Daniela Galic 2023/24: Why the 17 y/o Australian is such an intriguing prospect for the future – scout report

Daniela Galic is a seventeen-year-old Australian winger of Croatian descent. Having only signed her first professional contract in October 2022 and only played one full season of senior football she has been one of the standout performers for Melbourne City throughout the 2023/24 campaign, as they look to win their first title since 2020.

Having produced WSL stars like Mary Fowler, Sam Kerr, and Caitlin Foord, the Womens A-League is always a hotbed of young players. Having already been capped by Australias U20 side competing at the 2022 U20 World Cup, she looks to be the next one to push on with a promising future ahead of her.

In this tactical analysis, we outline some key tactics and statistics that make Galic such an interesting prospect for creating a more thorough scout report on the youngster.

Data Overview

One of the reasons we think Galic is such an interesting prospect is how she appeared in several key statistical data areas. What impressed us most about her was the fact that she is already performing amongst the leaders in the division despite still being so young and this being only her second season as a professional.

The first area that she was identified in was her xA per 90, where she was placed joint fifth with teammate Rhianna Pollicina on 0.23 expected assists per 90. To carry out this investigation, we only included players who had played at least half of their clubs minutes this season (495 minutes.)

A second area that Galic cropped up as a player of note was in key passes per 90. Again, we eliminated players who had not played at least half of their clubs minutes this season. This left us with the following players leading the way. Galic leads the division in this category most impressively with 1.35 key passes per 90, 0.17 higher than the next best, Sharna Freier from Brisbane.