Valentin Zabransky

Jacek Kulig

Valentin Zabransky

Country: Austria

Date of birth: 02/02/2007 (17 years old)

Place of birth: Wien (Austria)

Height: 193cm

Youth career: SV Essling, Stadlau, RB Salzburg (since 2021)

Current club: RB Salzburg

Squad number: —

Current national team: Austria U-17

Position: central defender

Preferred foot: right

Market value (by transfermarkt.de): —

Tournaments participated in: —

Contract until: unknown

Player’s agent: unknown

Transfer rumours: —

Similar type of player: Virgil van Dijk

Strengths:

– tackling 

– anticipation 

– physicality 

– aerial duels 

– positioning 

– passing 

– composure 

– concentration 

To improve:

– fairly good coordination, pace, and agility for a player of his size, but he still may struggle a bit in front of skillful players with fast direction shifts/great acceleration skills at short distances

Style of play:

– complete and dominant centre-back

– large player with an excellent body mass ratio and physical strength

– likes an active style of defending by playing close to opponents and getting into challenges

– comfortable on the ball with an above-average range of passing at all distances/takes a major impact on all of the team’s build-up process

– good confidence in possession, understanding of the game, and an above-average technical capacity

– tenacious and accurate tackler, both standing and sliding

– often cuts or intercepts passes and crosses near or inside his penalty area thanks to his anticipation, positioning, and reaction time

– very strong player who knows how to use his body to gain advantage/wins most of the physical duels

– extremely dominant in the air

– determined and committed player with a very good rate of individual and collective work

Zabransky stops a dangerous attack with a well-timed and clean sliding tackle in the penalty area.
Zabransky reads the game well and intercepts a dangerous pass.
Zabransky stays calm under pressure and plays a very good line-breaking pass.

Heatmap by Wyscout:

He is best suited to playing as:

Central defender in 4-3-3.

Video:

Achievements:

Austrian U-16 Championship 2023/2024 winner with Salzburg.

Austrian U-18 Championship 2023/2024 winner with Salzburg.

League summary (as for 18 March 2024):

No senior team appearances yet.

Description:

Valentin Zabransky joined the superb RB Salzburg youth academy from FC Stadlau in 2021. He is considered to be one of the most talented U17s in Austria. Valentin is also a regular youth international for Austria – he started at the U-15 level and currently he’s an important member of the U-17 setup.

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Football Talent Scout potential rating:

8/10  

First team material in a top European league.

Links:

Transfermarkt

Soccerway

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