Zakaria Bakkali

 

Country: Belgium/Morocco

Date of birth: 26/01/1996 (17 years old)

Place of birth: Liege (Belgium)

Height: 1,64m

Club career: PSV Eindhoven

Position: winger, secondary striker

Preferred foot: right

Market value (by transfermarkt.de): 1,000,000 €  

Similar type of player: Nani

 

Strengths:

– pace

– acceleration

– dribbling

– technique

– flamboyancy

– creativity

– plays very well with his weaker foot

– flair

– ball control

 

He is best suited to playing as:

Right winger in 4-3-3, right winger in 4-2-3-1.

 

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Achievements:

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League summary:

Eredivisie 2013/2014 (ongoing): 2 matches/3 goals

 

Description:

Currently in Belgium there are plenty of very talented players, and Zakaria is perhaps the biggest of them all. In PSV there was a lot of changes before this season. Number of the leading players left, and PSV decided to build the team on youth. Thanks to that, new manager Philip Cocu gave the flamboyant winger chance to debut in the first team. His excellent performances allowed him to play in the first XI and in very short time he became a vastly important part of the “Boeren” team. Already in the second round he has scored his first three goals in Eredivisie against NEC Nijmegen and was voted man of the match. He has a bright future ahead and surely soon biggest european teams will desire to have him in the squad.

 

Football Talent Scout potential rating:

10/10