Alessandro Cortinovis

Alessandro Cortinovis

 

Country: Italy

Date of birth: 25/01/2001 (18 years old)

Place of birth: Bergamo (Italy)

Height: —

Youth career: Atalanta Bergamo

Current club: Atalanta Bergamo

Squad number: —

Current national team: Italy U-18

Position: central midfielder, attacking midfielder

Preferred foot: right

Market value (by transfermarkt.de): —

Tournaments participated in: 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification elite round (1/0), 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (2/0)

Contract until: unknown

Player’s agent: unknown

Transfer rumours: —

Similar type of player: Luka Modrić

 

Strengths:

– passing 

– vision 

– technique 

– creativity 

– ball control 

– dribbling 

– tactical intelligence

– pace 

– positional sense

 

Weaknesses:

– needs to improve his strength to endure strongest defenders

 

Style of play:

– roaming playmaker

– ​all-round midfielder

– known for his vision, dribbling skills and mobility

– likes to play short passes

– player that always tries to find a vertical option in his game, so he is very capable of pushing his team forward to finishing positions

– dynamic, combative and very comfortable on the ball, with a willingess to play and receive passes along the ground

– knows how to dictate tempo, he’s creative and has the natural ability of an ‘orchestrator’ midfielder who can perform at all of midfield positions

– constantly asking for the ball and often is an additional passing option

– determined in defensive phase with eagerness to track back and work for the team

– good reaction to the loss of the ball with good aggressive attitude, and good recovery of his position

– able to produce powerful and dangerous runs up field on the counter attack

– able to make effective late runs into opposite penalty box lurking for a chance to exploit his shooting skills with his right preferred foot

– has the technique, ability and confidence to execute the killer pass and set-up goal-scoring opportunities for his teammates

– has the potential to become a good deep lying orchestrator/play deeper in midfield as the man who will be able to control the tempo of the game

– competent set-piece taker

 

He is best suited to playing as:

Central midfielder in 4-3-3.

 

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Achievements:

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League summary (as for 26 May 2019):

No senior team appearances yet.

 

Description:

Alessandro Cortinovis is a product of Atalanta Bergamo academy – one of the best youth systems in Italy which prouced many interesting players in recent years such as Roberto Gagliardini, Mattia Caldara, Andrea Conti, Christian Capone and Alessandro Bastoni. He is a part of a very interesting generation of Atalanta players born in 2001 and 2002 which includes, among others, Roberto Piccoli, Amad Traoré, Emmanuel Gyabuaa, Davide Ghislandi and Simone Panada. He is also a regular youth international for Italy. In 2018, he represented his country at the European Under-17 Championship in England.

 

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Football Talent Scout potential rating:

8/10   

First team material in a top European club.

 

Links:

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