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Moises Caicedo (18) v. Uruguay:

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Haven't seen them either (only 2nd half vs Arg) but that was no easy header. Keeper was braced for the catch but Caicedo was able to deflect Mena's whip juuuuuust enough

10/10 header difficulty

One of his idols is N'Golo and he once said he'd love to play at ManU. Seen highlights only but damn it they're impressive. Gives vibes of Mr. 6th sense Camavinga also, the way he predicts the game.

Independiente signed him for Euros 50th as per Transfermarkt and his contract runs till Dec 2024.

Adam Brandon, the World Football Index's South American Editor took notice of him in one of his Rising Talents segments back in July:

.. Discovered at thirteen in Santo Domingo, Ecuador?s fourth biggest city, by South America?s best run club, Independiente del Valle, Caicedo is an immensely promising talent with just a handful of professional appearances to his name.

Proven to be capable of playing defensive midfield or centre midfield so far in his career, there is also a potential for him to play as centre back or as a libero such is his intelligence with positioning and range of passing as well as being capable of dribbling with the ball too.

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His reading of the game means his transition to European football should be a fairly straightforward one when it inevitably happens in the next year or two. He averages around four interceptions a game for IDV so far at professional level ? impressive given he has many substitute appearances to his name and has been used in different midfield roles.

Caicedo sees himself as a traditional South American number 5, he has the instinct to pass and move into the right places on the pitch effortlessly which makes him ideally suited for this role especially.

In his 435 minutes at professional level to date, he boasts a highly impressive 96.5% passing accuracy. A significant portion of these successful passes are not simple passes. As the video below demonstrates, many of them are forward passes that bypass a press or are accurate long passes to escape difficult situations.


There have been occasions where he has been deployed slightly higher up the field in centre midfield, and at professional level in his 140 minutes in this role, his passing accuracy is even higher with him completing 63 of his 64 passes to date across four substitute appearances. In fact, in his 52 minutes of Libertadores football so far across two matches, he is yet to give the ball away.

It was also in central midfield where he produced his first professional goal, a stunning strike from range to put the Libertadores clash beyond the reach of Colombian side Junior.

He even included highlights of his interceptions, passing range a long range golazzo.

Whichever club signs him before his price goes boom will reap huge profits. Pity Jordi Cruyff stepped down from his NT head coach position back in July. Could've been our in.

You should start a thread for this dude! Early days but definitely looks dope

Edit: here's the link

https://worldfootballindex.com/2020/07/moises-caicedo-ecuadorian-superstar-in-the-making/

 

[FC433]

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great post, thank you very much! Seems like a promising player, and I would assume that he will not cost much, maybe 10m-25m? Would not be easy to follow him though!

 

[Andresito]

Interesting this Moises Caicedo dude. He's so unknown Transfermarkt doesn't even have a real market value for him other than the standard €50k.

 

[FC433]

My watchlist for this season:

Defenders: Upamecano, Konate, Garcia, and Badiashile

Midfielders: Mikel Merino, Denis Zakaria, Konrad Laimer, Guimaraes, Soumare, Tchouameni, and Camavinga

Attackers: Marcus Thuram, Odsonne Edouard, Ismaila Sarr, Patson Daka, Malen, Cunha, Gakpo, Darwin Nunez, Haaland, Boadu, Adeyemi, Madueke, Doku, and Gabriel Veron

any other suggestions?

 

[Porque]

My watchlist for this season:

Defenders: Upamecano, Konate, Garcia, and Badiashile

Midfielders: Mikel Merino, Denis Zakaria, Konrad Laimer, Guimaraes, Soumare, Tchouameni, and Camavinga

Attackers: Marcus Thuram, Odsonne Edouard, Ismaila Sarr, Patson Daka, Malen, Cunha, Gakpo, Darwin Nunez, Haaland, Boadu, Adeyemi, Madueke, Doku, and Gabriel Veron

any other suggestions?

Moises Caicedo.

 

[Messi983]

Willian, Di Maria

 

[FC433]

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some Copa Libertadores games, maybe? I will see if I can find any decent streams.

@Messi983

 

[Messi983]

Seriously though to add a few names to your list.

CB: Kounde (he'd be my prefered CB choice but very unlikely we'll get him), Disasi (Monaco), Tapsoba (Bayer L.), Salisu (Southampton), Solet (Salzburg), Quaresma (SCP)

LB: Wijndal (AZ), Nuno Tavares (Benfica), Nuno Mendes (SCP), Ait Nouri (Wolves)

midfielders: Gravenberch, Kudus and Unuvar (Ajax), Caqueret (OL), Ihattaren (PSV), Haidara and Nkunku (RBL), Pizzuto (LOSC), Szoboszlai (Salzburg), Matheus Nunes (SCP), F. Luis (Benfica)

forwards: Antony (Ajax), Adamu and Koita (Salzburg), Cherki (Lyon), David (LOSC), Ganago (Lens), Gouiri (Nice), Reyna (BVB), Cabral, J. Fernandes, Plata and Tiago Tomas (SCP), Sorloth (RBL), Buksa (Wisla Krakow), Hlozek (Sparta P.)

 

[FC433]

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several interesting players, Solet, did he play for Lyon? Nuno Tavares looks good, but I think he moved to another club. I will check some of them when I get the chance, thank you!

 

[Messi983]

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several interesting players, Solet, did he play for Lyon? Nuno Tavares looks good, but I think he moved to another club. I will check some of them when I get the chance, thank you!

That's Tomas Tavares who's out on loan at Alaves. Also an interesting player and I'll also follow him this year but he's a RB which we (hopefully) won't need to buy anytime soon. Nuno is a LB and still at Benfica where he'll have to compete for his minutes with Grimaldo who has returned from injury.

Yeah, Solet is a former Lyon player.

 

[Riordon]

Interesting lists posted above. I expect Gabriel Veron to explode within a couple of months. Kudus from Ajax also look special.

 

[Alik]

Interesting lists posted above. I expect Gabriel Veron to explode within a couple of months. Kudus from Ajax also look special.

Kudus to him.

 

[Andresito]

Kudus to him.

/unmod Alik

 

[Vilarrubi]

Seriously though to add a few names to your list.

CB: Kounde (he'd be my prefered CB choice but very unlikely we'll get him), Disasi (Monaco), Tapsoba (Bayer L.), Salisu (Southampton), Solet (Salzburg), Quaresma (SCP)

LB: Wijndal (AZ), Nuno Tavares (Benfica), Nuno Mendes (SCP), Ait Nouri (Wolves)

midfielders: Gravenberch, Kudus and Unuvar (Ajax), Caqueret (OL), Ihattaren (PSV), Haidara and Nkunku (RBL), Pizzuto (LOSC), Szoboszlai (Salzburg), Matheus Nunes (SCP), F. Luis (Benfica)

forwards: Antony (Ajax), Adamu and Koita (Salzburg), Cherki (Lyon), David (LOSC), Ganago (Lens), Gouiri (Nice), Reyna (BVB), Cabral, J. Fernandes, Plata and Tiago Tomas (SCP), Sorloth (RBL), Buksa (Wisla Krakow), Hlozek (Sparta P.)

Unreal scouting skills.

 

[FCBarca]

Love Cherki too but he's really an attacking midfielder rather than a forward