Rodri
Manchester City · Midfielder · Spain · 347 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
Rodri is the kind of midfielder coaches build possession around. At Manchester City, 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 carrier: he controls games more than he decides them.
Beyond the headline job, Rodri remains plausible as deep-lying playmaker and duel destroyer. 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) / DM (#6). That matters: skill-set breadth is one thing; demonstrated deployment is another. Rodri'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: carrier, deep-lying playmaker, duel destroyer
- Shown minutes: CM (#8) / DM (#6)
- No major weakness flags in the current profile
Receipts
- · Player Profile
- · Role Breadth
- · Deployment authenticity
- · Sample · limited
Position
Midfielder
Appearances
5
Great+ roles
0
Age
30
Preferred foot
Right
Height
191 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.
15.3% team touches
Peer band · High
Pool percentile
71.8%
Also 111.1 touches/90 (season aggregate).
Efficiency
Output quality per action for midfielders.
68 score
Peer band · Elite
Pool percentile
89.4%
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 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
39.7
Breadth 20.1 · Depth 19.6
- ·Fullbacks: Playmaking FB (Great), Defensive FB (Great)
- ·Midfielders: Box-to-Box Midfielder (Great), Carrier (Good), Deep-Lying Playmaker (Good), Duel Destroyer (Good), Ball Winner (Good), Creator (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
Where the profile could fit. Tap a position — then see which role style suits it.
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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.
Dani Ceballos
Real Madrid · La Liga
Closest roles
CarrierΔ0
Box-to-BoxΔ9
Duel DestroyerΔ1
Angelo Stiller
VfB Stuttgart · Bundesliga
Closest roles
- Box-to-BoxΔ17
- CarrierΔ8
- Duel DestroyerΔ3
Elliot Anderson
Nottingham Forest · PL 25/26
Closest roles
- Box-to-BoxΔ14
- CarrierΔ15
Deep-Lying PlaymakerΔ13