Morten Thorsby by Alex Orillac

Morten Thorsby

Country: Norway

Date of birth: May 5th, 1996 (21 years old)

Place of birth: Oslo, Norway

Height: 187 cm

Youth Career: Stabaek IF

Current club: SC Heerenveen (since 2014)

Squad number: #8

Current National Team: Norway U21

Position: Central midfielder

Preferred foot: Right

Market value (by Transfermarkt): $1.8 million

Tournaments played in: –

Contract Until: 2019

Player’s Agent: Keypass AS

Transfer Rumours: –

Similar type of player: N’Golo Kante

Strengths:

– Decision making

– Stamina

– Fighter

– Solid passing

– Decent heading

Weakness:

– Needs to work on his finishing

– Heading below average for his size

Style of play:

– center midfielder maestro
– capable of creating plays out of nowhere
– his tight passes can get him out of difficult situations
– tends to go to the box in crosses
– light tackler, rarely goes down to fight for a ball
– great positioning inside the box

He is best suited to playing as:

Central Midfielder in 4-3-3 (1 CDM and 2 CM).

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