Ryan Christie
Bournemouth · Midfielder · Scotland · 987 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
Ryan Christie covers both boxes. He is not a specialist who only protects or only arrives late — he is the midfielder who can win it, carry it, and still show up in the final third. That two-way presence is what makes him hard to replace in Bournemouth's structure.
Beyond the headline job, Christie remains plausible as box crasher 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) / AM (#10). That matters: skill-set breadth is one thing; demonstrated deployment is another. Christie'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: carrier, box crasher, duel destroyer
- Shown minutes: CM (#8) / AM (#10)
- No major weakness flags in the current profile
Receipts
- · Player Profile
- · Role Breadth
- · Deployment authenticity
- · Sample · featured
Position
Midfielder
Appearances
26
Great+ roles
1
Age
31
Preferred foot
Left
Height
178 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.
12.3% team touches
Peer band · High
Pool percentile
83.0%
Also 71.3 touches/90 (season aggregate).
Efficiency
Output quality per action for midfielders.
58 score
Peer band · Minimal
Pool percentile
10.2%
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.
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
34.8
Breadth 23.5 · Depth 11.3
- ·Fullbacks: Playmaking FB (Good)
- ·Midfielders: Carrier (Great), Box Crasher (Good), Duel Destroyer (Good)
- ·Forwards: Target Man (Good)
Versatility shape
Coarse directional pattern (Specialist / Dual-threat / Generalist) — not the 0–100 Index above.
Specialist
Great SpecialistDistinct Great+
1 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.
Alex Scott
Bournemouth · PL 25/26
Closest roles
CarrierΔ13
Box CrasherΔ4
Duel DestroyerΔ6
Jude Bellingham
Real Madrid · La Liga 24/25
Closest roles
- CarrierΔ18
- Box CrasherΔ33
- Duel DestroyerΔ34
Valentín Barco
RC Strasbourg · Ligue 1
Closest roles
- CarrierΔ7
- Box CrasherΔ20
- Duel DestroyerΔ27