Vitinha

Vitinha is the kind of midfielder coaches build possession around. At Portugal, 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, Vitinha remains plausible as ball winner and deep-lying playmaker. 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. Vitinha'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.