Borna Sosa

Borna Sosa

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Croatia-32 (1)

Country: Croatia

Date of birth: 21/01/1998 (17 years old)

Place of birth: Zagreb (Croatia)

Height: —

Youth career: Dinamo Zagreb

Current club: Dinamo Zagreb

Squad number: 28

Current national team: Croatia U-17

Position: left-back

Preferred foot: left

Market value (by transfermarkt.de): 250.000 € 

Tournaments participated in: 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship elite round (2/0), 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (5/0)

Contract until: 15.06.2018

Player’s agent: unknown

Similar type of player: combined playing styles of Alberto Moreno & Marcelo

 

Strengths:

– pace Untitled1

– acceleration Untitled1

– crossing Untitled1

– tackling and intercepting Untitled1

– dribbling Untitled

– dynamism Untitled

– maturity Untitled

– ball control Untitled

– teamwork Untitled

 

Style of play:

– marauding attacking full-back

– ability to get to the byline and deliver in accurate crosses

– brings an offensive value to a team, with a lot of activity during 90 minutes in the left side

– likes to play a direct style by running straight at defenders with pace

– agile and moves the ball with ease

– determined and hardworking

– likes overlapping runs

– all-action and energetic

– great control with the ball at his feet

– likes to play one-twos 

– impacts the game at both the ends of the pitch

 

He is best suited to playing as:

Left-back in 4-2-3-1.

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Achievements:

Croatian First Football League 2014/2015 winner with Dinamo Zagreb.

 

League summary:

1.HNL 2014/2015: 1 match/0 goals (Dinamo Zagreb)

 

Description:

Borna Sosa is a product of the famous Dinamo Zagreb youth academy, which is known for having produced many great Croatian internationals. Borna made his professional debut with Dinamo on 7 March 2015 in a league fixture against NK Zagreb. He was a captain and one of the key players of “Hrvatska” U-17 team at the 2015 European Under-17 Championship 2015 in Bulgaria. His team went through the group stages like thunder, but ended up losing to Belgium in the quarterfinal in a penalty shoot-out. It is worth noting that 10 players in the Croatia squad were from Dinamo!

 

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Football Talent Scout potential rating:

8/10   BallBallBallBallBallBallBallBall

First team material in a top European club.

 

Links:

Transfermarkt

Soccerway

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