BASED ON STATS BY RED PHOENIX & MILANISTA90

Name: Alberto Gilardino



Club: ACF Fiorentina
Number: 11
Position: CF*
Nationality: Italian
Age: 28 (05/07/1982)

Foot: R
Side: B

Length: 184 cm
Weight: 79 kg

Attack: 90
Defence: 32
Balance: 83
Stamina: 86
Top Speed: 82
Acceleration: 82
Response: 90
Agility: 82
Dribble Accuracy: 79
Dribble Speed: 78
Short Pass Accuracy: 74
Short Pass Speed: 74
Long Pass Accuracy: 71
Long Pass Speed: 73
Shot Accuracy: 85
Shot Power: 81
Shot Technique: 89
Free Kick Accuracy: 66
Curling: 81
Header: 87
Jump: 82
Technique: 82
Aggression: 90
Mentality: 79
Keeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 79

Injury Tolerancy: A
Condition/Fitness: 7
Weak Foot Accuracy: 6
Weak Foot Frequency: 5
Consistency: 6

INDEX CARDS:
P15 – Goal Poacher
P21 – Fox in the Box
S05 – 1-touch play

SPECIAL ABILITIES:
*Positioning
*Scoring
*Post Player
*Lines
*1-Touch Pass
*Center

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good updates.

I would increase his Agility by 1, (to 85), on par with Quagliarella and just under Jovetic.

with all respect imo this value is already high,he isnt worth that value ball at feet,he is not comfortably.

also his speed stats are a lil' high,i honestly can't see him in par/this close to Milito.

on the opposite side,both MEN and TW can go up,he fight quite a bit and moves A LOT for the team.

dunno if it fits perfectly but i feel good giving him *center.

indeed, AGI and TS/ACC are a bit overrated.

yeah I agree agility looks a bid high there... he never struck me as such a player that can twist and turn quickly at all

imo an update could be:

TW:
81: Andrea COSSU, Raffaele PALLADINO, Fabrizio MICCOLI, Luciano FIGUEROA, Samuel ETO'O, Tommaso ROCCHI, Francesco TAVANO, Claudio BELLUCCI, Giampaolo PAZZINI

i see him in par of those,a good amount of link up play,running for the team...

MEN:
83:Vitali KUTUZOV, Luciano FIGUEROA, Samuel ETO'O, Diego MILITO
82:Giampaolo PAZZINI
81:Francesco TAVANO
80:BARRETO, Marco DI VAIO, Hérnan CRESPO, Tomas DANILEVICIUS

in my opinion he's at least at @81,with pazzini slightly more determined than him.
i don't see crespo more hardworker/determined.

AGI:
@83 there are Pandev and Floro Flores,two guys surely over him in agility terms both ball and feet and without.
i put him at least at 82 or lower,@82 he would be with pazzini,zalayeta and pre-update milito.

for TS i can't see him over Acquafresca and Quagliarella @81
And ACC i see him @83 .

i tried him with center times ago and i feel him more realistic as a lone-striker.

so:
ACC @ 83
TS @ 81
AGI @ 82
MEN @ 81
TW @ 81
*Center

I mean i never really followed Gilardino to a great extent or better put I never looked at him with stats eyes but I'm quite confident that I could find atleast 2-3 players in every romanian team that can turn faster than him.

what surprises me a bid as well is his relatively low technique. I know he's not a technical footballer but he always seemed to have a great 1st touch that helped him to get control of a ball even in very difficult situations.

so you cant say your opinion about speeds/men/tw?
what do you think about agi value? actually i have doubts about 81 or 82....

about the TEC thing,82+*Post Player can be enough for what are you talkin about..or you feel an higher TEC value also?

He showed a great leap in his goal against Cagliari last match...Jump @ 84-85

his value is actually fine. he is no way on par with chiellini...we should move te whole ladder 2 points higher,i don't think it's the case...

I'd lower TS/ACC/AGI and raise ATK/HEA

looks good to me. Agreed

to me too it can be good

I'm not sure I agree....but whatever.

specify, specify... what don't you agree with?

None of em really.

I used to not like the current values of 83/85...but in watching him closely there were occassions I'd get him confused with Mutu. Not sure there is good reasoning for the lowering of his speed.
I know he has a pretty sick ST value, but a lot of his chances and awesome shots are due to his agility. Again this value originally looked a bit high, but in watching his game closely you will notice it is an essential part of his game. Like my arguement for holding off on raising Giovinco....Gilardino DOES effectively use his agility.

