Mikuláš Konečný

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Mikuláš Konečný

Country: Czech Republic

Date of birth: 02/06/2006 (16 years old)

Place of birth: Czech Republic

Height: 187cm

Youth career: FC Háje Jižní Město, Slavia Praha (since 2018)

Current club: Slavia Praha

Squad number: 46

Current national team: Czech Republic U-17

Position: central defender

Preferred foot: right

Market value (by transfermarkt.de): —

Tournaments participated in: CEE Cup 2022 (2/0), UEFA Youth League 2022/2023 (2/1), 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification elite round (3/0)

Contract until: unknown

Player’s agent: unknown

Transfer rumours: —

Similar type of player: Kim Min-jae

Strengths:

– tackling 

– marking

– anticipation  

– positioning  

– athleticism  

– aerial duels  

– ambidexterity  

– composure  

– technique  

– pace

To improve:

– good build-up play but still has a margin to improve his progressive passing and playing under pressure

Style of play:

– complete and dominant central defender

– tall player with good body mass ratio, physical strength, power, stamina, and natural fitness who feels comfortable in contact situations

– able to play as a right and left-sided centre-back in a four-man defensive line

– prefers an active style of defending by getting into challenges, pressing opponents, and anticipating their moves

– excellent reactions and man-marking ability

– good pace and coordination

– likes to spread play with good long-range diagonals

– able to play in a high line

– concentrated in the defensive phase with very good reading of the game, timing, and anticipation

above-average composure, positional sense, and confidence in possession

– committed, tenacious, and positively aggressive player who likes duels and has a very high percentage of challenges won

– high tackling and interception rate

usually plays clean and doesn’t get booked very often

– very dominant in the air

– indirect set-piece threat

– almost perfectly two-footed

Konečný anticipates the play, takes control of the attacker, and wins the ball back.
Konečný wins the physical duel, wins the ball back, stays composed, and starts the attack of his team with a good pass.
Konečný reads the game very well and saves his team with a very well-timed tackle.

Heatmap by Wyscout:

He is best suited to playing as:

Central defender in 4-3-3.

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Achievements:

CEE Cup 2022 runner-up with Slavia.

League summary (as for 30 March 2023):

FNL 2022/2023 (ongoing): 3 games/0 goals (Slavia B)

Description:

Mikuláš Konečný joined the Slavia Praha youth academy from FC Háje Jižní Město in 2018. He is considered to be one of the most talented players of his age category in the Czech Republic. He made his professional debut for Slavia reserves on 6 March 2023 in the Czech second division game against Sparta Praha B. He hasn’t made his first team debut yet but was named on the bench for the first time on 13 October 2022 in the UEFA Europa Conference League game against CFR Cluj. Mikuláš is also a regular youth international for the Czech Republic – he started at the U-15 level and now he’s one of the leaders of the U-17 setup.

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Football Talent Scout potential rating:

8/10

First team material in a top European league.

Links:

Transfermarkt

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