Akinkunmi Amoo made his Allsvenskan debut last season and managed to play 64 minutes in six matches. However, it was clear that he has high potential and it was a matter of time till he gets more minutes. Amoo was first noticed while playing for Nigeria U17 national team in the U17 World Cup 2019. Since then he was often scouted by top clubs, some of the clubs mentioned in the media are Premier League clubs: Manchester City and Leicester City.
This scout report will contain a tactical analysis of Amoos attributes and his playing style. Through the analysis, we will try to mention his strengths and weaknesses.
Player overview
Akinkunmi Amoo is 18-year-old and Transfermarkt values him at €100k. Amoo is listed at 163 cm and he is predominantly left-footed. In Hammarbys tactics, he is used as a right-winger in 4-3-3 formation. When talking about wingers of African origin we know that they have pace, however, Amoo is much more than just pace because he likes to cut inside and his technical ability is very good, but he still has room to improve in that area.
In the image above we can see how Amoo looks compared to the other wingers in Allsvenskan who played at least 500 minutes in the last calendar year. We can see on his heatmap that he is ordinating on the right side of the pitch most of the time, with a tendency to take actions in the right half-space as well. What this visual shows us based on data is that he is very dangerous for the opponents’ goal. He is averaging 0.24 xG per 90 and overperforming it with 0.38 non-penalty goals per 90. Amoo has 3.76 touches in the box per 90 and attempts 2.44 shots per 90. We see that he knows how to get into the opposition area and he is not hesitating to shoot when he has a chance. It is very interesting to see him as a top winger when it comes to deep completions per 90, however with lower xG and shot assists per 90 it indicates that his passing quality could be something that can be worked on. He likes to dribble and the image above supports that, he is still raw which is a reason for his low percentage in successful dribbles, but over the course of the season we will see him improve in that area. Given the fact that he is left-footed and plays on right-wing, he doesn’t cross often and he is more oriented into cutting inside.
Since there won’t be a section for Amoo defensive qualities we will make a small assessment here. He shows a willingness to track back and shows a very good approach when losing the ball. Amoo is good at counter-pressing and also has a good sense of when to help a teammate in pressing in order to regain possession high up the pitch.
