Matías Soulé – More Than Just a Winger by Denis Cmier
Name: Matías Soulé Malvano
Nationality: Argentina
Date of birth: 15.04.2003
Age: 20
Club: Frosinone (on loan from Juventus)
Position: RW/AM
Height: 182 CM
Preferred foot: Left
Market value: 25M
Intro:
Matiás Soulé was born in the coastal city of Mar del Plata in Argentina. He signed from Veléz to Juventus as a free agent in January 2020. Soulé is a former Argentina U20 player and he represented Argentina at the U20 World Cup in 2023. He holds dual citizenship and is eligible to represent Italy.
Like for many Argentinian players, his idol is Leo Messi.
Currently, he plays for Frosinone, where he plays the key role in the club this season. He is expected to return to Juventus at the end of the season.
Playstyle:
Matías Soulé is a left-footed player gifted with exceptional technical abilities such as dribbling, passing, and ball control. As an extremely talented player, he knows how to utilize his strengths to the maximum and loves being a creator on the pitch.
Despite playing primarily as a right-wing, he is extremely versatile and can play several positions, such as right winger, left winger, attacking midfielder and he is showing this during games, where he changes his positions when needed.
Soulé plays a great through-ball to his teammate:
Matías often likes to drop deeper down the pitch to receive the ball, where he is showing what is he capable of. He has excellent playmaking skills, which makes him a real threat to his opponents. One of his biggest strengths is his great vision, he can deliver deadly key passes in every game. His ability to play through-balls is unreal, one of the best in the world in this aspect. He sees his teammates making runs and always pass the ball to a better position. Very good at the build-up phase. He is an unselfish player who loves to create for his teammates.
Soulé with a very smart pass:
He can be an extremely dangerous and efficient player, especially in the final third of the pitch, where he can split the opposition’s defense. He is very valuable at set-pieces, he knows how to deliver dangerous crosses and his overall passing skills are great.
Technique:
Soulé is one of those players who is a real joy to watch with his flair, he can glide through multiple opponents with ease. He possesses good acceleration and sprint speed.
Blessed with great ball control, it’s making him a player who is not afraid to receive the ball in difficult situations.
Very confident in tight spaces he can surf his way out of trouble. Thanks to his body positioning and ball control, he can protect the ball very efficiently.
Matías is a great dribbler who can quickly change the directions and the speed of his dribbles, making him a very strong player in 1v1 situations. With his skills and close ball control, he can gets past opponents effortlessly. With his ability to quickly change directions while dribbling, he can open the space to create chances for his teammates.
Soulé opens the space with a quick dribble and passes the ball to a dangerous area:
Soulé dribbles his way to a better position against multiple defenders and passes the ball to a good goalscoring position:
He usually doesn’t panic thanks to his composure and he knows how to handle difficult situations, his composure is on a very good level, especially during finishing. When he gets to a scoring chance, usually he doesn’t miss.
Soulé is a player with a great football IQ and is also very intelligent when he doesn’t have a ball. Thanks to his off-the-ball movement and positioning, he can also be a finisher not only a playmaker. His decision-making throughout the game is great, knows the right solution in every situation, and knows when to change the tempo, when to pass, and when to shoot. Apart from his technical abilities, he has an incredible work rate, and always tirelessly helps with pressing and defending.
Strengths:
– technique (very strong)
– dribbling (very strong)
– ball control (very strong)
– creativity (very strong)
– football IQ (very strong)
– decision making (very strong)
– key passing (very strong)
– passing (very strong)
– versatility (very strong)
– composure (very strong)
– work-rate (very strong)
– finishing (strong)
Improvements:
– concentration
If I have to say something, it is concentration, he tends to play lazy passes in some situations, which can lead to dangerous counterattacks.
Conclusion:
Matías Soulé is a player with a technique of the charts and a constant threat to an opposition. Despite being only 20 years old he is very mature on the pitch. Player with a great playmaking skills, with an ability to deliver game-breaking key passes, he can be a real game-changer during the match.
Constantly showing his qualities such as football IQ, dribbling, overall passing, playmaking, work-rate, and many more, Soulé is much more than a playmaker, he knows how to finish a chance, take a set-piece, knows how to help the team in defending, and has the ability to play in different positions. He has all the needed qualities to become one of the best players in the world. One of the most exciting players to watch, definitely to keep an eye on him. Juventus has a player with incredible potential in Matías Soulé.
Player comparison:
Ángel di María
Potential: 9.5/10
Has the potential to be one of the best wingers in world football.