Kasra Taheri

Kasra Taheri

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Taheri outpaces the defence and scores with a good finish.Taheri stays composed in tight space, gets past three opponents, and scores.While playing with back to goal, Taheri provides an assist with a superb first touch pass.

Full name in native alphabet: کسری طاهری

Country: Iran

Date of birth: 06/08/2006 (17 years old)

Place of birth: Yasuj,‌ Kohgilouye va boyerahmad (Iran)

Height: 186cm

Youth career: Sepahan FC

Current club: Sepahan FC

Squad number: —

Current national team: Iran U-17

Position: centre-forward

Preferred foot: right

Market value (by transfermarkt.de): 50.000 €

Tournaments participated in: 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup (5/2), 2023 U-17 FIFA World Cup (4/2)

Contract until: unknown

Player’s agent: unknown

Transfer rumours: —

Similar type of player: Darwin Núñez

Strengths:

–pace

– link-up play

–finishing

– movement

– physicality

– bravery

– acceleration

– link-up play

– technique

– work rate

To improve:

– still has a margin to use his height better and improve his heading ability

Style of play:

– modern target man/complete forward

– tall and strong player with an excellent body mass ratio/can develop very well physically in the coming years

– very good pace at all distances

– superb agility and coordination for a player of his size

– powerful runner, who’s able to exploit spaces and make good dangerous on and off the ball runs from deep or wing

– great sense of positioning and instinct while receiving through balls

– good finisher capable on both feet with very high determination and aggressiveness in the penalty area

– skillful to both link up play or lose his markers while playing with back to goal

– often moves deeper into midfield and draws defenders with him, in order to create and exploit spaces for his teammates

– above-average technique, footwork, and close control in tight spaces

– feels comfortable in contact situations and knows how to use his body to gain advantage

– good activity, work rate, and tenacity in pressing/out of possession

Taheri outpaces the defence and scores with a good finish.

Taheri stays composed in tight space, gets past three opponents, and scores.

While playing with back to goal, Taheri provides an assist with a superb first touch pass.

Heatmap by Wyscout:

He is best suited to playing as:

Centre-forward in 4-3-3.

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Achievements:

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League summary (as for 5 January 2024):

No senior team appearances yet.

Description:

Kasra Taheri is considered to be one of the most interesting strikers of his age category in Asia. In 2023, he represented his country and scored 12 goals in 16 games at the AFC U-17 Asian Cup and FIFA U-17 World Cup, where Iran made a very good impression and showed an interesting generation of players such as Nima Andarz, Amirmohammad Razzaghinia, Arsha Shakouri, Yaghoub Barage, Esmaeil Gholizadeh, Erfan Darvishaali, and Abolfazl Zamani.

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Football Talent Scout potential rating:

8/10