The Bedroom Soccer Scout

  ChenJie Zhu - Ball Playing Centre Back Who Is Walking The Chinese Super League Date of birth: 23 August 2000 Country: China Position: Centre Back Height: 185cm Preferred foot: Right Anyone who has watched any football the past few years will have spotted a trend: Teams playing out from the back to kickstart possesion based football instead of the traditional hoof it forward style. And this has led to two positions being revamped, Goalkeepers and Central defenders. The latter is what we are looking at here, with Shanghai Shenhua's Chenjie Zhu fitting the bill for anyone looking for a ball playing centre back. Shanghai Shenhua have struggled in the past few years, often being behind their city rivals Shanghai Port, especially during the CSL bubble in which money was being thrown around willy nilly. However this season Shenhua have been on a tear, currently 1st in the league and a big part of that is their solid defence. Chenjie Zhu has started all 13 games he has played in this sea

Satoshi Tanaka: A Promising Utility Man Date Of Birth : 13 August 2002 Country : Japan Club: Shonan Bellmare Position: Left Back, Cdm, Central Midfield Height: 172 CM Foot: Left Clubs now want players that can do it all: Play out from the back, work within a system of possesion based football and all be a solid player. And just like that I find Satoshi Tanaka from Shonan Bellmare, currently playing in Japan's top league who can make the leap to many European teams instantly. The J league has become a hotbed for European teams looking to pick up top talent on the cheap and the players certainly pass the eye test. Stat wise the J league talents also fit the bill for fast paced European football as Japanese players run the most out of any league in the world. Satoshi Tanaka has been having a flyer for Shonan this season, despite the fact the club sit in the bottom three at the time of writing. Having started 10 out the 11 games so far, he has appeared in the team of the week twice a

First of all Thank you for checking this blog out. The aim of this blog is to allow me to write reports of Soccer players that I think have good potential. No league is off limits: If the talent is there I will try and report it. I will give a detailed report and also list some of the clubs I think the player would be suited for. Hopefully I can showcase my skills as a scout and at the same time bring some spotlight to some of the undiscovered talent out there. Enjoy!