Name: Mauro Matías Zárate



Club: SS Lazio
Number: 10
Position: SS*, CF, WF
Nationality: Argentine
Age: 22 (MAR-18-1987)

Foot: R
Side: B

Length: 176
Weight: 76

Attack: 81
Defence: 36
Balance: 82
Stamina: 83
Top Speed: 86
Acceleration: 88
Response: 81
Agility: 88
Dribble Accuracy: 88
Dribble Speed: 88
Short Pass Accuracy: 75
Short Pass Speed: 76
Long Pass Accuracy: 72
Long Pass Speed: 73
Shot Accuracy: 80
Shot Power: 85
Shot Technique: 83
Free Kick Accuracy: 81
Curling: 83
Header: 73
Jump: 76
Technique: 85
Aggression: 87
Mentality: 75
Keeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 73

Injury Tolerance: B
Condition/Fitness: 7
Weak Foot Accuracy: 7
Weak Foot Frequency: 6
Consistency: 5

INDEX CARDS:
P05 – Trickster
P07 – Mazing Run
P12 – Incisive Run
P13 – Long Ranger
S14 – Quick Turn
S17 – Elastico
S19 – Quick Scissor Dribble
S06 - Outside curve

SPECIAL ABILITIES:
*Dribbling
*Middleshooting
*Outside

A very talented young Argentinean forward who loves to get on the ball. Zarate is an excellent dribbler with a lot of pace and agility, often evading several defenders with juking moves and skill. Zarate can be a good finisher and will often go for goal from distance whenever the opportunity presents itself. However, he admits it himself; he can be quite selfish when on the ball.

Add elastico and quick scissor dribble....

Add the aforementioned, Long Ranger and middleshooting*. Also upped Stamina and BB by 1pt.

You forgot S06 - Outside curve..

ho-ho-hoo. yesterday's goal was proof of his BB/AGI/WBS combo. blazed past montolivo and others two viola with the ball. sometimes he really shows some brilliant football. im questionining myself if really Lavezzi is (really really slightly) stronger than him (-3 cm,-1 kg.+ 1 BB)....cause el pocho is more elusive...but i feel than when caught get grounded a bit more of times. also lavezzi is more a kind of diver btw.

Here is a video:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y12JX_dA35o[/youtube]

Poor that maybe a player like him he's really not 'emulable'.
today against Catania,without jokes, with his stubborn dribblings he lost at LEAST 15 balls.

made 2 assists, 3 fouls and immediately got a "timber" today against Catania, the miracles Jesus had them only

i was just saying that his 'ego' can't be represented in the game.
and you can't defend him in this way. if hed be able to make lazio win every game with this attitude,well then...but since he can't...this is modern football...you can't pretend to take on an entire team alone.

is the fault of incompetent coach Ballardini, who tells him he must do the defensive, I think it's normal that an attacker has to fold up to make the defender? that then he should grow mentally very much agree

shouldn't his agility be higher? something like 89 or maybe 90...? He is extremely agile,with quick stepovers and turns.

Agree

kind of update:
Condition @ 7 (41 app 08/09 + 41 app 09/10)
Consistency @ 5 (id probably do this.....he's much an up and down player. also 3 goals this season...and seems just different on a lot of matches)
WFA @ 7
WFF @ 6
Maybe Agility @ 88
I could also consider to decreas his ATT to an 81. He's on par with Amoruso,Miccoli and Maccarone.

it's all good to me

seems good, what about a tiny bump to BB??

I agree with zuo values, thinking also at the Cons value who will balance all.

Updated with the last values.....about BB, i went for an 82....and i think it's the very end he could get.
With an 82 (and high Agility too) he's stronger than Perrotta,Cambiasso and Rocchi.....and almost as strong as Pazzini,Matri and Flores.

zuo please can you add "S06 - Outside curve"? It's the translation of *Outside

done

I noticed his TECH is the same as Pedro (Barcelona). Not true IMO.

And checking the ladder, I can say he's not on par with guys like Cigarini, Amauri or Mascara. He can belongs to Pizarro's zone or even Doni's one, considering also his CONS value (his key value IMO).

Zarate as a technique is better or worse do you think of Pedro?