Name: Simone BENTIVOGLIO



Club: AC Chievo Verona
Number: 9
Position: CMF*, DMF
Nationality: Italian
Age: May 29, 1985 (age 24)

Foot: R
Side: B

Length: 184 cm
Weight: 79 kg

Attack: 72
Defence: 69
Balance: 84
Stamina: 84
Top Speed: 76
Acceleration: 75
Response: 80
Agility: 76
Dribble Accuracy: 78
Dribble Speed: 76
Short Pass Accuracy: 76
Short Pass Speed: 78
Long Pass Accuracy: 81
Long Pass Speed: 83
Shot Accuracy: 73
Shot Power: 84
Shot Technique: 72
Free Kick Accuracy: 75
Curling: 79
Header: 75
Jump: 74
Technique: 77
Aggression: 75
Mentality: 79
Keeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 78

Injury Tolerance: B
Condition/Fitness: 6
Weak Foot Accuracy: 5
Weak Foot Frequency: 4
Consistency: 5

SPECIAL ABILITIES:
*Middle Shooting
*Outside
*Covering

Stats Explained:

Physical Skills:
He is not the type of player who looks comfortable in space. He looks like a 74 in Agility in defense & 76-77 in agility when in attack. Which makes it quite difficult to rate those accurately. He is really strong on the ball especially in tight space. But he won't beat people off the dribble with his speed, but with his precision on the ball. He is even slower off the blocks, but can be a little faster(not much) over distance.

Attack/Defense:
I think the best quality of Bentivoglio is that he can play as the Attacking CMF "Playmaker" and also the DMF that holds it down, and covers for defenders. I think he is slightly better in Attack, than in his defensive positioning. He has the effort to track back, but doesn't have the BEST positioning. But he is the 2nd best DMF option next to Italiano. I have given him the covering star, because he is really good at filling the spaces that are left by their at times poor defenders. And to counter his comparible low Def value for a DMF. But also, a Response of 80, which by my standards is below average, and I feel it works very nicely for him in the game. He could be rated higher, because I feel his lack of Accl & Agility can make him look a bit unresponsive. But he does seem to time his tackles pretty well and is not the foul machine that Pinzi & Italiano are.

Passing:
I feel his passing and shooting skill set can be comparible to Montolivo. I liked to compare him to De Rossi because his ability to play DMF/CMF...but lo zio ripped me good for that one He said of any Roma MF he would most compare him to Perrotta because of his play in attack. I gave him the outside star largely due to the technique he shows in his passing. He uses his outside of his foot quite a bit, but I feel he needs this because his 1st touch is not great, but he is a very technical passer. He can use his LF to make great passes, although not often. His LP's have great pace, and can really whip them in. His Long Passing, FK & CK taking is much better than his short passing. His short passes don't yet have the consistency of accuract, but do have good pace on them. Definitely something he will need to improve on before he moved to a big club.

Technique:
This is a bit of a tough one as well. As he at times seems really to have good technique, kind of in the mold of Montolivo. But on closer look, his 1st touch is often poor. He can make things look good, but he has a bit of a stone foot. Technical in his shots and passes, but by the definition of 1st touch...it's definitely not one of his strengths.

Shooting:
He has really good Shot power, and tries a good amount of attempts from Middle Shooting. His shooting is similar in power to a player like Kuzmanovic or maybe even slightly higher. But lacks the angles & accuracy that Kuz possesses. Eventhough I have seen him attempt a bicycle kick this last weekend, but he really didn't know much about it.

I'd like to also consider the *Center as he can start on a side, but makes a lot of cuts across the middle.

Notes:
He was originally a youth product of Juventus and did not see the pitch in the Serie A. Then after stints with Mantova & Modena in the Serie B, he really had a breakout season getting a lot of playing time for Chievo, helping with their promotion back into the Serie A w/ his 6 goals. This campaign with Chievo he has been used primarily as a DMF in Italiano's absence, and he did a very nice job. Not that Italiano has returned he has returned to his more familiar position of R-Sided CMF. Eventhough he only has one goal, he has been very valueable in their attack and their best weapon on set pieces. I truely feel he will develop into a reliable DMF for a big club in the next couple years. Hopefully his lack of mobility & inconsistent passing will improve by then. But I imagine his passing and technique will definitely get better.

