Maksim Paskotši
Country: Estonia
Date of birth: 19/03/2003 (17 years old)
Place of birth: Tallinn (Estonia)
Height: —
Youth career: Kalev Tallinn, FC Flora (since 2018)
Current club: FC Flora
Squad number: 40
Current national team: Estonia U-17
Position: central defender
Preferred foot: right
Market value (by transfermarkt.de): 50.000 €
Tournaments participated in: —
Contract until: 31.12.2021
Player’s agent: unknown
Transfer rumours: —
Similar type of player: Raphaël Varane
Strengths:
– tackling and intercepting 
– pace
– anticipation
– aerial duels
– athleticism 
– passing 
– positional sense
– composure 
Weaknesses:
– needs to learn how to play with higher tempo and pressure than in Estonian league
Style of play:
– complete, dominant and elegant central defender
– player with good body mass ratio, physical strength, power, stamina and natural fitness who feels comfortable in contact situations
– modern defender, who combines strength with good technique and passing
– does not dive into tackles
– feels comfortable and has a good composure on the ball, making part of the team’s build-up process in the first instances
– likes to spread play with good long-range diagonals
– well-fit, hard-working, and quick at anticipating the movement of the opponents
– very good recovery pace
– accurate, concentrate and tenacious tackler
– likes to spread play with good long-range diagonals
– extremely dominant in the air
– aerial threat in the opposition box
– high tackling and interception rate
– able to control the threat of the attacker without causing an imbalance in the defensive line
– natural leader
Paskotši outpaces his opponent and makes an interception.
Paskotši advances with the ball and makes an excellent line-breaking pass to his teammate.
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 16 August 2020):
Esiliiga 2018: 4 games/0 goals (Flora II)
Esiliiga 2019: 18 games/0 goals (Flora II)
Esiliiga 2020 (ongoing): 8 games/0 goals (Flora II)
Description:
Maksim Paskotši joined FC Flora youth academy from Kalev Tallinn in 2018. He is a part of a very interesting generation of Estonian players born in 2003 which includes, among others Aleksandr Sapovalov, Richard Tohver, Danil Kuraksin, Karl Gustav Kokka and Oliver Jürgens.
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Football Talent Scout potential rating:
7/10 
Country-scale star with top European club ambition.
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