Romain Del Castillo

Stade Brestois · Midfielder · France · 1,028 min

Ballity Verdict

What makes this player special?

Confidence · high

Romain Del Castillo is at his best when the game opens into one-versus-one battles out wide. For Stade Brestois, 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.

What separates Castillo from ordinary specialists is breadth inside a coherent family: credible as playmaking winger, and still trustworthy when asked to step toward raumdeuter. That is versatility with a purpose — not a random scatter of average roles.

On the pitch he has actually been used as RW / CF (#9). That matters: skill-set breadth is one thing; demonstrated deployment is another. Castillo'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: playmaking winger, raumdeuter, duelist winger, poacher
  • Shown minutes: RW / CF (#9)
  • Known caveat: creator
Receipts
  • · Player Profile
  • · Role Breadth
  • · Deployment authenticity
  • · Sample · featured

Position

Wide Forward

Appearances

12

Great+ roles

2

Age

30

Preferred foot

Left

Height

172 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.

17.9% team touches

Peer band · Low

Pool percentile

44.3%

Also 64.7 touches/90 (season aggregate).

Efficiency

Output quality per action for wingers.

31 score

Peer band · High

Pool percentile

72.9%

xA per key pass 0.1081v1 win rate 52.8Cross accuracy 35

On-ball separation

Dribble-created space and self-made shot quality.

42 score

Peer band · Elite

Pool percentile

87.5%

1v1 win % 52.8Adv touchline % 29.3Wide channel (self-created) % 18.2Unblocked (self-created) % 81.8Shadow zone (self-created) % 81.8Fast break (self-created) % 0Half-space % 20.7

Off-ball separation

Movement-created space on assisted attempts.

50 score

Peer band · High

Pool percentile

70.8%

Unblocked (assisted) % 77.8Shadow zone (assisted) % 44.4Arrival zone (assisted) % 44.4Wide channel (assisted) % 33.3xG per assisted shot 0.1

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.

Weak routesWinger

Strong as Creator (Great)

Weak routes

Physicality · Average

Defensive contribution

Proxy only · confidence: proxynot a role tier

Clears

Proxy p81 · Actions p79 within winger peers

Stat profile

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

Creation 93Ball Progressor 87Tempo 80High XA Creator
Creation93
Ball Progressor87
Carrying63
Finishing78
Defending62
Duels65
Tempo80
Box threat34

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.

3 groups · 8 roles
60/ 100

Index

59.5

Breadth 36.9 · Depth 22.7

Fullbacks · EliteCentre-backsMidfieldersWingers · EliteForwards · Great
  • ·Fullbacks: Overlapping FB (Elite)
  • ·Wingers: Playmaking Winger (Elite), Raumdeuter (Great), Duelist Winger (Good), Wide Runner (Good)
  • ·Forwards: Poacher (Great), Target Man (Good), Shadow Striker (Good)

Versatility shape

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

Great

Dual-threat

Great Dual-threat
2

Distinct Great+

2 Great+ roles total

Where he plays

Positions with deployment evidence — not statistical guesses.

Natural

CFCFPoacher
RWRWplaymaking_winger

Role translations

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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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