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Italy has a history of producing world-class strikers such as Alessandro Del Piero, Francesco Totti, Alberto Gilardino, Filippo Inzaghi - to name a few. One such striker is young Gianluca Scamacca.
He is a hidden gem who started his footballing journey in the youth setup of Roma. He made 2 of his stints in Dutch clubs PSV Eindhoven and Jong Ajax. In 2017 he joined Serie A side Sassuolo and was immediately sent on loan to Serie B side Cremonese. He had 3 more loan spells in PEC Zwolle, Ascoli, and Genoa before returning to his parent club Sassuolo.
He primarily plays as a center-forward. He is usually leading the lineup as a lone striker.
Looking at his season stats we can see his actions.
Goal Scoring Ability
In his previous 2 loans at Ascoli and Genoa, he scored 9 and 8 goals respectively. He was slowly announcing himself to the world. In the recently concluded season, he scored 16 goals, showing his attacking prowess. He possesses a thunderous right foot, as he has the ability to score a scorcher from a distance. He uses his strength to wriggle past his opponents at ease. Standing at 6ft 5 inches, he is dangerous in the air as he towers above others to score goals
We can see that Scamacca falls in the first quadrant for per 90 values here. Scamacca has scored 0.87 times per 90 and he has shots on target with 1.62 per 90.
We can see that he scored 3 out of his 16 goals from outside the box, out of which few were headed goals. He has scored every 135 minutes. He has converted 20% of his chances. Though he missed 5 big chances to take his goal tally even high higher, nevertheless he finished in the top 6 of Serie A top scorers.
Scamacca ranks in the top quadrant along with players who attack, defend and progress with the ball.