eFootball Barella - Stats & Build (Starter Set 2027)

04/09/2026

In short

The card: a Highlight CMF that reaches 95 at max training
Strengths: Speed (#7), Acceleration (#10), Defensive Awareness (#11)
How to train it: push the strengths further, starting with Speed
What this page covers: the Highlight version of Nicolo Barella (this player has 25 cards in total — see the position rankings for how the others compare)

Contents

Player Review
Basic info (Highlight)
Stats (Highlight · Lv1)
Position Proficiency
Player skills
Recommended Additional Skills
Player Progression
Compare with other players
Where this card ranks
Summary
More players from Starter Set 2027
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Player Review

Rating★★☆☆☆B

Counting every card in the game, this one sits #102 of 5,086 CMF cards and #99 of 3,589 Box To Box cards, with a max-level overall of 95.

How the rating is decided

SS Top 5 in either the position or the playing-style overall ranking
S Outside the top 5, but a max-level overall of 100 or more
A Overall 98–99
B Overall 95–97
C Overall below 95

Basic info (Highlight)

CMF

Nicolo Barella

PositionCMF

Preferred footRight

Attacking styleBox To Box

Defensive styleBox To Box

Height175 cm

Age29

Max levelLv32

Progression points62

Overall at Lv183

Overall at max level95

Special skillsNone

Available fromStarter Set 2027

Stats (Highlight · Lv1)

Attacking

Attacking Awareness67

Ball Control78

Dribbling76

Tight Possession77

Low Pass76

Lofted Pass76

Finishing60

Heading61

Set Piece Taking72

Curl73

Physical

Speed75

Acceleration76

Kicking Power77

Jumping68

Physical Contact73

Balance78

Stamina80

Defending

Defensive Awareness70

Tackling72

Aggression75

Defensive Engagement74

Goalkeeping

GK Awareness40

GK Catching40

GK Parrying40

GK Reflexes40

GK Reach40

Weak foot usageAverage

Weak foot accuracyAverage

Form4

Injury resistanceAverage

Position Proficiency

LWF

LMF

AMF

CMF

DMF

RWF

RMF

Best position (CMF, DMF, AMF) / Also playable (LMF, RMF)

Not suited

Player skills

Dribbling

Sole Control

Passing

One-touch Pass

Through Passing

Pinpoint Crossing

Outside Curler

Shooting

Long-range Curler

Long-range Shooting

Defending

Interception

Blocker

Mental

Fighting Spirit

Recommended Additional Skills

If you are adding skills through skill training, these suit a CMF.

＋Low Lofted Passfast, accurate balls in behind

＋Weighted Passsoft, controllable lobs

＋No Look Passdisguised distribution

Player Progression

Spend the progression points, add boosters and pick a manager to see how the stats and the overall change.

Compare with other players

This card is already loaded against Nicolo Barella (Show Time, 99) — the strongest Nicolo Barella card released so far. Change either side to compare against anyone.

Where this card ranks

By position

CMF overall ranking

#306 ~~/ 5,086 cards~~

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By playing style

Box To Box overall ranking

#244 ~~/ 3,589 cards~~

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Among this player’s cards

Nicolo Barella all-time cards

#23 ~~/ 25 cards~~

Rankings →

Overall is compared at max level, across every card in the game — Standard, Epic and pack-exclusive alike. Cards on the same overall are ordered by the sum of their stats.

Summary

✓Nicolo Barella (Highlight)

Nicolo Barella (Highlight) caps at Lv32 with a max-level overall of 95
It has 62 progression points to spend
Among the 25 cards of this player it ranks #23 — see the position rankings for how it compares to Epic and pack cards

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Author of this article

Mikel

Mikel is the editor of eFootball LABO. A long-time eFootball player (peak Division 1, peak rating 1,920), he writes from real play and hands-on testing.