Gonçalo Ramos has been one of the biggest sensations of this year's season in European football, leading Benfica to an incredible run in Champions League and the lift of the trophy in domestic competition in Portugal, winning Primeira Liga. His impact has also been great in international football, competing in his first world cup for Portugal's national team, starting even before Cristiano Ronaldo.
The 21 years old footballer, born in Olhão (Portugal) is a Benfica academy product, who has been in the club since 2013 and has gone through burning stages until arriving to the first team and settling down as a key element and future promise in European football. Despite having his first professional full season last year, this season has been his breakthrough, contributing in a total amount of 21 goals (19 goals & 2 assists) in Portugal and 10 goals (7 goals & 3 assists) in the Champions League season.
Gonçalos starts as center forward, being able to perform alone or alongside other forwards, and can also adopt the role of attacking midfielder when needed, despite feeling more comfortable near the penalty area. He is the classical Benfica striker profile, with huge size, power, tactical intelligence and mobility and a huge work rate in both defensive and offensive phases.
As a striker, he has stood out this season for his huge effectiveness towards the opposite goal. He possesses huge definition, either with dominant or weak foot, and has cold blood to finish the plays. He dominates powerful shots, but also has the clarity to clinically locate his shots in impossible angles for the goalkeeper. Taking into account his huge size, he is dominant in aerial duels too, being his headers another huge weapon in his game, becoming lethal in the penalty area. He is the classical goalscorer target of every teammate´s actions, which is shown in stats as he is one of the players with higher touches inside the opposite penalty area (6,31) and with more shots per 90 (3,87). His outrageous tactical intelligence and mobility are a great fact that explain those stats. His explosiveness allow him to gain dangerous spots in the penalty area and fastly lose markers where rivals are defending in a low block, whereas he has ability to fix defenders and lengthen the rival team creating inner spaces by attacking spaces to the back of the defense when rivals press in a higher block.
Far from the finishing and his game near the penalty area, he is a complete striker that provides great alternatives and solutions for Benfica. His huge physicality once again allows him to play with the back to the goal as he retains and protects the ball great, absorbing impacts imposing himself in contact situations, leading to fast and direct transitions. When rivals are pressing high, his presence in the field also allows his team to look for his aerial game, in order to construct by winning the second play. He usually exits from his positions in order to come to support the midfield or come to receive wide. When receiving wide in open spaces, he does not hesitate to try to beat his man. Having played in last season for Benfica as winger, he has shown great ability in one on one situations, being unbalancing by powerful ball conduction and fast change of pass, having ability to lead transitions besides playing positional game. When coming to support the midfield, he has a good ability to combine and associate with teammates, shifting the game by protecting the ball and oxygenating the play or playing in one or two touches in order to shift around and fastly attack spaces.
His attitude and commitment toward his mates and team is undoubtable, as he leaves everything on the pitch. He is an active nuisance for defenders as his presence in every death ball seems to be dangerous. Not only in duels, he presses with determination and aggression which fits perfectly in Benfica´s style, triggering his team´s pressing, cleverly avoiding progressive passing lanes by angled runs and orientating the play into his team's interests (commonly wide).
Gonçalo Ramos has been overperforming this whole season, having a great impact on his team output independent of the stage. Being on a great form, but having great potential to unlock yet, Gonçalo Ramos seems to be one of the names to take into account in the near future of elite football.
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The 21 years old footballer, born in Olhão (Portugal) is a Benfica academy product, who has been in the club since 2013 and has gone through burning stages until arriving to the first team and settling down as a key element and future promise in European football. Despite having his first professional full season last year, this season has been his breakthrough, contributing in a total amount of 21 goals (19 goals & 2 assists) in Portugal and 10 goals (7 goals & 3 assists) in the Champions League season.
Gonçalos starts as center forward, being able to perform alone or alongside other forwards, and can also adopt the role of attacking midfielder when needed, despite feeling more comfortable near the penalty area. He is the classical Benfica striker profile, with huge size, power, tactical intelligence and mobility and a huge work rate in both defensive and offensive phases.
As a striker, he has stood out this season for his huge effectiveness towards the opposite goal. He possesses huge definition, either with dominant or weak foot, and has cold blood to finish the plays. He dominates powerful shots, but also has the clarity to clinically locate his shots in impossible angles for the goalkeeper. Taking into account his huge size, he is dominant in aerial duels too, being his headers another huge weapon in his game, becoming lethal in the penalty area. He is the classical goalscorer target of every teammate´s actions, which is shown in stats as he is one of the players with higher touches inside the opposite penalty area (6,31) and with more shots per 90 (3,87). His outrageous tactical intelligence and mobility are a great fact that explain those stats. His explosiveness allow him to gain dangerous spots in the penalty area and fastly lose markers where rivals are defending in a low block, whereas he has ability to fix defenders and lengthen the rival team creating inner spaces by attacking spaces to the back of the defense when rivals press in a higher block.
Far from the finishing and his game near the penalty area, he is a complete striker that provides great alternatives and solutions for Benfica. His huge physicality once again allows him to play with the back to the goal as he retains and protects the ball great, absorbing impacts imposing himself in contact situations, leading to fast and direct transitions. When rivals are pressing high, his presence in the field also allows his team to look for his aerial game, in order to construct by winning the second play. He usually exits from his positions in order to come to support the midfield or come to receive wide. When receiving wide in open spaces, he does not hesitate to try to beat his man. Having played in last season for Benfica as winger, he has shown great ability in one on one situations, being unbalancing by powerful ball conduction and fast change of pass, having ability to lead transitions besides playing positional game. When coming to support the midfield, he has a good ability to combine and associate with teammates, shifting the game by protecting the ball and oxygenating the play or playing in one or two touches in order to shift around and fastly attack spaces.
His attitude and commitment toward his mates and team is undoubtable, as he leaves everything on the pitch. He is an active nuisance for defenders as his presence in every death ball seems to be dangerous. Not only in duels, he presses with determination and aggression which fits perfectly in Benfica´s style, triggering his team´s pressing, cleverly avoiding progressive passing lanes by angled runs and orientating the play into his team's interests (commonly wide).
Gonçalo Ramos has been overperforming this whole season, having a great impact on his team output independent of the stage. Being on a great form, but having great potential to unlock yet, Gonçalo Ramos seems to be one of the names to take into account in the near future of elite football.
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