Vitinha
Paris Saint-Germain · Midfielder · Portugal · 2,121 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
Vitinha is the kind of midfielder coaches build possession around. At Paris Saint-Germain, 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 ball winner: he controls games more than he decides them.
What separates Vitinha from ordinary specialists is breadth inside a coherent family: credible as ball winner, and still trustworthy when asked to step toward box-to-box midfielder. That is versatility with a purpose — not a random scatter of average roles.
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.
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: ball winner, box-to-box midfielder, carrier, deep-lying playmaker
- Shown minutes: CM (#8) / DM (#6)
- No major weakness flags in the current profile
Receipts
- · Player Profile
- · Role Breadth
- · Deployment authenticity
- · Sample · featured
Position
Midfielder
Appearances
29
Great+ roles
4
Age
26
Preferred foot
Right
Height
172 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.
15.3% team touches
Peer band · Average
Pool percentile
60.2%
Also 127.2 touches/90 (season aggregate).
Efficiency
Output quality per action for midfielders.
71 score
Peer band · Elite
Pool percentile
99.4%
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.
Strong as Chance Creation (Elite), Ball Progressor (Elite), Physicality (Great)
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
48.5
Breadth 26.8 · Depth 21.7
- ·Fullbacks: Playmaking FB (Elite)
- ·Midfielders: Ball Winner (Elite), Deep-Lying Playmaker (Elite), Box-to-Box Midfielder (Great), Carrier (Great), Creator (Great)
Versatility shape
Coarse directional pattern (Specialist / Dual-threat / Generalist) — not the 0–100 Index above.
Generalist
Great GeneralistDistinct Great+
4 Great+ roles total
Box-to-box
GreatBox-to-Box Midfielder
Where he plays
Positions with deployment evidence — not statistical guesses.
Natural
Role translations
Where the profile could fit. Tap a position — then see which role style suits it.
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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.
Kévin Danois
Auxerre · Ligue 1
Closest roles
Deep-Lying PlaymakerΔ19
CreatorΔ19
Box-to-BoxΔ32
Luka Modrić
Milan · Serie A
Closest roles
- Deep-Lying PlaymakerΔ0
CarrierΔ5- Box-to-BoxΔ13
Joshua Kimmich
FC Bayern München · Bundesliga 24/25
Closest roles
Ball WinnerΔ4- Deep-Lying PlaymakerΔ6
- CreatorΔ0