Rafał Makowski
Country: Poland
Date of birth: 05/08/1996 (19 years old)
Place of birth: Warsaw (Poland)
Height: 192cm
Youth career: Legia Warsaw
Current club: Legia Warsaw
Squad number: 47
Current national team: Poland U-21
Position: central defender, defensive midfielder, central midfielder
Preferred foot: right
Market value (by transfermarkt.de): 150.000 €
Tournaments participated in: 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification elite round (3/0), UEFA Europa League 2015/2016 (2/0)
Contract until: 30.06.2018
Player’s agent: box2box Football Agency
Similar type of player: combined playing styles of Steven N’Zonzi & Etienne Capoue
Strengths:
– passing 
– heading
– tackling and intercepting
– tactical awareness 
– vision 
– teamwork
– anticipation
Style of play:
– holding midfielder
– likes to tackle
– likes to play long balls
– likes to play through balls
– indirect set-piece threat
– commits fouls often
– good vision and extremely accurate long-range passing ability
– likes to hold up the ball
– restricts the offensive play of his opponents through his positioning and marking
– often patrticipates in build-up play
– excellent positional sense and an acute tactical ability to read the game
He is best suited to playing as:
Defensive midfielder in 4-2-3-1.
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Achievements:
Polish U-19 Championship 2014/2015 winner with Legia.
League summary:
Ekstraklasa 2015/2016 (ongoing): 7 matches/0 goals (Legia)
Description:
Rafał Makowski comes from a very sport-oriented family – his father and brother were footballers too. He came through Legia Warsaw youth academy, at the age of 8. In 2015, he was one of the leaders of Legia youth team that won Polish U-19 Championship. Thanks to this he has been added to Legia’s first team squad for 15/16 season. He made his professional debut on 9 August 2015 in a league fixture against Wisła Kraków. He has a big chance to be a part of Poland national team squad at 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, which will be hosted for the first time in Poland.
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Football Talent Scout potential rating:
6/10 
Capable to mark his name in Europe with a bit of luck and hard work.
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