Fresh off the heels of Francisco Trincão’s 31 million euro transfer from Braga to Barcelona, the press quickly flashed the “New Ronaldo” headlines.
They couldn’t be more wrong.
Wrong in the sense that the player-type isn’t the right fit.
As you’ll recall, Cristiano Ronaldo started as a proper winger, transitioned to an inverted goal-scoring winger and is in the midst of his final transformation as something closer to a striker.
Trincão engages the game a bit differently.
Rather than a go-it-alone match-winner with freakish athleticism, his style is highly connected with his teammates and builds on them through combination play.
He’s a very fluid player, highly skilled in locating and exploiting space.
Watching him float around the pitch is very different from Ronaldo’s style, but it is still highly enjoyable.
In this scout report, we’ll approach it a bit differently than my previous player analysis articles, evaluating Trincão in terms of his technical, tactical, physical, and psychological capabilities.
But, before proceeding to those sections, a tactical analysis of is usage at SC Braga is fitting.
Francisco Trincão Position
Francisco Trincão plays position of Forward.
Trincãos heat map shows that he is most commonly found in the right-half space or wing.
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