Savinho
Manchester City · Forward · Brazil · 846 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
Savinho is at his best when the game opens into one-versus-one battles out wide. For Manchester City, 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 poacher.
Beyond the headline job, Savinho remains plausible as playmaking winger. The secondary roles matter for how a coach can reorganise without changing the XI entirely.
On the pitch he has actually been used as RW / CF (#9). That matters: skill-set breadth is one thing; demonstrated deployment is another. Savinho'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: poacher, playmaking winger
- Shown minutes: RW / CF (#9)
- No major weakness flags in the current profile
Receipts
- · Player Profile
- · Role Breadth
- · Deployment authenticity
- · Sample · limited
Position
Wide Forward
Appearances
24
Great+ roles
0
Age
22
Preferred foot
Left
Height
176 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.
8.3% team touches
Peer band · Average
Pool percentile
67.9%
Also 63.6 touches/90 (season aggregate).
Efficiency
Output quality per action for wingers.
31 score
Peer band · Elite
Pool percentile
89.0%
On-ball separation
Dribble-created space and self-made shot quality.
42 score
Peer band · Elite
Pool percentile
90.4%
Off-ball separation
Movement-created space on assisted attempts.
49 score
Peer band · High
Pool percentile
80.1%
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.
No Elite/Great axis on this position's job board, so no weakness flag.
Defensive contribution
Proxy only · confidence: proxy — not a role tier
Proxy p34 · Actions p37 within winger peers
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
46.4
Breadth 26.8 · Depth 19.6
- ·Midfielders: Box Crasher (Elite), Carrier (Great), Creator (Good)
- ·Wingers: Raumdeuter (Good), Duelist Winger (Good), Playmaking Winger (Good), Wide Runner (Good)
- ·Forwards: Poacher (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
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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.
Bukayo Saka
Arsenal · PL 25/26
Closest roles
Wide RunnerΔ18
RaumdeuterΔ22
Playmaking WingerΔ39
Mattia Felici
Cagliari · Serie A
Closest roles
- Wide RunnerΔ10
- Playmaking WingerΔ11
- RaumdeuterΔ12
Francisco Conceição
Juventus · Serie A
Closest roles
- Wide RunnerΔ29
- Playmaking WingerΔ33
- RaumdeuterΔ36