Rayan Cherki
Manchester City · Midfielder · France · 1,795 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
Rayan Cherki 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 creator.
What separates Cherki from ordinary specialists is breadth inside a coherent family: credible as creator, and still trustworthy when asked to step toward playmaking winger. That is versatility with a purpose — not a random scatter of average roles.
On the pitch he has actually been used as AM (#10) / CM (#8). That matters: skill-set breadth is one thing; demonstrated deployment is another. Cherki's authenticity claim starts from those minutes, not from a role board alone.
The trade-off is real: creator shows up as a structural caveat in the profile. Any club buying the upside has to decide whether that hole is tolerable in their system — or whether they will need complementary players beside him.
Why Ballity says this
- Midfield / role totality: creator, playmaking winger, box crasher, carrier
- Shown minutes: AM (#10) / CM (#8)
- Known caveat: creator
Receipts
- · Player Profile
- · Role Breadth
- · Deployment authenticity
- · Sample · featured
Position
Wide Forward
Appearances
33
Great+ roles
6
Age
22
Preferred foot
Both
Height
176 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.
11.8% team touches
Peer band · High
Pool percentile
83.6%
Also 88.0 touches/90 (season aggregate).
Efficiency
Output quality per action for wingers.
33 score
Peer band · Elite
Pool percentile
93.4%
On-ball separation
Dribble-created space and self-made shot quality.
40 score
Peer band · Average
Pool percentile
67.3%
Off-ball separation
Movement-created space on assisted attempts.
44 score
Peer band · Low
Pool percentile
27.6%
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 Creator (Elite), Duelist (Great)
Weak routes
Defensive contribution
Proxy only · confidence: proxy — not a role tier
Proxy p47 · Actions p47 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
66.0
Breadth 40.2 · Depth 25.8
- ·Midfielders: Creator (Elite), Box Crasher (Great), Carrier (Great), Box-to-Box Midfielder (Great)
- ·Wingers: Playmaking Winger (Elite), Duelist Winger (Elite)
- ·Forwards: Link Forward (Elite)
Versatility shape
Coarse directional pattern (Specialist / Dual-threat / Generalist) — not the 0–100 Index above.
Generalist
Elite GeneralistDistinct Great+
6 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.
Noni Madueke
Arsenal · PL 25/26
Closest roles
Playmaking WingerΔ17
Duelist WingerΔ23
RaumdeuterΔ1
Lamine Yamal
Barcelona · La Liga 24/25
Closest roles
- Playmaking WingerΔ3
- Duelist WingerΔ5
- RaumdeuterΔ3
Matías Soulé
Roma · Serie A 24/25
Closest roles
- Playmaking WingerΔ9
- Duelist WingerΔ7
- RaumdeuterΔ5