Patrick Kluivert | 1994-1996 & 2000-2001

[Fides]

Club: Barcelona


When he wanted to he was in my opinion the most complete striker in the world at that time. He was a player who could peak on the most important moments: He scored the winning goal in the CL final in 1995 (at age 18!!), he scored 40 international goals (13 matches 8 goals on EURO/WC) and 41 European goals. In the 99/00 season he scored the incredible amount of 14 international goals (13 matches) which made him EURO 2000 topscorer (5 goals).

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Stats By Fides

Name: Patrick KLUIVERT




Club: AFC Ajax
Number: 9
Position: CF*
Nationality: Dutch
Era: 1994-96
Age: 19 (AUG-1-1976)

Foot: R
Side: B

Length: 188
Weight: 78

Attack: 86
Defence: 38
Balance: 86
Stamina: 81
Top Speed: 84
Acceleration: 83
Response: 84
Agility: 84
Dribble Accuracy: 86
Dribble Speed: 84
Short Pass Accuracy: 75
Short Pass Speed: 74
Long Pass Accuracy: 73
Long Pass Speed: 72
Shot Accuracy: 83
Shot Power: 80
Shot Technique: 87
Free Kick Accuracy: 71
Curling: 77
Header: 84
Jump: 85
Technique: 86
Aggression: 83
Mentality: 74
Keeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 80

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

SPECIAL ABILITIES:
*Tac. Dribbling
*Positioning
*Post Player
*1-touch Pass

[Uzair]

maybe balance 1 point higher and SP 2-3 points higher.
and maybe a positioning and post player stars.

[sencesor]

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 5:08 pm

Re: Patrick KLUIVERT | 2000/2001
maybe balance 1 point higher and SP 2-3 points higher.
and maybe a positioning and post player stars.

I have already stated in the old site that kluivert is underrated, & Fides admitted that he probably made him underrated, because his biased, couse he loves him and afraid of making him overrated...

Anyway, agree with Uzair suggestions, plus couple of more:

at 89 90

bb 89 90

spa 81 83

sps 79 80

special abilities (where he is mostly underrated imo - very gifted player...)

*Positioning
*Scoring
*Post player
*Outside

Cheers

[lfc 4 eva]

Seems a bit overatted to me. I'll compare him to current day players

Attack 89: On par with Fernando Torres
Balance 89: on par with Rooney
Dribble accuracy 91: On par with Joe Cole (better than Iniesta!)
Shot accuracy 88: Between Torres and Villa
Shot Technique 95: Better than Ibra
Header 91: 1 better than John Terry, on par with Ballack
Jump 94: 2 less than Cahill, two more than Kenwyne Jones
Technique 93: On par with C.Ronaldo and Robinho

[Uzair]

Seems a bit overatted to me. I'll compare him to current day players

Attack 89: On par with Fernando Torres
Balance 89: on par with Rooney
Dribble accuracy 91: On par with Joe Cole (better than Iniesta!)
Shot accuracy 88: Between Torres and Villa
Shot Technique 95: Better than Ibra
Header 91: 1 better than John Terry, on par with Ballack
Jump 94: 2 less than Cahill, two more than Kenwyne Jones
Technique 93: On par with C.Ronaldo and Robinho

looks about right in all honesty

[sencesor]

What about those special abilities than?

[p1rha]

I have already stated in the old site that kluivert is underrated

Seems a bit overatted to me. I'll compare him to current day players

Attack 89: On par with Fernando Torres
Balance 89: on par with Rooney
Dribble accuracy 91: On par with Joe Cole (better than Iniesta!)
Shot accuracy 88: Between Torres and Villa
Shot Technique 95: Better than Ibra
Header 91: 1 better than John Terry, on par with Ballack
Jump 94: 2 less than Cahill, two more than Kenwyne Jones
Technique 93: On par with C.Ronaldo and Robinho

looks about right in all honesty

So this means he had the strenght of rooney + Cole's dribble+ Villa's accuracy + Robinho's technique + Ballack heading abilities, with no major flaws (except for FKs maybe ) yet he's not the best player ever?
His shooting stats are overated, mainly accuracy. He wasn't the kind of striker that just scores goals, he wasn't a deadly accurate striker (though he scored some truly beautiful goals) and he was never fast with the ball. He was there to receive the ball in the front lines, and, being strong and having good technique, he could control the ball between the CBs and pass it (post player).
And i agree with most of the stars sugested.

