Like many South Americans, Evanilson moved to Portugal to prove himself in European football, with Portuguese giants Porto FC.
Portugal has provided the opportunity to many South Americans to prove themselves before moving usually into one of the top 5 leagues.
Recently we have seen Luis Diaz, Eder Militao, Ederson, and James Rodriguez use Portugal as their opportunity to showcase themselves to the rest of Europe and Evanilson may be the next name on that list.
The 22-year-old Brazilian started his career at Fluminense where he did draw the attention of Liverpool however the move never materialised, and he ended up joining Porto in 2020.
His Porto career never got going until this season, where he has managed to consistently score goals and emerge to be one of the best strikers in the Primeira Liga.
This Porto FC tactical analysis and Evanilson scout report will take a look at Evanilson’s game and the attributes he possesses that have allowed him to have a strong season so far but also identify any areas in which he could potentially improve to continue his progression.
Evanilson Style Of Play
Porto adopts a tactic of 4-4-2 the majority of the time and Evanilson plays as part of the strike partnership with Iranian striker Taremi or as a lone striker if they play one striker.
As you can see from the heatmap Evanilson spends the majority of his time centrally in the box but does sometimes drop deeper on the right-hand side to help in the build-up play.
This is something that Evanilson may need to improve in his game but will discuss later in the scout report.
In addition to a heatmap, we can look at a shot map for Evanilson which shows the location of the shots he takes, which is shown below.
As you can see Evanilson takes the majority in the box and particularly within the width of the goalposts, something the best strikers do.
