Big-5 Weekly Post - CIES Football Observatory

CIES Football Observatory
Issue n°101- 04/03/2015
Big-5 Weekly Post
Best signings of the season, per area of the game
* At least 50% of minutes since the start of the season
Rigour
Take on
1. Dejan Lovren
Liverpool (ENG)
1. Karim Bellarabi
Leverkusen (GER)
2. Davide Astori
AS Roma (ITA)
2. Ángel Di María
Man. United (ENG)
3. Michael Keane
Burnley (ENG)
3. Alexis Sánchez
Arsenal (ENG)
4. Sergi Gómez
Vigo (ESP)
4. Diego Perotti
Genoa (ITA)
5. Ermin Bičakčić
Hoffenheim (GER)
5. Sadio Mané
Southampton (ENG)
6. Emiliano Velázquez
Getafe (ESP)
6. Rémy Cabella
Newcastle (ENG)
7. Jin-su Kim
Hoffenheim (GER)
7. Victor Moses
Stoke City (ENG)
8. Brede Hangeland
Crystal Palace (ENG)
8. Wellington Silva
Almería (ESP)
9. Nicolás Otamendi
Valencia (ESP)
9. Luis Suárez
Barcelona (ESP)
10. Giancarlo González
Palermo (ITA)
10. Lucas Vázquez
Espanyol (ESP)
11. Marcos Rojo
Man. United (ENG)
11. Eric Choupo-Moting
Schalke 04 (GER)
12. Federico Fazio
Tottenham (ENG)
12. Jérémy Pied
Guingamp (FRA)
Recovery
Chance creation
1. Walter Gargano
Napoli (ITA)
1. Luis Suárez
Barcelona (ESP)
2. Wendell Nascimento
Leverkusen (GER)
2. Francesc Fàbregas
Chelsea (ENG)
3. Dušan Basta
Lazio (ITA)
3. Gylfi Sigurdsson
Swansea (ENG)
4. Jin-su Kim
Hoffenheim (GER)
4. James Rodríguez
Real Madrid (ESP)
5. Davide Astori
AS Roma (ITA)
5. Toni Kroos
Real Madrid (ESP)
6. Seydou Keita
AS Roma (ITA)
6. Lazaros Christodoulopoulos
Verona (ITA)
7. Tin Jedvaj
Leverkusen (GER)
7. Ángel Di María
Man. United (ENG)
8. Jérémy Mathieu
Barcelona (ESP)
8. Valentin Stocker
Hertha Berlin (GER)
Dortmund (GER)
9. Jordan Ayew
Lorient (FRA)
9. Shinji Kagawa
10. Josuha Guilavogui
Wolfsburg (GER)
10. Dušan Tadić
Southampton (ENG)
11. Yeltsin Tejeda
Evian Thonon (FRA)
11. Shinji Kagawa
Dortmund (GER)
12. Daley Blind
Man. United (ENG)
12. Denis Cheryshev
Villarreal (ESP)
Distribution
Shooting
1. Xabi Alonso
Bayern (GER)
1. Diego Costa
Chelsea (ENG)
2. Francesc Fàbregas
Chelsea (ENG)
2. Antoine Griezmann
Atlético Madrid (ESP)
3. Toni Kroos
Real Madrid (ESP)
3. Khouma Babacar
Fiorentina (ITA)
4. Gary Medel
Internazionale (ITA)
4. Luciano Vietto
Villarreal (ESP)
5. Ivan Rakitić
Barcelona (ESP)
5. Felipe Caicedo
Espanyol (ESP)
6. Seydou Keita
AS Roma (ITA)
6. Federico Piovaccari
Eibar (ESP)
7. Christophe Jallet
Lyon (FRA)
7. Diafra Sakho
West Ham (ENG)
8. David López
Napoli (ITA)
8. Joaquín Larrivey
Vigo (ESP)
9. Juan Bernat
Bayern (GER)
9. Cyril Théréau
Udinese (ITA)
10. James Rodríguez
Real Madrid (ESP)
10. Mario Mandžukić
Atlético Madrid (ESP)
11. Matías Vecino
Empoli (ITA)
11. Julian Schieber
Hertha Berlin (GER)
Newcastle (ENG)
12. Alexis Sánchez
Arsenal (ENG)
12. Jack Colback
Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel
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