Claudio Echeverri: Profile, playing style, scouting report

The Argentine youngster has drawn interest from European giants like Real Madrid, PSG and Manchester City

Claudio Echeverri, nicknamed Diablito in Argentina, is considered to be one of the most talented U17s in South America. Echeverri is a product of the famous River Plate Academy one of the best youth systems in Argentina. He is one of the leaders of an extremely interesting generation of Argentinian players born in 2006

The 17-year-old is highly regarded in Argentina, and he has greatly impressed in the youth ranks during his short career so far. Fichajes have reported that Real Madrid is interested in Echeverri, along with Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain.

The teenager has a €25m release clause in the contract that he signed last year, but River Plate is looking to up this to €50m in the near future. Echeverri, 1.70m tall is an attacking midfielder that can occupy different positions on the attack front, although he mostly moves along the centre court in the three quarters from the rival field.

Past Experiences

Echeverri started his career with Deportivo Luján, before trialling with River Plate at the end of 2016, going on to sign officially the following year. He first rose to international attention in the footballing world for his performances at a children's tournament in Venice, Italy with River. Despite his team finishing third in the tournament, he scored nine goals in six games.

In October 2022, he scored on his debut for River's reserve team against Patronato. He signed his first professional contract with River in December of the same year. Till now he has played for the U17 national team.

Stats

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Echeverri has been impressing at the U17 South American Championship, which is currently taking place in Ecuador. In U17 Sudamericano, he has played four matches and scored four goals provided three assists and is currently the top scorer in the competition and has goal involvement every 33 Minutes, helping his team to win all four matches in competitions till now.

Type of Player

He is an advanced playmaker, a player of a small frame who doesn’t feel comfortable in contact situations. With excellent technical ability, 1vs1 short-dribbling skills, close ball control, and fast direction shift in possession. He likes to be fielded in a free role as an attacking midfielder, where he is given creative freedom and space to roam the pitch, a midfielder who sees the game differently from most revealing creativity, cleverness at his off-the-ball movements, great vision, and passing ability linking up the team’s midfield and attack with ease and effectiveness.

He is a fast, agile, dynamic and mobile player, a very vertical player who likes to have the ball at his feet and speed up the game with his progressive runs and passes, and excellent in combination play. He has great footwork and retention skills under pressure.

Despite being so young, Echeverri has already proven that he could be a future superstar. Playing as a forward, he is something that has scored goals, but also provides for his teammate, in a typical Lionel Messi-esque way.

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