Luca Meisl
Country: Austria
Date of birth: 04/03/1999 (18 years old)
Place of birth: Salzburg (Austria)
Height: 184cm
Youth career: SV Kuchl, Red Bull Salzburg (since 2009)
Current club: Red Bull Salzburg/FC Liefering
Squad number: —
Current national team: Austria U-18
Position: central defender
Preferred foot: right
Market value (by transfermarkt.de): 175.000 €
Tournaments participated in: 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification elite round (3/0), 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (4/0), UEFA Youth League 2016/2017 (8/1)
Contract until: 30.06.2018
Player’s agent: GRASS IS GREEN
Transfer rumours: —
Similar type of player: Leonardo Bonucci
Strengths:
– passing 
– anticipation
– positioning
– tactical intelligence
– technique 
– long balls 
– aerial duels
– pace
– tackling & intercepting 
Weaknesses:
– can be a bit too aggressive sometimes picking up unnecessary bookings
Style of play:
– ball-playing centre-back
– elegant player with good body mass ratio, physical strength, natural fitness and stamina who feels comfortable in contact situations with opposite forwards
– great at finding passes through both the first and second line of pressing from the opposition
– able to play in a three-man defensive line system
– known for his composure, confidence in possession, understanding of the game and an above-average technical capacity
– well-fit, hard-working, and quick at anticipating the movement of the opponents
– likes to spread play with good long-range diagonals
– likes to attempt diving/mory risky tackles
– likes to maraud forward
– good in the air
– constantly setting up attacks for his side and is remarkable in his passing to break opposition lines
– able to control the threat of the attacker without causing an imbalance in the defensive line
– concentrated, determined and commited player with very good rate of individual and collective work
– finds himself best in positional attack
– natural leader
He is best suited to playing as:
Central defender in 4-3-3.
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Achievements:
UEFA Youth League 2016/2017 winner with Salzburg.
League summary (as for 27 August 2017):
Eerste Liga 2016/2017: 11 games/1 goal (FC Liefering)
Eerste Liga 2017/2018 (ongoing): 8 games/0 goals (FC Liefering)
Description:
Luca Meisl is an elegant ball-playing defender who has been one of the Red Bull Salzburg U19s brightest stars, helping the team get a dominant win in the UEFA Youth League 2016/2017. On 22 June 2016 he made his professional debut for Salzburg’s feeder team FC Liefering in the Austrian second tier. He is also a regular youth international for Austria and has already played over 30 games for the youth national teams, which is a quite good result for a 18-year old.
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Football Talent Scout potential rating:
8/10 
First team material in a top European club.
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