Robert Andrich
Bayer 04 Leverkusen · Midfielder · Germany · 1,249 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
Robert Andrich is the kind of midfielder coaches build possession around. At Bayer 04 Leverkusen, 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 ball winner: he controls games more than he decides them.
What separates Andrich from ordinary specialists is breadth inside a coherent family: credible as ball winner, and still trustworthy when asked to step toward deep-lying playmaker. That is versatility with a purpose — not a random scatter of average roles.
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. Andrich'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: ball winner, deep-lying playmaker, carrier
- 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
2
Age
31
Preferred foot
Right
Height
189 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.
23.6% team touches
Peer band · Average
Pool percentile
47.8%
Also 63.9 touches/90 (season aggregate).
Efficiency
Output quality per action for midfielders.
68 score
Peer band · Elite
Pool percentile
91.2%
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 (Great), Ball Progressor (Great), Physicality (Great)
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
20.4
Breadth 10.1 · Depth 10.3
- ·Midfielders: Ball Winner (Great), Deep-Lying Playmaker (Great), Carrier (Good), Box-to-Box Midfielder (Good)
Versatility shape
Coarse directional pattern (Specialist / Dual-threat / Generalist) — not the 0–100 Index above.
Dual-threat
Great Dual-threatDistinct Great+
2 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.
Ellyes Skhiri
Eintracht Frankfurt · Bundesliga 24/25
Closest roles
CarrierΔ19
Ball WinnerΔ30
Box-to-BoxΔ2
Sander Berge
Fulham · PL 24/25
Closest roles
Deep-Lying PlaymakerΔ22- CarrierΔ20
- Ball WinnerΔ39
Alberto Grassi
Cremonese · Serie A
Closest roles
- Ball WinnerΔ3
- CarrierΔ4
- Deep-Lying PlaymakerΔ32