Joseph Epton, our representative and scout in Ghana, watched Player Gabriel Emmanuel Amarfio and feels that the young striker is a a hot prospect waiting to be launched onto the international soccer scene.
For any further enquiries, please feel free to contact Joseph at: josephepton@scoutingteam.com


Name: Gabriel Emmanuel Amarfio

Position: Striker/Attacker
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Birth Place: Accra
Previous Clubs: Mighty Victory F/C (U12-U17)

Current Club: Nad Gunners F/C
Height/Weight: 170cm/60kg

Preferred Foot: right
Nationality: Ghanaian

Language spoken: English



Honour/Achievements:


-Won U14 the Accra-West Premier Colts league with Mighty Victory in 2001

-Won U17 the Accra-West Premier Colts league with Mighty Victory in 2003
-Top scorer in the 2005 Accra-West Premier Colts league scoring 20 goals in 26 matches

-2006/2007 Top scorer in the Third Division, 21 goals in 14 matches
-Won 2006/2007 Third Division League with Nad Gunners F/C

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A physically gifted goal scorer with history of clutch game winning contributions. His most dangerous attribute is his speed and that he possesses a clinical finish in the run of play and with a tremendous shot. His speed and hard shot, makes him a consistent goal-scorer. Very quick on the ball, runs at top speed and nimble in changing direction, creating space to get his shots off. He can make time of about 11sec in 100m run and uses his speed a lot upfront. He is also capable of serving crosses with accuracy into the box as well as to locate his shots with both his right and left foot.

Speed & Agility:

Sprinter–like speed on the right wing with change of pace and excellent vision (can cover 100 meters in about 11 seconds). Exhibits great burst of speed with or without the ball. Exhibits excellent pace on the pitch with good possession skills. He is a fast, agile, intelligent and skillful striker. He is a fast runner and with open spaces ahead can be very dangerous in 1v1 and 1v2 situations

Very serious with his training, follows instructions and deploys to his coach tactical scheme. Tenacious, selfless, good endurance rate, intelligent, goal oriented and is always ready to find the opponent goal.

A strongly built, and hardworking striker/attacker, who has an excellent start and stop, abundant strength & stamina and difficult to mark.

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His main characteristics are his excellent technical abilities, speed and accurate and long range shots. He has excellent pace and with good possession skills, connects crosses with the head occasionally and is a good header of the ball. He has abundance technique, skills, speed and is a good dribbler. He shows great pace around the pitch and a unique ability to break away from even the fastest defenders when on the ball. He also possesses excellent technical skills and runs at defenders. He uses a combination of speed, quick, technical and clever touches to manage his way through tight 1v1 and 1v2 confrontations. He scores a lot with powerful shots with both foots. Sometimes likes to attack from the flanks. He has got a good view of the game, very good positioning and good passing skills (long and short).

Dribbling:

A tricky dribbler, feinting, unbalancing and deceiving his opponents with a good start to the right as well as to the left. Possesses speedy dribblings and he is able to beat 3-4 opponents on the run. Very astute in a 1v1 dribble encounter. His dribbling is exceptional and makes him dangerous at goal area. He combines his dribbling with his powerful shots.