Esmir Bajraktarevic
Country: USA/Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date of birth: 10/03/2005 (17 years old)
Place of birth: Appleton, Wisconsin (USA)
Height: 175cm
Youth career: SC Waukesha, Chicago Fire, Wave SC, New England Revolution (since 2021)
Current club: New England Revolution
Squad number: 47
Current national team: USA U-20
Position: attacking midfielder, winger
Preferred foot: left
Market value (by transfermarkt.de): 75.000 €
Tournaments participated in: —
Contract until: unknown
Player’s agent: unknown
Transfer rumours: —
Similar type of player: Bernardo Silva
Strengths:
– passing 
– vision
– creativity
– technique
– ball control
– agility
– pace 
– football IQ
Weaknesses:
– physical strength
– efficiency in defensive duels
Style of play:
– advanced playmaker/wide playmaker
– likes to be fielded in a free role as an attacking midfielder, where he is given space to roam the pitch
– midfielder who sees the game differently from most revealing creativity, cleverness at his off-the-ball movements, great vision, and passing ability orchestrating or providing dynamism to the team’s build-up process with ease and effectiveness
– 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
– superb pace, agility, and coordination
– highly technical and elegant player with excellent footwork
– likes to make quick first touch combinations with his teammates
– has the technique, ability and confidence to execute the killer passes and set-up goalscoring opportunities for his teammates
– extraordinary thinking when on the ball – he often chooses options which are unexpected for the opposition
– strong in 1v1 situations and very confident of his skills
– displays a natural technique to take fast decisions in tight spaces/press-resistant player
– avoids using his right weaker foot
Bajraktarevic makes a good run through the middle, dribbles past one opponent, and scores with a good finish.
Bajraktarevic orchestrates the play and provides a brilliant pass to his full-back.
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He is best suited to playing as:
Attacking midfielder in 4-2-3-1.
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League summary (as for 18 April 2022):
USL League One 2021: 11 games/1 goal (New England Revolution II)
MLS Next Pro 2022 (ongoing): 3 games/0 goals (New England Revolution II)
Description:
Esmir Bajraktarevic joined New England Revolution in 2022 from Wave SC. He is a part of an extremely interesting generation of US players born in 2005 which includes, among others Obed Vargas, Serge Ngoma, Reed Baker-Whiting, Noel Buck, Niko Tsakiris, Joshua Wynder, and Felipe Valencia. Esmir’s good performances for Revs II did not go unnoticed – in January 2022, he received his first call up to the USMNT U-20.
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Football Talent Scout potential rating:
First team material in a top European club.
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