THREAD: Chris Richards 🇺🇸
Today the future #USMNT star is on the bench for @FCBayern. We have 3. Bundesliga data for private clients, so we know a little about him.
Actually, a lot. He's a smarterscout young prospect with great overall numbers at a Bundesliga standard: 🙇♂️
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Richards has played mainly LCB this season with Bayern II, with some RB and RCB. He's mediocre in the air by a Bundesliga standard but an okay tackler!
At LCB he gets pretty far forward with a mix of passing, shorter when he's across midfield. He can even pop up for a shot.
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Speaking of shots, Richards has scored three times from LCB, but his attempts have been a little bit wild when making contact from dead balls. Here's one of our new shot maps, just because... it's new:
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If we comb our database to find players with similar styles, there are some really interesting names. Here's the list from Europe's top five leagues, plus a comparison with the two closest matches (albeit over low minutes), Benatia and Kehrer. A bright future for Richards!
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P.S. Richards was born in Birmingham, Alabama, once one of the bloodiest battlegrounds in the struggle for black people's civil rights. Now 20 years old, he's playing for Bayern Munich. Hopefully he'll become a role model to young Americans of every background.
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