Hampus Finndell: The versatile and nimble-footed Djurgarden midfielder – scout report

After having a shaky start to their season, Djurgaden are on track now as they look to defend their crown. They are currently on top of the table although having a game in hand against their nearest rivals Hacken who are giving them a surprisingly tough challenge so far. Their form has improved and some players are pretty much key to that. 

One such player is Hampus Finndell, a 22-year-old midfielder, who has been very good for them and has continued his development after popping into their first team last season and occasionally putting in very good performances. This season, he has been a mainstay and has been deployed in multiple positions while benign consistently good for them, especially with his abilities in possession contributing a lot more to the team.

This scout report in the form of a tactical analysis discusses the strengths and weaknesses of Finndell both in the attack as well as in defence and states how contributes to the tactics and playing style of Djurgarden. Let’s begin the analysis. 

Player Profile

Finndell is a right-footer who generally plays as a right central midfielder for his team and has recently been deployed more into the central defensive midfield position. So he has been deployed in two different roles by his team and mostly played as a central midfielder even in their title-winning run last season. This can be seen from the image below where his heat map is mostly oriented in the right half-space where usually right central midfielders occupy and operate from. 

But over the last few game weeks, he has been deployed as a central defensive midfielder and has been impressing there for his team. 

In Possession

With the ball

On the ball, Finndell has a very good first touch with both of his feet while receiving the ball and also shows for the ball in very good angles as well which opens up a lot of passing lanes for him to move the ball forward and higher up the pitch. He averages 41.16 passes per 90 in the league with an accuracy of 85.21%.