Bryan Okoh
Country: Switzerland/USA
Date of birth: 16/05/2003 (17 years old)
Place of birth: Houston, Texas (USA)
Height: 187cm
Youth career: Espagnol Lausanne, Lausanne Sport, RB Salzburg (since 2019)
Current club: RB Salzburg/FC Liefering
Squad number: 5
Current national team: Switzerland U-19
Position: central defender
Preferred foot: left
Market value (by transfermarkt.de): 1.400.000 €
Tournaments participated in: UEFA Youth League 2019/2020 (8/1)
Contract until: 30.06.2022
Player’s agent: unknown
Transfer rumours: —
Similar type of player: Dayot Upamecano
Strengths:
– pace 
– tackling and intercepting
– passing
– aerial duels
– athleticism
– anticipation 
– composure 
– agility
– positioning
– ambidexterity
Weaknesses:
– still needs to work on the technical improvement
Style of play:
– complete and dominant centre-back
– great at finding passes through both the first and second line of pressing from the opposition
– known for his composure, positioning, good timing, confidence in possession and understanding of the game
– strong left foot also helps in the balance of the team when paired up with a right-footer
– fast, and agile player, with excellent reactions
– likes to maraud forward
– often pushes forward to engage the player who receives a pass with his back to goal
– able to play in a high line/tactically astute to play in various tactical systems
– very good vision and passing skills also when it comes to breaking the lines with laser passes
– tenacious in duels and confident at high speed
– extremely dominant in the air
– high tackling and interception rate
– concentrated, determined and committed player with very good rate of individual and collective work
– good ambidexterity using his right weaker foot
Okoh stays calm under pressure and plays a good line-breaking pass to his teammate.
Okoh uses his pace and intercepts the ball.
He is best suited to playing as:
Central defender in 4-3-3.
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Achievements:
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League summary (as for 7 December 2020):
2. Liga 2019/2020: 9 games/0 goals (Liefering)
2. Liga 2020/2021 (ongoing): 1 game/0 goals (Liefering)
Description:
In 2010, Okoh began his career at FC Espagnol Lausanne, before moving to FC Lausanne-Sport in 2016. In 2019, he moved to the youth team of Red Bull Salzburg and has been playing in their feeder team of Liefering since 2019. He made his professional debut for Liefering on 9 August 2019 in an away match against Lafnitz, ending in a 2–0 loss.
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Football Talent Scout potential rating:
9/10 
Player has the potential to become a key player in a top European club.
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