CORNERFLICK
club
Club
La Liga
Super Cup
FIFA Intercontinental Cup
UEFA Super Cup
UEFA Champions League
Liga AUF
Copa del Rey
Copa del Rey Juvenil
División de Honor Juvenil
Nation
RM
Club
FC
League
// the read
The shape of him
Midfield is where the game is won or lost — set the tempo, win it back, pick the pass. The profile below is the positional read; the rest is written in the matches.
// the equation
vision × engine × control of the tempo
the half-spacesbetween the linesthe middle third
// the x-factor
The job
The engine of the side.
Dictate the rhythm, screen the back four, and turn defence into attack in one touch. World Cups are decided in the middle third.
28Years old
MidfielderRole
// the cabinet
Honours
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// the closing word
Federico Valverde.Uruguay · Midfielder.The full dossier — season numbers, takes and tape — lands closer to kickoff.
URUMidfielderReal Madrid