Étienne Capoue

Étienne Capoue

Name:Étienne Capoue
Team: Toulouse (France)
Birth date: 11.07.1988
Nationality: France
EU Passport: Yes
End of Contract: 06.2014
Estimated Yearly Wage: 800.000 €
Estimated Market Value: 10.000.000 €

Position: Defensive Midfielder - Capoue plays as first man in front of 4 men defensive line. He plays a positional role, but his dynamic determines that he can be seen in very different places during a match.

Potential (0-10): 9 - Capoue already plays at very high level and would easily fit in most of top European teams. He’s got some tactical and decisional development to do and if he finds the right path it’s not hard to imagine him at a top club at some point in his career.

Physical description: He’s a tall player(1,89m), but his great physical attributes rely on the quickness of his movements and on the way he places his body well at every challenge. Of course, being a tall player helps him in areal challenges, also important in his role.

Technical description: Capoue maybe mostly a working player, but his technical level is very high as well. Very good at keeping and hiding the ball and also with good passing accuracy.

Tactical description: Capoue is a team player and understands well the importance of his role in the team’s balance. Defensively, the problems he feels come mostly from moments where the team finds itself too stretched in the field. In this area of the game, he would easily fit at wherever tactical model and would certainly benefit a lot with team improvements. Probably the area where he most needs to develop it’s his passing decisions. Not that he makes a lot of mistakes during a game, but he sometimes trusts too much his good passing quality and plays long too often. Here again, it’s likely that his improvement comes fast in this area as well, provided a better tactical model.

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Luiz Suarez

Luiz Suarez

Name:Luiz Suarez
Team: Ajax (Holland)
Birth date: 24.01.1987
Nationality: Uruguay
EU Passport: No
End of Contract: 06.2013
Estimated Yearly Wage: 3.000.000 €
Estimated Market Value: 25.000.000 €

Position: Forward/Winger - Suarez can play either as central forward or as a winger, preferably in a 3 front men system. He can play as a more fixed striker but his profile advises to use him in a more mobile role. When playing as a winger, he’s stronger in the right.

Potential (0-10): 9 - Suarez is a mature player and at his level he can aspire to play in any team in the World. A move to a more competitive league would be an important test and also an important opportunity to keep developing as a player.

Physical description: His quality comes from his technical skills and playing intelligence, not from his physical attributes. Physically, he’s a regular player, with very good acceleration, strength and agility. 1,81m.

Technical description: He’s specially strong when executing with his right foot. The precision of his finishing and crossing, as well as the first touch are the great strengths of his game. He can also use the left foot.

Tactical description: Being a technically gifted player, Suarez’s level is only possible by the intelligence of his decision making and movement. Even not playing in central positions, Suarez is a highly regular goal scorer. This is not only due to his quality finishing but mostly to his good inside movements. When playing further away from finishing positions, Suarez distinguishes himself by the quickness of his thinking, making many 1 touch appearances in the game. Also to mention are his movements on the right, where he can be very dangerous hiding the ball from defenders and putting in very dangerous crosses.
In defensive moments, Suarez shows good attitude but he can work on his aggressiveness in pressing situations.

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Urby Emanuelson

Urby Emanuelson

Name:Urby Emanuelson
Team: Ajax (Holland)
Birth date: 16.06.1986
Nationality: Holland
EU Passport: Yes
End of Contract: 06.2011
Estimated Yearly Wage: 1.500.000 €
Estimated Market Value: 8.500.000 €

Position: Left Defender/Left Midfielder/Winger - Emanuelson’s quality allows him to play in several positions with high quality.

Potential (0-10): 9 - This potential is referring to what he can reach if he decides to develop as a left back. In other more offensive roles he can be a useful player, but it’s not likely that he can reach a much higher level than where he is now.

Physical description: 1,75, light, quick player.

Technical description: His technical skills are no news as he’s been spotted as a talent since young age. Particularly his left foot is very good, controlling, passing and even finishing with high quality.

Tactical description: Offensively, Emanuelson as all it is needed to give good dynamic to the flank. Has good passing, decision on the ball and creativity. He can give a rare quality in this area as a left back. To be a top defender, though, he needs to work on some defensive aspects. Better aggressiveness and positioning will make him a good prospect for almost any team in the world, but he needs to start working on this particular position.

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Leroy Fer

Leroy Fer

Name:Leroy Fer
Team: Feyenoord (Holland)
Birth date: 05.01.1990
Nationality: Holland
EU Passport: Yes
End of Contract: 06.2012
Estimated Yearly Wage: 300.000 €
Estimated Market Value: 7.500.000 €

Position: Central Midfielder - Feyenoord plays on a 4-3-3 system, with 3 mobile midfielders. Leroy Fer plays his part in this area of the field.

