Timo Werner

 

Country: Germany

Date of birth: 06/03/1996 (17 years old)

Place of birth: Stuttgart (Germany)

Height: 1,80m

Club career: VfB Stuttgart

Position: winger, second striker, striker

Preferred foot: right

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

Contract until: 30.06.2015

Similar type of player: Roberto Soldado

 

Strengths:

– pace

– acceleration

– dribbling

– finishing

– instinct

– movement

– decisions

– off the ball

– plays very well with his weaker foot

 

He is best suited to playing as:

Striker in 4-2-3-1.

 

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Achievements:

European Under-17 Championship 2012 runner-up with Germany

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League summary:

Bundesliga 2013/2014 (ongoing): 3 matches/0 goals (VfB Stuttgart)

 

Description:

Timo was a member of the German national team, which was runner-up at UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship in 2012. Before the current season he did very well in the preseason and thanks to this VfB coach Bruno Labbadia decided to give the young player a chance to debut in the first team . This took place in Europa League Qualification match against Botev Plovdiv, in which he played just over 20 minutes. Thanks to this he became the youngest ever player to make a debut in “Die Roten” team. In the Bundesliga he played his first match with Bayer Leverkusen, and as early as the fourth round he made two assists in a game against Hoffenheim won by VfB 6-2. Everybody in Stuttgart are hoping that he will follow in footsteps of other famous VfB graduates such as Mario Gomez or Serdar Tasci.

 

Football Talent Scout potential rating:

9/10