Robert Skov

1. FC Union Berlin · Midfielder · Denmark · 773 min

Ballity Verdict

What makes this player special?

Confidence · low

Robert Skov is at his best when the game opens into one-versus-one battles out wide. For 1. FC Union Berlin, 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 playmaking winger.

He is not trying to be everything. The profile is concentrated: do playmaking winger at a high level, and let secondary tasks stay secondary.

On the pitch he has actually been used as LW. That matters: skill-set breadth is one thing; demonstrated deployment is another. Skov'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

  • Clearest current facet: playmaking winger (great)
  • Shown minutes: LW
  • Known caveat: creator
Receipts
  • · Player Profile
  • · Role Breadth
  • · Deployment authenticity
  • · Sample · limited

Position

Winger

Appearances

10

Great+ roles

1

Age

30

Preferred foot

Left

Height

183 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.

19.6% team touches

Peer band · Elite

Pool percentile

94.4%

Also 59.3 touches/90 (season aggregate).

Efficiency

Output quality per action for wingers.

33 score

Peer band · Elite

Pool percentile

90.0%

xA per key pass 0.1631v1 win rate 60Cross accuracy 29.2

On-ball separation

Dribble-created space and self-made shot quality.

36 score

Peer band · Low

Pool percentile

32.2%

1v1 win % 60Adv touchline % 17.8Wide channel (self-created) % 20Unblocked (self-created) % 70Shadow zone (self-created) % 40Fast break (self-created) % 10Half-space % 12.1

Off-ball separation

Movement-created space on assisted attempts.

40 score

Peer band · Minimal

Pool percentile

7.8%

Unblocked (assisted) % 75Shadow zone (assisted) % 25Arrival zone (assisted) % 25Wide channel (assisted) % 0xG per assisted shot 0

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.

One-wayWinger

Strong as Creator (Great)

Weak routes

Duelist · LimitedPhysicality · Limited

Defensive contribution

Proxy only · confidence: proxynot a role tier

Clears

Proxy p66 · Actions p66 within winger peers

Stat profile

Within Winger peers — percentile shape (not role scores).

Creation 88Ball Progressor 82Tempo 74High XA Creator
Creation88
Ball Progressor82
Carrying61
Finishing28
Defending59
Duels35
Tempo74
Box threat30

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.

1 group · 1 role
18/ 100

Index

17.5

Breadth 13.4 · Depth 4.1

FullbacksCentre-backsMidfieldersWingers · EliteForwards
  • ·Wingers: Playmaking Winger (Elite)

Versatility shape

Coarse directional pattern (Specialist / Dual-threat / Generalist) — not the 0–100 Index above.

Great

Specialist

Great Specialist
1

Distinct Great+

1 Great+ roles total

Where he plays

Positions with deployment evidence — not statistical guesses.

Natural

LWLWplaymaking_winger

Role translations

Where the profile could fit. Tap a position — then see which role style suits it.

NaturalValidatedSupportedStrongPlausibleExploratory

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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.

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