Nicolò Fagioli
Country: Italy
Date of birth: 12/02/2001 (17 years old)
Place of birth: Piacenza (Italy)
Height: 178cm
Youth career: Piacenza, Cremonese, Juventus (since 2015)
Current club: Juventus
Squad number: —
Current national team: Italy U-17
Position: central midfielder, attacking midfielder, winger, second striker
Preferred foot: right
Market value (by transfermarkt.de): —
Tournaments participated in: 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification elite round (3/0), ABN AMRO Future Cup 2018
Contract until: 30.06.2020
Player’s agent: unknown
Transfer rumours: —
Similar type of player: Isco
Strengths:
– pace and acceleration 
– technique
– dribbling
– ball control
– versatility
– creativity 
– balance
– intelligence
– first touch 
Weaknesses:
– still has margin for improvements – consistency issues and defensive contribution
– aerial duels
Style of play:
– advanced playmaker
– offensive allrounder capable of playing in various positions such as winger, attacking midfielder and support striker
– creative player with great technique on the ball, mobility, acceleration skills, fast direction shifts, short-dribbling and good short-mid through passing ability
– midfielder who sees the game differently from most revealing creativity, cleverness at his off-the-ball movements, great vision and passing ability orchestrating or providing dynamism to the team’s build-up process with ease and effectiveness
– superb coordination, agility and balance
– likes to play in a free attacking role granted the freedom to roam the pitch and find space
– likes to dribble
– often employs feints and tricks to beat opponents
– extremely dangerous on the counter thanks to his pace and acceleration
– brilliant technique and composure in tight spaces he doesn’t fear the individual duels and usually creates danger or suffers a foul, because it is not easy to tackle the ball away from him
– efficient in his play and has a natural eye for goal
– very strong in 1v1 situations, unpredictable and confident of his skills
– competent set piece taker
He is best suited to playing as:
Attacking midfielder in 4-2-3-1.
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Achievements:
ABN AMRO Future Cup 2018 runner-up with Juventus.
ABN AMRO Future Cup 2018 best player award.
League summary (as for 26 June 2018):
No senior team appearances yet.
Description:
Nicolo Fagioli joined Juventus youth system in 2015 from Cremonese. In 2018 he was selected as the best player of the very prestigious tournament ABN AMRO Future Cup – annual friendly international youth tournament organized by Ajax Amsterdam. Nicolo is also a regular youth Italian international. In 2018 he was one of Azzurrini’s bigegst stars at 2018 European Under-17 Championship in England, where young Italians got all the way to the final, which they lost to Netherlands.
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Football Talent Scout potential rating:
9/10 
Player has potential to become a key player in a top European club.
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