Yann Aurel Bisseck

Yann Aurel Bisseck

 

Country: Germany

Date of birth: 29/11/2000 (16 years old)

Place of birth: Germany

Height: 194cm

Youth career: 1.FC Köln

Current club: 1.FC Köln

Squad number: —

Current national team: Germany U-17

Position: central defender, defensive midfielder

Preferred foot: right

Market value (by transfermarkt.de): —

Tournaments participated in: 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup (3/1)

Contract until: 30.06.2019

Player’s agent: unknown

Transfer rumours: —

Similar type of player: Raphaël Varane

 

Strengths:

– aerial duels 

– marking

– athleticism

– tackling and intercepting

– anticipation

– concentration

– composure 

– ability to read the game

– bravery

 

Weaknesses:

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

– still has margin to improve his defensive positioning/covering depth

 

Style of play:

– large, consistent, and physically strong player who feels very comfortable in contact situations

– able to play as a defensive midfielder if needed thanks to his vision, ability to read the game and tactical awareness

– able to play in a three-man defensive line system

– fairly comfortable with the ball at his feet

– very good at recovering from mistakes thanks to his long legs and determination

– possesses significant upper-body strength

– accurate and tenacious tackler

– likes to maraud forward

– extremely dominant in the air

– indirect set-piece threat

– high tackling and interception rate

– able to control the threat of the attacker without causing an imbalance in the defensive line

– concentrated, determined and commited player with very good rate of individual and collective work

 

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 26 November 2017):

Bundesliga 2017/2018 (ongoing) 1 match/0 goals (Köln)

 

Description:

Yann Aurel Bisseck is a product of 1.FC Köln academy – youth system that has been responsible for producing many interesting players in recent years, including Timo Horn, Yannick Gerhardt, Mitchell Weiser & Salih Özcan. Thanks to his very good performances for “The Billy Goats” U19 team the coaches of the national team took notice of him and he earned a call-up to FIFA U-17 World Cup in India, where in the beginning he was a reserve player, but since the third group match he was promoted to the main team and he played till the quarter-final, in which Germany dropped out with very strong Brazil.

 

Quotes:

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Football Talent Scout potential rating:

8/10   

First team material in a top European club.

 

Links:

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