Kingsley Coman Scout Report At Bayern Munich 2020/2021 – FC Bayern’s Revitalised Star

I’m sure we have all spent some portion of time watching skill compilations on YouTube.

The trickery and flair players of the game who rise fans off their seats are what we pay the money for.

No better is a goal where a player has taken it past five men, travelled sixty yards and finessed it into the top corner.

Bayern Munich, fortunately for them, have a player whose trademark has become just that.

His signature move of jinking his frame one way, before bursting past another, is so elegantly simple and a by-product of Bayern legend Arjen Robben.

That player is Kingsley Coman, and in this analysis, we will break down how he has evolved his game to become more than just this.

The Frenchman has been through it all.

He’s won a league title in every season of his professional career at Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus, and here in Bavaria.

Within that, he has contemplated retirement on more than one occasion due to his recurring injury issues.

Thankfully, at the age of 24, Coman has maintained a desire to remain within the game and take his skills to new levels.

In this tactical analysis, we will compile a scout report on Coman’s role in Hansi Flick’s tactics, his strengths and weaknesses as a player, and the vital contribution he has made to his team this season.

Kingsley Coman Player profile

Coman began his career based in his hometown of Moissy-Cramayel with US Sénart-Moissy.

Operating in Championnat National 3, it would not take long, two years in-fact, for Coman to be spotted, and picked up by the PSG youth academy.

He would sustain a decade-long association with the Parisians, make just a handful of senior appearances for the club, before being approached by Juventus, whom he would join in 2014.

He would stay 12 months in Turin before signing off a two-year loan deal with Bayern Munich, of whom he would join in 2018.

In his career up till this date, Coman has played across the forward line, but his preferred position (and his best) comes out on the left side, where he can dazzle past opponents and cut in on his stronger right boot.

This season, he has been primarily used there, in Flick’s 4-2-3-1 formation.

Now, he positions himself much higher up the pitch than we have previously seen.

Standing at 5’11” / 180cm, Coman is taller than you might initially believe, but his lean body frame facilitates the wide man’s utterly electrifying pace.

You would be hard-pressed to find many – if any – defenders who could beat him in a straight foot race.

This season, Coman has evolved in a way that many did not foresee, after several years of promise, but ultimately not quite delivering on his extraordinary talent.

In short, he has become far more creative and is dribbling a little less now.

Kingsley Coman Dribbling Abilities

Coman, this season, has become decidedly less involved in the build-up phase of possession.

While he can employ an entirely practical method for ball progression via his progressive carries, the Frenchman seldom drops deeper to collect the ball these days.