Valentin Zabransky
Country: Austria
Date of birth: 02/02/2007 (17 years old)
Place of birth: Wien (Austria)
Height: 193cm
Youth career: SV Essling, Stadlau, RB Salzburg (since 2021)
Current club: RB Salzburg
Squad number: —
Current national team: Austria U-17
Position: central defender
Preferred foot: right
Market value (by transfermarkt.de): —
Tournaments participated in: —
Contract until: unknown
Player’s agent: unknown
Transfer rumours: —
Similar type of player: Virgil van Dijk
Strengths:
– tackling 
– anticipation
– physicality
– aerial duels
– positioning 
– passing
To improve:
– fairly good coordination, pace, and agility for a player of his size, but he still may struggle a bit in front of skillful players with fast direction shifts/great acceleration skills at short distances
Style of play:
– complete and dominant centre-back
– large player with an excellent body mass ratio and physical strength
– likes an active style of defending by playing close to opponents and getting into challenges
– comfortable on the ball with an above-average range of passing at all distances/takes a major impact on all of the team’s build-up process
– good confidence in possession, understanding of the game, and an above-average technical capacity
– tenacious and accurate tackler, both standing and sliding
– often cuts or intercepts passes and crosses near or inside his penalty area thanks to his anticipation, positioning, and reaction time
– very strong player who knows how to use his body to gain advantage/wins most of the physical duels
– extremely dominant in the air
– determined and committed player with a very good rate of individual and collective work
Zabransky stops a dangerous attack with a well-timed and clean sliding tackle in the penalty area.
Zabransky reads the game well and intercepts a dangerous pass.
Zabransky stays calm under pressure and plays a very good line-breaking pass.
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He is best suited to playing as:
Central defender in 4-3-3.
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Achievements:
Austrian U-16 Championship 2023/2024 winner with Salzburg.
Austrian U-18 Championship 2023/2024 winner with Salzburg.
League summary (as for 18 March 2024):
No senior team appearances yet.
Description:
Valentin Zabransky joined the superb RB Salzburg youth academy from FC Stadlau in 2021. He is considered to be one of the most talented U17s in Austria. Valentin is also a regular youth international for Austria – he started at the U-15 level and currently he’s an important member of the U-17 setup.
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Football Talent Scout potential rating:
First team material in a top European league.
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