Marek Naskos
Country: Czech Republic
Date of birth: 29/06/2007 (16 years old)
Place of birth: Czech Republic
Height: 181cm
Youth career: FK Čechie Kralupy nad Vltavou, Slavia Praha (since 2015)
Current club: Slavia Praha
Squad number: —
Current national team: Czech Republic U-17
Position: defensive midfielder, central midfielder, attacking midfielder
Preferred foot: right
Market value (by transfermarkt.de): 25.000 €
Tournaments participated in: 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification elite round (3/0)
Contract until: unknown
Player’s agent: unknown
Transfer rumours: —
Similar type of player: Miralem Pjanić
Strengths:
– passing 
– vision
– technique
– ball control
– football IQ 
– versatility
– first touch 
– positioning
– composure
– set-pieces
To improve:
– shooting power and accuracy/very low goal threat at this point
– physical development
– aerial duels
Style of play:
– midfield playmaker
– versatile and highly intelligent player, who sees the game differently from most and can excel in all orchestrator roles, whether as a deep-lying playmaker, midfielder playmaker, or advanced playmaker
– excellent in combination play/perfect for possession-based football
– technical and composed on the ball
– fantastic range of passing at all distances
– very high football IQ and spatial awareness
– superb at scanning the space and spotting the movements of his teammates
– outstanding vision and above-average decision-making for a player of his age
– constantly asks for the ball and often is an additional passing option thanks to his positional awareness and understanding of the game
– very good composure and retention skills under pressure/press-resistant player
– skillful and clever in tight spaces
– while his defensive reliability may be average, he demonstrates decent intensity and work rate in the defensive phase
– good indirect set-piece taker
Naskos controls the ball, makes a quick decision, and plays a superb line-breaking pass.
Naskos shows his ability to play in tight spaces and provides a superb assist with a no-look pass.
Naskos makes a good run and plays a brilliant through pass to the overlapping full-back.
Heatmap by Wyscout:
He is best suited to playing as:
Central midfielder in 4-2-3-1.
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Achievements:
Czech U-17 Talent of the Year 2023.
League summary (as for 24 April 2024):
No senior team appearances yet.
Description:
Marek Naskos joined the Slavia Praha youth academy from FK Čechie Kralupy nad Vltavou in 2015. He is considered to be one of the most interesting teenage talents in Czech Republic. He is a regular youth international for Czech Republic – he started at the U-15 level and now he is a member of the U-17 setup, a very interesting team with many exciting talents such as Kryštof Čížek, Ondřej Penxa, Matyáš Nechvátal, Daniel Švancara, Adam Sosna, Šimon Slončík, Lukáš Moudrý, Karel Belžík, and Jirí Mícek.
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Football Talent Scout potential rating:
8,5/10 
First team material in a top European league.
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