Football Diagnosis

Midfield Ball CarrierThrough the crowd, ball at your feetFootball Diagnosis

Illustration for Midfield Ball Carrier

Central Midfielder

CMF-2

Playing Style

A player who advances through congested midfield on the dribble. Your value peaks when there's no pass on — you carry the ball out yourself and change the situation.You slip markers with body shape and a change of stride, escaping without ever hurrying. Since you scan while you carry, the pass that follows the escape comes quick.In defence you don't dive in, standing instead where the opponent's progress slows. Carrying the ball is how you lift the whole team's centre of gravity.Every long carry hands your teammates time to turn and face forward.

Ability Ratings

Highest88Ball Control
Second highest84Dribbling
Stamina
82
Pace
78
Attacking Sense
74
Defensive Sense
72
Ball Control
88
Dribbling
84
Kick Power
68
Kick Accuracy
74

Ball Control 88 beside Dribbling 84 — an unusual shape for a central midfielder. Pace 78 and Stamina 82 are there to fund the distance of the carries.

What You're Like

You move stalled conversations along by acting. Rather than wait for permission, you make one move and read the response — it's simply faster.

Calm on the surface, prolific underneath: quietly, constantly advancing. Because you never look rushed, people mistake it for spare capacity. In meetings you say little, yet what you set in motion changes the room's air.

Your curiosity ranges wide, and anything interesting must be tried firsthand — hence the ever-growing gear and the never-sufficient storage. The apparent ease is just having finished everything early.

Quick to decide, careful to research: by the time anyone asks, you've already read up and hold the answer. An overloaded week doesn't reach your face, which makes the strain hard to spot — it's the drop in chatter that tips people off, and that's when they check on you.

In the Mould Of

  • Frenkie de JongNetherlands
  • Mateo KovačićCroatia
  • Yaya TouréIvory Coast