Name: Azeez Balogun
DOB: 10/12/1990

Place of Birth: Nigeria
Nationality: Nigeria

Height/Weight: 170cm/66kg
Position: Midfielder & Defender

Foot: right and left
Current Club: A.S PORTO-NOVO

Contract: Amateur

Azeez Balogun put a splendid performance during the just ended FIFA U17 World Cup in Korea with a series of impressive performances and marks and played against some of the finest youth talents in the world. He is one of the talented players in Nigeria U17 team and has excellent technical skills, a good dribbling skills and excellent ball control
He serves passes perfectly short and long. A superb dribbler, strong on 1v1 situation, good technique, very quick, ability to outwit opponent easily, creative, can be defensive and offensive and intelligent He has limitless talent and skill and a player to watch out for the future

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Azeez Balogun is a very powerful defender and an excellent man marker. He leaves his opponent striker no space and is a very strong tackler. He is fast and moves quickly. He is a leader and organizer of the defense back line. He has got a good view of the game, very good positioning and good passing skills (long and short).

Dribbling:

Azeez Balogun as mastered the basic and complex dribbling skills and he is almost unstoppable when he has open spaces ahead. Very tricky and intelligent in a 1v1 and 1v 2 dribble encounter.

Azeez Balogun is very fast and quick, has good change of rhythm, excellent dribbling skills and very difficult to mark. Azeez proves to be very dangerous to defenders in both, open and close situations.

Very combative, fearless, selfless, good endurance rate, good thinker, has a lot of vision and is always ready to find the opponent goal post.

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. Controls and protects the ball leaving it oriented for a second action (shot, drive, crosses). He is also good in 1v1 situation, runs at top speed and nimble in changing directions. His excellent passing skills are his best attributes and makes correct technical choices. In attack, he passes short and long with precision accuracy. He also regularly scores goals, usually spectacular goals! On and off the pitch.