R.D. Football Scout
R.D. Football Scout

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16 Tweets 5 reads Jun 30, 2023
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜: ๐—ข๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—š๐—น๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ธ๐—ต
๐˜ˆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด, ๐˜™๐˜›๐˜ด, ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ.
General Details:
โ€ข Date of birth: April 1, 2004 (18)
โ€ข Citizenship:๏ฟผ Israel
โ€ข Height: 170cm
โ€ข Weight: 63kg
โ€ข Position: CAM/CM
โ€ข Preferred Foot: Both
โ€ข Contract expires: June 30, 2025
Last summer, Slovakia hosted the U19 Euro, where Israel qualified for the final, and basically, that was its first-ever European final in football.
In 5 matches, he scored 3 goals and provided 2 assists, as he was selected for the Team Of The Tournament.
Myself, I was there too, and in the post-match interview, I asked Harvey Vale (The Captain of England) about Oscar Gloukh.
โ€œVery talented player, technically gifted, very good in transitions, he picks the right pass, with his pace. Heโ€™s a talented player who caused us problems.โ€
So far this season, in the Israeli Premier League, the 18-year-old has been in the top 10 at direct involvement โ€” 4G/6A in 15 games.
And, all of the relevant Israel NTs need him: U20 in the WC, U21 in the Euro, and the senior NT.
Hereโ€™s his first-ever goal for the NT of Israel.
Tactical Focus:
Under Vladimir Iviฤ‡, Maccabi has been using mainly 3-5-2 formation:
- 3 CBs
- 2 overlapping FBs
- 2 deep midfielders
- advanced playmaker/mezzala
- 2 strikers
Gloukh is the free man, who links up between the midfielders and the forwards, by passes and carriers.
Despite being only 9th in terms of playing time (1019' minutes, 68' per game), heโ€™s arguably their most important attacking player.
- Goals: 4 (3rd, after CFs).
- Assists: 6 (1st)
- Key Passes: 15 (1st).
- Dribbles: 79 (1st).
- Tackles: 42 (5th).
Imagine what if he played more.
In such as a beautiful timing, StatsBomb has posted a radar chart regarding Oscar Gloukh.
Here, youโ€™re able to see a comparison between him and the league average midfielder.
Well, he excels the numbers of progression, creation, and dribbling in a very clear way, no doubts.
#1: Off-The-Ball
To begin with, Oscar shows an excellent skillset in transitions, which makes him also very dynamic.
As shown here, his teammate carries the ball forward, and he immediately scans the space in-front of him, and changes his direction accordingly to the centre.
#2: Driving Forward
Personally, I like players who do their absolute best to be there for a teammate, and Gloukh has it too.
With his ball-striking to be detailed separately later, pay attention to his clever, immediate understanding of the situation, and the run in the end.
#3: Flow Between Zones
As mentioned in aspect #1, Gloukh is mobile and clever in off-the-ball situations, and now, I would like to discuss also his flow.
Once he receives the ball in the left flank, he immediately starts to run inside in order to bring flow into the game.
#4: Usage Of Both Feet
Before getting into his qualities in other situations of play, itโ€™s important to note that Oscar is his capable of controlling the ball, passing, and shooting with both feet.
Last year, I told the story behind this skill in an article about Gloukh.
#5: One-Two Combinations
Generally, Gloukh is positioned around the left half-space, looking for one-two combinations with a CF (=Zahavi) to be a wide outlet.
Speaking on his both-footed trait, here he starts moving with the right foot, before creating from wide with his left.
#6: Positional Sense & Turns
In this video, Gloukh notices the space left behind the opponent's RCB, and positions himself within a pocket brilliantly.
As soon as heโ€™s about to receive the ball, he uses his trademark turn, before delivering a cut-back using his left foot.
๐ŸŽฅ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ
Here, he starts his play from the left half-space, looks to create a combination with an interior, shows flow in movement.
Yet, when the plan changes, he scans and finds a pocket, beautiful touch with the right, then assists with left.
#7: Technique Under Tight Spaces
Oscar Gloukh's arguably most significant strength is his excellent dribbling. Dominator in the final-third.
Changes of body orientations, usage of both feet, throwing opponents, and agility.
Makes it look like he plays in South America. Beauty.

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