Romano Schmid

SV Werder Bremen · Midfielder · Austria · 2,139 min

Ballity Verdict

What makes this player special?

Confidence · high

Romano Schmid is at his best when the game opens into one-versus-one battles out wide. For SV Werder Bremen, 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.

Beyond the headline job, Schmid remains plausible as box crasher and creator. 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) / AM (#10). That matters: skill-set breadth is one thing; demonstrated deployment is another. Schmid'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, box crasher, creator
  • Shown minutes: CM (#8) / AM (#10)
  • Known caveat: creator
Receipts
  • · Player Profile
  • · Role Breadth
  • · Deployment authenticity
  • · Sample · featured

Position

Midfielder

Appearances

24

Great+ roles

1

Age

26

Preferred foot

Right

Height

168 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.

17.4% team touches

Peer band · High

Pool percentile

78.9%

Also 67.8 touches/90 (season aggregate).

Efficiency

Output quality per action for wingers.

29 score

Peer band · High

Pool percentile

74.4%

xA per key pass 0.1261v1 win rate 45.5Cross accuracy 35.9

On-ball separation

Dribble-created space and self-made shot quality.

36 score

Peer band · Low

Pool percentile

38.9%

1v1 win % 45.5Adv touchline % 19.6Wide channel (self-created) % 8Unblocked (self-created) % 56Shadow zone (self-created) % 60Fast break (self-created) % 16Half-space % 25.2

Off-ball separation

Movement-created space on assisted attempts.

43 score

Peer band · Minimal

Pool percentile

18.9%

Unblocked (assisted) % 56.5Shadow zone (assisted) % 52.2Arrival zone (assisted) % 39.1Wide channel (assisted) % 13xG 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 (Elite)

Weak routes

Duelist · AveragePhysicality · Average

Defensive contribution

Proxy only · confidence: proxynot a role tier

Does not clear

Proxy p40 · Actions p42 within winger peers

Stat profile

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

Ball Progressor 97Tempo 97Creation 93High XA Creator
Creation93
Ball Progressor97
Carrying88
Finishing26
Defending49
Duels55
Tempo97
Box threat24

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.

2 groups · 7 roles
46/ 100

Index

46.4

Breadth 26.8 · Depth 19.6

FullbacksCentre-backsMidfielders · EliteWingers · EliteForwards
  • ·Midfielders: Deep-Lying Playmaker (Elite), Box-to-Box Midfielder (Great), Box Crasher (Good), Creator (Good), Carrier (Good)
  • ·Wingers: Playmaking Winger (Elite), Duelist Winger (Good)

Versatility shape

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

Elite

Specialist

Elite Specialist
1

Distinct Great+

1 Great+ roles total

Where he plays

Positions with deployment evidence — not statistical guesses.

Natural

AMAMBox Crasher
CMCMBox Crasher

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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