András Csonka
Country: Hungary
Date of birth: 01/05/2000 (17 years old)
Place of birth: Budapest (Hungary)
Height: 179cm
Youth career: Ferencvárosi TC
Current club: Ferencvárosi TC
Squad number: 51
Current national team: Hungary U-19
Position: defensive midfielder, central midfielder
Preferred foot: right
Market value (by transfermarkt.de): 75.000 €
Tournaments participated in: 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification elite round (3/0), 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (4/0)
Contract until: unknown
Player’s agent: unknown
Transfer rumours: —
Similar type of player: Casemiro
Strengths:
– passing 
– tackling and intercepting
– teamwork
– vision
– tactical intelligence 
– bravery 
– composure
– anticipation
– positional sense 
Weaknesses:
– could be a little bit faster
Style of play:
– holding midfielder
– functions best when placed at the base of a midfield three
– able to play in a two-man midfield in 4-4-2
– aggressive, and hard tackling player with an extremely high work rate
– courageous, tenacious and willing to sacrifice
– likes to play short passes
– feels comfortable and has a decent composure on the ball, making part of the team’s build-up process at the first instances
– thanks to his vision, great collective work rate and anticipation he is capable of playing in a variety of midfield roles in a defensive midfielder position or in a more advanced role if needed
– knows how to dictate tempo using his good vision, passing ability at all distances and natural technique to create dynamism on the team’s build-up process
– reads and anticipates play and makes good decisions
– very good at breaking down opposition plays due to his positional sense, defensive attributes, and tactical intelligence
– able to keep the ball under pressure
– determined in defensive phase with good anticipation sense to provide many key interceptions, clearences and tackles
– high number of touches and passes per game
– decent ambidexterity using his left weaker foot
He is best suited to playing as:
Defensive midfielder in 4-3-3.
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League summary (as for 1 October 2017):
Nemzeti Bajnokság I 2017/2018 (ongoing): 1 match/0 goals (Ferencvárosi)
Description:
András Csonka is a product of Ferencvárosi TC youth academy. He is a part of a very interesting generation of Hungarian players born in 2000 which includes, among others, Martin Majnovics, Szabolcs Schön, Dominik Szoboszlai, Márk Bencze, Krisztofer Szerető & Kevin Csoboth. He showed himself to a wider crowd at the 2017 European Under-17 Championship, where he was one of the best players of Hungarian national team. He made his professional debut on 5 May 2017 in a Hungarian Cup game against Budafoki MTE.
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Football Talent Scout potential rating:
7/10 
Country-scale star with top European club ambition.
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