These just seem like shots in the dark to me. Gilardino has given a great effort in attack, and shown some duribility. But for me, that is more of Stamina than Mentality. Plus there were no menton of Defense or Stamina in the suggestions. As mentality has an effect on both. I just need more convincing on both of these. To put his TW almost on par with Pazzini...not sure about that. We want Gilardino to be a bit selfish in the game, as he is Fiorentina's primary scorer. Raising his TW might not be very accurate to the way he plays.

Someone also mentioned Tech, and I must say I thought it was higher than 82 currently....So maybe I'd agree to that being raised.

This one I have the least problem with. I can't really picture him not attacking from a central role.

About this I'm with Jason, his agility is THE skill that help him when he tries to shoot though he's closed between many defenders, along with ST. Despite his size he's a very agile player..
other thing...I agree about adding center.

honestly i never confuse Gilardino & Mutu,there is a significantly difference in speed between the two...but if people here are satisfied with:
83: Sebastian GIOVINCO (88, 164, 62), SAVIO Nsereko (87, 176, 73), Marek HAMSIK (87, 183, 73), CICINHO (86, 172, 68), Mauro ESPOSITO (86, 172, 71), Marco MARCHIONNI (86, 175, 66), Juan Guillermo CUADRADO (86, 176, 67), Valeri BOJINOV (86, 178, 78), Edison CAVANI (86, 184, 71), Andrea COSSU (85, 171, 63), Claudio BELLUCCI (85, 173, 70), Francesco TAVANO (85, 174, 71), Rodrigo TADDEI (85, 177, 69), Tommaso ROCCHI (85, 177, 71), RONALDINHO (85, 182, 80), Alberto GILARDINO (85, 184, 79), John Arne RIISE (85, 185, 77), Mauro CAMORANESI (84, 174, 70), DIEGO (84, 174, 76), JEDA (84, 176, 74), Luigi VITALE (84, 178, 71), Max TONETTO (84, 180, 73), Jorge MARTÍNEZ (84, 181, 80), Vitali KUTUZOV (84, 183, 83), Davide MARCHINI (83, 178, 77), Martín CÁCERES (83, 182, 70), Stephen MAKINWA (83, 186, 77), Marius STANKEVICIUS (83, 189, 83), BARRETO (82, 168, 59), Adriano FERREIRA PINTO (82, 178, 70), Mourad MEGHNI (82, 180, 72), Marco ROSSI (82, 181, 67), Mark BRESCIANO (82, 182, 73), FELIPE Melo (82, 183, 80), Andrea RAGGI (82, 184, 80), Gianluca COMOTTO (81, 181, 79), Stefan RADU (81, 183, 79), Gennaro SARDO (81, 190, 87), FELIPE dal Belo (80, 188, 80), Sulley MUNTARI (79, 179, 79), Gaby MUDINGAYI (79, 180, 80), Federico BALZARETTI (78, 178, 70)

Mentality @ 73 is a really off the mark value...with del piero @ 77,Jeda @78,Mutu and Jovetic @ 79.....imo Gilardino deserves an higher value than those,with maybe a tweak in his defence..

For the AGI thing,being honest i only evaluated the ability of th player ball at feet,how comfortable he is,actually your point is quite good but i refer that a lot much to ST. for an example if you remember Bologna-Fiorentina(1-1) Osvaldo was a bit tricky and agile ball at feet,and his current agility is 83. Pulling off a classic example,Ibra is on agility 87,and currently he's 195 cms,95 kgs.

For the TW thing,if you play the 4-2-3-1 formation as in reality,he would be always the top scorer as a lone striker.

Maybe TS @ 82 because I think he maintains his speed well, but he's not quick.

I think given his h/w, this value is fine. He's done some incredible overhead kicks (vs Inter ) and he can move his body well to get to awkward balls, but I don't find his movements all that sharp or smooth on the turn or when reaching for the ball. Also, with high response, he will still have a significant advantage over his markers by reacting quicker and thus being the first to the ball.

I never looked well at his Injury Tolerance,but now i take a look after mutu's one.....in my opinon he could be on Inury Tolerance A, he tooks a lot of fouls,and in the last 6 Seasons(since he is a first choice in a team...) he Averages 45 Matches for year[from 2003,he was 21 yo].....being a CF in the game imo he warrants an A.