Three ways Miguel Ferreira can improve East Bengal

Miguel Ferreira had earlier played under East Bengal head coach Oscar Bruzon.

East Bengal have powered up their midfield strength for the 2025-26 season with the signing of Brazilian midfielder Miguel Ferreira. The 25-year-old played under Oscar Bruzon during his time at Bashundhara Kings and boasts the experience of having played in the Brazilian Serie A, the top division of football in Brazil.

Ferreira is a highly versatile, hard-working player who can adapt to different situations and play in a variety of different roles for his side. He pours out his entire energy to help his side succeed and should add more unpredictability to East Bengal’s playing style as well.

Here, we shall have a look at the ways that Miguel Ferreira’s signing can improve East Bengal’s fortunes heading into the 2025-26 season.

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3. Creating more options for Oscar Bruzon with an adaptable nature

An impressive thing about Miguel Ferreira in his career is that he has never shied away from experimenting with the kind of role he wants to play.

He’s like an ultimate team player who is ready to sacrifice for the betterment of his side, which means he’s ready to play basically anywhere the coach wants him to. Ferreira has mostly excelled in a central midfield role in his career, especially as an attacking midfielder or a box-to-box midfielder.

With that being said, the 25-year-old has also played as a centre-forward or a winger in the past, showing great versatility in making an impact in different roles. Indeed, he has scored three goals and provided three assists as a centre-forward and can also play in the false no. 9 role.

This is something that will greatly benefit Oscar Bruzon in terms of switching up his tactics with East Bengal’s shape to keep opponents guessing. Ferreira’s ability to adapt to different situations will help bring more reactiveness to East Bengal’s style and help them take the fight to the opponents.

2. Boost in creativity in East Bengal’s system

East Bengal lacked creativity from multiple players in the 2024-25 season, which hampered their push in the Indian Super League (ISL) campaign as well.

The Red & Gold Brigade will, however, now get a player who is definitely capable of amplifying their creative thrust, especially against stubborn defensive opposition. Miguel Ferreira is quite the skilful, inspired midfielder who boasts a lot of creative qualities and that able to set up something special in the final third.

The 25-year-old delivered six assists in nine Bangladesh Premier League matches in the 2024-25 season and also bagged five assists in the 2023-24 campaign.

Ferreira has the capability of stringing together nice passes into the final third, especially when it comes to picking out teammates in open spaces in the final third. His creative threat will make East Bengal a more entertaining team to watch and also help them play some efficient attacking football.

1. Major goal contribution factor from the midfield

East Bengal lacked variety when it came to their goal contributors in the previous campaign, which often caused them to struggle with the goalscoring aspect.

However, they have seemingly fixed that with the signing of Miguel Ferreira because of the Brazilian midfielder’s capability of delivering goal contributions. Ferreira was able to score 37 goals and provide 26 assists in 64 games for Bashundhara Kings, almost averaging a goal contribution per game.

In comparison, Saul Crespo has only scored 11 goals and provided 4 assists in 48 games for East Bengal so far. Ferreira will be a more vibrant threat going forward, thanks to his ability to move the ball forward and find key passes in the final third.

The Red & Gold Brigade will definitely see their goal-scoring threat improve, and the rise of goal contributions from the midfield can be key to freeing up the burden on their forward players as well.

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