Nicolás González Scout Report At VfB Stuttgart 2019/2020

VfB Stuttgart finished their campaign in the 2. Bundesliga in good fashion securing the 2nd place and earning promotion to the Bundesliga where they will play next season.

Like any promoted team, Stuttgart are surely looking to add value to their squad with new players in order to face the new and bigger challenge of competing in Germany’s top division.

Although new signings are very important for any promoted club, keeping their best performers in the squad is also crucial in order to really create a competitive squad. 

Nicolás González was one of VfB Stuttgart’s top players in the 2019/202 season.

The 22-year-old Argentine forward was the team’s top scorer with 14 goals while contributing three assists.

Still, at a relatively young age, González faces his first challenge in a top 5 European League and has everything to be successful and fall under the radar of bigger clubs in the future.

In this scout report, we will take a look at Nicolas Gonzalez’s style of play and performances for VfB Stuttgart in the 2. Bundesliga, a tactical analysis of in-game actions, will allow us to identify his most common actions in the different phases of the game as well as some strengths and weaknesses.

We will also take a look at the Argentine’s statistical profile in order to evaluate his output in key metrics as well as make a comparison with players from the 2.

Bundesliga and the Bundesliga play in the same position.

This comparison will also allow us to estimate what González’s output will be in the Bundesliga next season.

Nicolás González Style Of Play

Nicolás González is a 22-year-old winger who can also play as a centre-forward/second striker.

In the 2019/2020 season, he mostly played as a centre-forward/second striker and left-winger for VfB Stuttgart.

In the image below we can see González’s heat map for this season, it highlights the areas of the pitch where he has the most actions and, therefore, where he operates the most.

Nicolás González is a very versatile offensive player that can fulfil multiple roles, he has the speed and trickery in 1vs1 of a winger, the vision to find space of an attacking midfielder and the ability to get into good finishing positions, as well as to convert them, of a striker.

This combination of characteristics not only allows González to play in different positions but also to become a very unpredictable and creative player who can move around the pitch and feel comfortable operating in various areas.