Youtube:
All of his Serie B goals from last season + Interview

Like I may have mentioned before. He is a difficult player to rate, because he can really do it all. I could see him developing into a guy with both "green" values for his atk/def ratio. He usually has played in the DMF role this season, and has played it well. But vs. Inter he showed what he was able to show in the Serie B....that he has competence in the goal area. Prior to him scoring a goal, he was their 2nd most attacking player. I am tempted to give him an even higher value, but it wouldn't be fair to rate his attack higher than his defense. Before when I made these stats, I never saw him take a role in attack beyond, "Middle Shooter" or "Distributor". To see him work in the goal area showed that he can handle an attacking CMF role in the Serie A.

Updated!!
Attack: 72
Long Pass Acc.: 81
Long Pass Speed: 83
Shot Power: 84
Aggression: 75

In my face

I wasnt convinced with his passing quality v Fiorentina last week. I don't mean to question your 'stat-making' ability but it just stood out to me. THis was my second game watching him so lets leave it at that for now. Also his BB, 83 seemed 3/4 pts to high, especially if we take his weight into account (I'm not sure, are we?). He must have been quite hard to rate because I couldn't figure out whether he was offensive or defensive midfielder. Hopefully I'll get to watch him again and offer some more input.

I just posted a set of new stats for him on a PVT forum, and am waiting to get some feedback on there before posting them here. He wasn't impressive in that match, but I definitely think his passing quality is this good...with potential for being better. His CK's and FK passes have lead to many goals this season. And Bal I again have to disagree.....think of Kuzmanovic. Very similar in my mind as far as using their body even better than their height. I think he plays like he is 188/83. I think I actually went with a higher value in my update(84). He is slightly more skilled in Attack, but is good at using his body and physical nature in defense. And in general is much better in tighter space. Looks stiff and slow in open space. Was playing RMF or RCMF vs. Fiorentina which didn't really allow him to shine.

If you like I can PM it to you, but I want to hold off on posting it here yet until I get some feedback on the PVT Forum. I watched him over about the last 5 or 6 games...combined with my previous veiwing of him to make the new set. Pretty confident in them.

[moved to 1st post]
He was 23 and looked like this when I made these stats

Good work! 1st post?

I just realized that I made my 1st set of stats that were as completely done to the level of (at least) description and time put in as a Red_Phoenix or GoonerLover66 set of stats......And a month has gone by, and I get one thumbs up. I must say it is slightly disappointing, and would discourage me from taking my time to do other players in this same fashion on this site. I might as well continue just doing my Suggestion summaries until I get agrees...instead of actually calculated a good set of stats.

I will move them to the 1st post now....

cmon man dont get discouraged
if you made the stats for a player in one of the bigger clubs he'd be getting alot more attention you know that, anyway tomorrow they play against juve and ill pay close attention to him, and ill come back here to give an input

EDIT: bah hes not even on the sub bench

Came on as a sub vs Genoa....right away he made a bad touch and looked slow to decide on what he was going to do with the ball, and got it poked away from him by Ferrari. Then he followed with 2 pretty poor MS attempts.......

At this point I am thinking..."now I understand why he doesn't play"....

Just as I think that he comes to life. His CKs were all deadly and all 3 or 4 were really good, leading in good chances....and AN EQUALIZER!! His play in the midfield really picked up as he turned into a playmaker at the top of the box.

Feel much better now

Notes vs Parma as a sub:
DMF 9 Bentivoglio - featured in every match this season, but only twice as a starter/"secret weapon"/made late run into the box and had RF shot deflected wide/RF SFK pass into box looked good/Decent RF CK(took over marcolini)/Low TS/clumsy defensive challenge/LCK taker/lacks bite/solid to good on the ball/"Another attacking option"/CK again/tried a difficult shot and deflected for a CK/bad spass deflected for CK/good CK almost assist/really nice touch and quality of LP from central to a header/really good LFK great pace on ball/"supersub"?/

Notes vs Fiorentina:
*RCMF 9 Bentivoglio - good CK/good def 1v1 with mutu/late run to the back post header goal/

Notes vs Inter:
*AMF 9 Bentivoglio - great touch in MF/very nice touch LP to lead Pellissier on run/ playing at point of the diamond and connecting MF and attack/poor cheeky shot attempt/lost physical battle with Viera/might not be as strong as he was before/but might be a little more pace/res doesn't look better than 82/killer RF LP/a wayward pass/good tech/