Shuhei Kawasaki by Patrick Lyschik
Country: Japan
Date of birth: 28/04/2001 (19 years old)
Place of birth: Osaka (Japan)
Height: 168cm
Youth career: Gamba Osaka
Current club: Gamba Osaka
Squad number: 34
Current national team: —
Position: attacking midfielder, winger, centre-forward
Preferred foot: right
Market value (by transfermarkt.de): —
Tournaments participated in: —
Contract until: 31.03.2023
Similar type of player: Marko Marin
Strengths:
– technique 
– ball control
– dribbling
– passing 
– creativity
– vision
– flair
– pace
Weaknesses:
– aerial duels
– physicality
Style of play:
– versatile attacking player
– not a typical executor, more an assist-maker
– shows exceptional ball control in tight spaces and finds very good (offensive) solutions
– very quick feet
– extremely tight ball control which he uses for quick changes of direction and thus allows his team more dynamics in the last attacking quarter
– loves short dribblings
– his good peripheral vision allows him to play key passes with pinpoint accuracy
– detects free spaces very well and plays them even from difficult situations
– low body center of gravity
– likes to play short and shallow passes
– detects very well the time when he dribbles and when he has to pass
– great natural flair
– his very good technique allows him to decide in every situation of the game with a basic calm
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League summary (as for 19 May 2020):
No senior team appearances yet.
Description:
Shuhei Kawasaki comes from the highly acclaimed youth academy of Gamba Osaka. A technically skilled player, Kawasaki’s next promise is to make the breakthrough into Gamba’s first team. Recently Kawasaki has signed a provisional professional contract. He is a player who is completely unknown in Europe, but who has the potential to play in one of the first leagues in Europe.