 score
Peer band · Elite
Pool percentile
95.4%
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 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
47.7
Breadth 30.2 · Depth 17.5
- ·Fullbacks: Playmaking FB (Elite)
- ·Midfielders: Deep-Lying Playmaker (Great), Box Crasher (Good), Box-to-Box Midfielder (Good), Carrier (Good)
- ·Forwards: Target Man (Good), Poacher (Good)
Versatility shape
Coarse directional pattern (Specialist / Dual-threat / Generalist) — not the 0–100 Index above.
Specialist
Good SpecialistDistinct 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 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.
Ivan Ilić
Torino · Serie A 24/25
Closest roles
Deep-Lying PlaymakerΔ1
Box CrasherΔ19
CarrierΔ13
Hakan Çalhanoğlu
Inter · Serie A
Closest roles
- Box CrasherΔ8
- Deep-Lying PlaymakerΔ21
- CarrierΔ5
Gianluca Gaetano
Cagliari · Serie A
Closest roles
Box-to-BoxΔ9- CarrierΔ13
- Deep-Lying PlaymakerΔ19