Youssoufa Moukoko 2019/20 – scout report

At just 15 years old, Youssoufa Moukoko is already seen as the most promising talent at Borussia Dortmund. Moukoko currently plays in the U-19 Bundesliga and scored a stunning 34 goals in 2019/20 thus far.

In this scout report, we are going to take a closer look at why the young attacker is seen as one of the most promising talents in world football, apart from all age debates. In the form of a tactical analysis, we depict Moukoko’s style of play, his finishing abilities, off-ball movement and his actions during pressing. Furthermore, our scout report also unveils where Moukoko still possesses room for improvement.

Player profile & stats

Moukoko is lined up as the centre-forward in Borussia Dortmund U-19’s 4-2-3-1 or 4-1-4-1 system in which they usually play. As a consequence, he is obviously the main man when it comes to chance creation and goalscoring which can also be seen if we take a closer look at his player radar.

The stats in the top right corner of the above displayed player radar underline his goal-scoring abilities. He scores 1.77 goals per 90 minutes on average (G/90), and has 5.76 shots per 90 minutes on average (S/90) of which 61.54 % are shots on target (SOT%). That makes a goal conversion rate of 30.77 % (GC%) underlining his threat in front of the opposition goal and he has got 6.31 touches within the box per 90 minutes on average (TB/90). In addition to that, Moukoko also dribbles quite often which is proven by his 7.36 dribbles per 90 minutes (D/90) with a success rate of 47.37 % (DR%).

With his pace, he often threatens the space behind the back line with deep runs. But he is also capable of utilising space between the lines once created. These abilities enable him to be such a threatening attacker as we will further depict in the following paragraphs.

Clever off-ball movement & blind side runs

Where Moukoko moves most frequently can be seen in his heat map displayed below. In general, Moukoko mainly moves within the three central channels (central channel and the half-spaces) with an emphasis on the most central channel. That allows him to stay within the most threatening areas in terms of finishing which will also be referred to in the “goal-scoring” paragraph.