Potential (0-10): 9 - His potential is rare and quite obvious, combining physical and technical attributes that are not easy to find in players of his age. Leroy Fer has every condition to be capable of playing in any team in the world. This, of course, is still not the case and Fer still has to develop in some areas of his game to reach such high level.

Physical description: Tall (1,88m), slim player. He’s also fast and very agile, having all the requisites to become very strong in physical challenges. That is still not the case as he still needs to learn body placement needs to be improved.

Technical description: Prefers the right foot and has a very good technique. His control and passing are consistent and he’s also a very good dribbler, using this skill often in transition situations.

Tactical description: If physically and technically Fer has full potential to become a top player, he needs to improve his tactical game to really become one. He’s a very reactive player in transition moments of the game, both defensive and offensive, and gives good support and fair quality to possession in more organized play. Also to mention is his very good working attitude. Defensively, he needs to work on his positioning, anticipating more to run less. In this area, it’s also important that he becomes, physically, a more dominant player. To achieve this, he needs to learn how to use and place his body better, as he doesn’t lack nor agility or strength. Offensively, improving his off the ball movements and arriving better and more often in finishing positions can be a decisive point to bring his football to the next level. Also, a more mature decision making when on the ball is necessary.
These aspects mentioned that need to be improved are only normal given the youth of the player.

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Sebastian Blanco

Sebastian Blanco

Name: Sebastian Blanco
Team: Lánus (Argentina)
Birth date: 15.03.1988
Nationality: Argentina
EU Passport: No
End of Contract: 06.2011
Estimated Yearly Wage: 145.000 €
Estimated Market Value: 5.000.000 €

Position: Left or Right Midfielder - Usually plays on the left flank on a 4-4-2 system. But he can also play on the right or in a more offensive role, as a winger.With his creativity might also be possible to use him in a central role, but that hasn’t been the case in Lanus.

Potential (0-10): 9 - His technical quality and vision makes him an outstanding prospect. He still has to improve but shows already a very consistent level.

Physical description: 166 cm. Small, light player, like many other “pibes” that emerged from argentine football. The physical contact can be a problem to Blanco but his physical attributes also allow him to be quick on acceleration and changing directions.

Technical description: He usually plays on the left, but he prefers the right foot, being also comfortable to use his left one, specially when crossing. Is good on 1x1 situations, with quick dribbles but doesn’t base his game around those situations. Is passing is very good, with his technique being a good support to his vision of the game. Also to mention is his finishing ability, being a player so many times playing close to the penalty box. His shots have good accuracy and precision, which makes him a dangerous player when coming into these areas.

Tactical description: Unlike many technical young players, Blanco doesn’t have the problem of hanging to much to the ball and constantly searching for 1x1 situations. His playing decisions and vision are very good in spite of his age. Playing from wide positions, he likes to have some freedom, arriving in other areas. On transitional plays, and with more space, he becomes specially dangerous, coming inside and picking up very well the right man to continue the play. With more tight defences, he stays wide, trying to create good crossing situations. Being a creative player, he’s not a particularly strong player on defensive situations, but he does his teamwork job well, understanding the importance of it.

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Diego Buonanotte

Diego Buonanotte

Name: Diego Buonanotte
Team: River Plate (Argentina)
Birth date: 19.04.1988
Nationality: Argentina
EU Passport: Yes (Italy)
End of Contract: 06.2010
Estimated Yearly Wage: 200.000 €
Estimated Market Value: 3.500.000 €

Position: Winger/Forward - Is playing literally everywhere in attack. Has played as winger, as an inside midfielder and also as a forward. Needs to find exactly where he suits best and it seems that would be as a free winger or a free offensive midfielder.

Potential (0-10): 9 - Buonanotte hasn’t yet achieved a top level and he might never get there if he doesn’t find the right place to develop his football. But he has enough talent and very rare qualities, which makes him a player with tremendous potential.

Physical description: 160 cm, typical argentine “pibe”, or even smaller. Buonanotte is very fast and has in his capacity to change directions a very powerful weapon to complement his technique. This capacity is also important because he’s a very light player, having obvious trouble when physically challenged.

Technical description: His quick movement is only a threat because of the quality of his left foot. Very good technique, specially running with the ball always very close to his feet. Buonanotte is obviously strong on 1x1 situations but is a bigger threat when he comes inside and gets the opportunity to make quick passing combinations. He has very good passing, crossing and accurate finishing. This makes him a good goalscorer as well, but he’s only particularly dangerous finishing inside the box, as his long range shooting often lacks power.

Tactical description: Is very strong playing between defensive lines, creating various passing solutions to the player that carries the ball. When playing wide, can be a menace coming inside from the right flank, getting angle for his left foot finish. But he needs to become a more consistent player, finding the right position for him and then adjusting his movements and decisions to it. Right now he’s playing in too many positions and with too much tactical anarchy which is preventing his football to develop as it could.

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