Felix Platte
Country: Germany
Date of birth: 11/02/1996 (19 years old)
Place of birth: Höxter (Germany)
Height: 190cm
Youth career: TSV Sabbenhausen, TuS WE Lügde, SC Paderborn 07, FC Schalke 04 (since 2012)
Current club: FC Schalke 04
Squad number: 36
Current national team: Germany U-19
Position: centre forward
Preferred foot: right
Market value (by transfermarkt.de): 300.000 €
Tournaments participated in: UEFA Youth League 2013/2014 (3/0), UEFA Youth League 2014/2015 (6/4), UEFA Champions League 2014/2015 (1/0)
Contract until: 30.06.2018
Player’s agent: arena11 sports group
Similar type of player: Edin Džeko
Strengths:
– finishing 
– heading
– instinct
– decisions
– movement 
– powerful and accurate shot 
– off the ball
– physical strength
– composure 
Style of play:
– number “9”
– one-on-one situation specialist
– indirect set-piece threat
– aerial threat in the opposition box
– killer instinct in front of goal
– ability to be a target man for teammates
– efficient in his play and a natural eye for goal
– powerful and accurate shot with both feet
– often uses his strength and aerial presence to bring teammates into play
– likes to try to beat offside trap
– intelligent movement, both inside and outside the penalty area
– eagerness to track back and work for the team
– possesses decent speed, despite his physique
He is best suited to playing as:
Centre forward in 4-2-3-1.
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League summary:
Bundesliga 2014/2015: 2 matches/0 goals (Schalke 04)
Description:
Felix Platte joined Schalke 04 youth academy from SC Paderborn 07 in 2012 and was a U17 Western German Champion and Westphalia Cup winner, also doing the same with the U19s a year later. It is worth mentioning that in recent years Schalke’s youth system has produced a number of extremely talented players, such as Julian Draxler, Max Meyer and Leroy Sané. Felix made his Bundesliga debut on 14 February 2015 against Eintracht Frankfurt in a 1-0 away defeat. He replaced Kevin-Prince Boateng after 79 minutes. He then put on an impressive performance, and nearly scored – if it wasn’t for the crossbar – against defending champions Real Madrid in the Champions League knockout stage after coming on early in the first half for injured Klaas-Jan Huntelaar.
Quotes:
“I just want to give my all and I hope that I’ll get some playing time. It would obviously be amazing to score in the Bundesliga. I already came close to grabbing a goal in the Champions League last season – unfortunately my effort against Real Madrid was a couple of centimetres too high and it hit the bar.”
(Felix Platte)
Football Talent Scout potential rating:
8/10 
First team material in a top European club.
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Very nice player!