CORNERFLICK
club
Club
Super Copa International
Nation
TC
Club
CL
League
27
Age
MF
Position
0
Caps
0
Int'l goals
Talleres Cordoba
Club
CONMEBOL Libertadores
League
COL
National team
// 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.
27Years old
MidfielderRole
// the cabinet
Honours
×2
// the closing word
Juan Portilla.Colombia · Midfielder.The full dossier — season numbers, takes and tape — lands closer to kickoff.
COLMidfielderTalleres Cordoba