Ibrahim Sangaré Scouting Report At Toulouse 2018/2019 – Player Analysis

French football has a long history of producing multi-talented midfield players; from the likes of Michel Platini and Jean Tigana through to Patrick Vieira and Zinedine Zidane, the country has consistently produced players who patrolled the middle of the park with a mix of dogged tenacity and outstanding technique.

Now we see the likes of Paul Pogba continuing this legacy, with the excellent Tanguy Ndombele waiting in the wings.

The melting pot of French society, however, also sees several young players emerge who star for the country of their birth or that of their parents.

This is the case for Ibrahim Sangare, the Toulouse midfielder who was born in the Ivory Coast before relocating to France as a young player.

The midfielder made his first-team breakthrough two years ago as an 18-year-old but it was not until the 2017/18 season that he was able to make a significant impact on the first team.

Used primarily as a defensive midfielder in the early stages of his first-team career, he quickly became one of the top tacklers in his position in the French league, and opponents found him exceptionally difficult to dribble past in central areas.

This season so far has seen Sangare not only build on his defensive output but also add a more attacking aspect to his game.

Still only 20, the young midfielder remains an exceptional defensive prospect.

Still, he has also developed the ability to resist the oppositions press while in possession of the ball, as well as the skill to dribble past opposing players.

If Toulouse are to have the opportunity to close the gap at the top of the table to PSG then the emergence of players like Sangare will be key.

Physically, Sangare is everything that you might want in a modern central midfielder; standing at 6ft3, he uses his long limbs to hold opposition players off and to manipulate the ball through and around opponents.

He also boasts the technical ability to control and manipulate the ball in tight areas of the field as his side enter the attacking phase.

In the defensive phase of play, Sangare covers space exceptionally well across the width of the field as he moves to cover for his full-backs, who move into high areas of the field in the attacking phase.

He is also adept at pressing quickly when the situation arises.

Indeed, in the defensive phase, we have seen Sangare perform a similar role to the one that the Brazilian midfielder Fabinho adopted at AS Monaco before his move to Liverpool.

In this article, we will examine Ibrahim Sangares strengths in greater detail.

Ibrahim Sangaré Passing Range

For all that, Ibrahim Sangare is an effective defensive player who performs well at the base of the midfield unit.

He also displays an excellent range of passing that can allow his side to access space on either side of the field quickly and effectively.

He is still raw, and he can make the wrong decision from time to time, but whenever Sangare receives the ball, his first thought is to play it into forward areas and take the game to the opposition.

Here, Sangare receives possession following a poor clearance by the opposition as Toulouse starts their second phase of play.

It is interesting to note that Sangare is a central player in Toulouses attacking structure, holding the deepest midfield slot as the controlling midfielder.

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