Valerijs Sabala

 

Country: Latvia

Date of birth: 12/10/1994 (18 years old)

Place of birth: Riga (Latvia)

Height: 1,77m

Club career: Daugava Riga, Olimps Riga, Skonto Riga (from 2011)

Position: secondary striker, striker

Preferred foot: right

Market value (by transfermarkt.de): 250,000 €

Similar type of player: Lisandro Lopez

 

Strengths:

– pace

– acceleration

– finishing

– movement

– instinct

– flair

– agility

– plays very well with his weaker foot

 

He is best suited to playing as:

Striker in 4-4-2.

 

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Achievements:

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Future:

He began his football career at the age of just 15 and 2 years later he moved to the best team in his country – Skonto Riga. Recently he was in good form, scoring many goals for Skonto. He was given chance to make debut in Latvian national team. He even has been picked a man of the match against Turkey, when thanks to his two goals Latvia surprisingly drew versus favorites. He is one of the biggest prospects which came out in Latvia in last years.