Lūkass Vapne
Country: Latvia
Date of birth: 31/06/2003 (17 years old)
Place of birth: Latvia
Height: 185cm
Youth career: FK Metta
Current club: FK Metta
Squad number: 10
Current national team: Latvia U-19
Position: central midfielder, attacking midfielder
Preferred foot: right
Market value (by transfermarkt.de): 50.000 €
Tournaments participated in: —
Contract until: unknown
Player’s agent: unknown
Transfer rumours: —
Similar type of player: Kevin De Bruyne
Strengths:
– passing 
– vision 
– creativity
– set pieces
– technique 
– ball control
– crossing
– athleticism
Weaknesses:
– needs to learn how to play with higher tempo and pressure than in the Latvian league
Style of play:
– advanced playmaker
– likes to be fielded in a free role as an attacking midfielder, where he is given space to roam the pitch
– player with good body mass ratio, physical strength, power, stamina and natural fitness who feels comfortable in contact situations
– can also play deeper as a midfield playmaker
– intelligent player, who finds the space well between the lines
– likes to roam around in the space between the opposition’s midfield and defence
– creative player with very good technical ability, 1vs1 short-dribbling skills, close ball control, fast direction shifts in possession and vision to make through passes to the teammates providing dynamism to the team’s last offensive third plays
– high work rate in pressing and defensive phase
– possesses good mid-range and long-range shooting skills
– creative at his off-the-ball movements, and likes to find the best space to receive the ball with good timings, linking up the team’s midfield and attack
– able to deliver pinpoint passes and crosses
– displays a natural technique to take fast decisions in tight spaces/press-resistant player
– often makes surging runs into the penalty box
– set piece specialist
– good ambidexterity when using his left weaker foot
Vapne with a brilliant through ball with his weaker foot to assist his teammate.
Vapne with a brilliant first touch pass to create a big chance for his teammate.
He is best suited to playing as:
Attacking midfielder in 4-2-3-1.
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League summary (as for 4 June 2021):
Virslīga 2020: 17 games/0 goals (Metta)
Virslīga 2021 (ongoing): 11 games/2 goals (Metta)
Description:
Latvian football is going through a big crisis and fans are strongly hoping that the next generations will change this state of things. One of the biggest hopes to accomplish that is Lūkass Vapne. He is a product of FK Metta youth academy. He made his professional debut for Metta, aged only 16, on 16 August 2020 in a league fixture against Spartaks Jurmala. He is a part of a very interesting generation of players produced by Metta in recent years – others worth mentioning are Rihards Ozolins, Bruno Melnis, Raimonds Krollis, Dario Sits, Artjoms Puzirevskis and Jegors Novikovs.
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Football Talent Scout potential rating:
Country-scale star with top European club ambition.
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