[Uzair]

I have already stated in the old site that kluivert is underrated

Seems a bit overatted to me. I'll compare him to current day players

Attack 89: On par with Fernando Torres
Balance 89: on par with Rooney
Dribble accuracy 91: On par with Joe Cole (better than Iniesta!)
Shot accuracy 88: Between Torres and Villa
Shot Technique 95: Better than Ibra
Header 91: 1 better than John Terry, on par with Ballack
Jump 94: 2 less than Cahill, two more than Kenwyne Jones
Technique 93: On par with C.Ronaldo and Robinho

looks about right in all honesty

So this means he had the strenght of rooney + Cole's dribble+ Villa's accuracy + Robinho's technique + Ballack heading abilities, with no major flaws (except for FKs maybe ) yet he's not the best player ever?
His shooting stats are overated, mainly accuracy. He wasn't the kind of striker that just scores goals, he wasn't a deadly accurate striker (though he scored some truly beautiful goals) and he was never fast with the ball. He was there to receive the ball in the front lines, and, being strong and having good technique, he could control the ball between the CBs and pass it (post player).
And i agree with most of the stars sugested.

so what are you suggesting??? a decrease in BB? DA? Tech? SA?
got any numbers in mind?

[Classical]

my opinion about the sppoted overrated numbers (I too think that some are overrated):

Attack 89: On par with Fernando Torres, actually here I think he was more poacher than Torres, who prefers (comparing to Kluivert) to wander about the attack, so actually I would say 91 here

Balance 89: on par with Rooney, here 88 seems good, he was tall but sometimes he didn't challenged the defenders like...Rooney does

Dribble accuracy 91: On par with Joe Cole (better than Iniesta!), this is the most overrated by far. He had nice touch, but dribble this like Francescoli no. I would say 84

Shot accuracy 88: Between Torres and Villa, Kluivert prime doesn't shock me with this value, to be honest.

Shot Technique 95: Better than Ibra. No, here I believe he could go to 92 (which is very good as he tried to place the shots, but not like Baggio)

Header 91: 1 better than John Terry, on par with Ballack, here I can go with it, he was a good header

Jump 94: 2 less than Cahill, two more than Kenwyne Jones. Here no, as the combination doesn't seem alright to me. He was strong, tall and knew how to head but didn't jump better than the ones that sit in low 90s. Take Van Basten as an example. I would say around 88

Technique 93: On par with C.Ronaldo and Robinho. Nice touch of the ball, but not a "magic player" to deserve more than 90. For me he would stand at 87 here.

Hope this contributes to the present discussion.

[p1rha]

so what are you suggesting??? a decrease in BB? DA? Tech? SA?
got any numbers in mind?

To me technique can stay at 90, BB is ok, SA is too high to me just for 1 reason: his goals were mostly headers or situations were he passed through the line of defense, he would prefer to dribble inside the area for a close range shot than shooting from the area line, if u get what i mean, like if someone can show me a goal of his were he actually places the ball in a hard place from a decent range (~20m?) i´d be quite surprised. PLus he has 1-1 score.
What i really think that should be lower is accelaration and DS, he was never that explosive player that touches the ball ahead and runs for it, he always prefered close control than speed, so i sugest:

Acelaration: 81
DA.: 87
Dribble speed: 81
Agility: 79
SA: 83 (same as Zlatan?)

I know this is a bit harsh but with his BB, his height and ball control he'll still be able to dribble past defenders with ease.

[Sekularac]

He was really top class in this period. I suggest considering *scoring, *reaction and RESPONSE increase. Don't forget he was top scorer of EURO 2000 (with S. Milosevic whose ''prime'' stats I'm waiting for). All of ''Kluivert 2000'' can be seen here

[Vandeach]

His passing and mostly team-work should be lower, that kind of developed over time. Jump should be lowered a lot too, especially considering his height and balance

[sencesor]

I have already stated in the old site that kluivert is underrated

special abilities (where he is mostly underrated imo - very gifted player...)

*Positioning
*Scoring
*Post player
*Outside

Cheers

And i agree with most of the stars sugested.

So we mostly agree.

[p1rha]

ok, fair enough. But don't u think he's a bit fast, i mean with his BB, DA and speed he'll be a bulldozer.

[Brezza]

Added 1994-96 set and updated his stats slightly.

[Uzair]

slightly better in the air than this?

[Akron]

WHAT??
Header at 90??

He was a Super Class on this aspect man. 90 is short for him and the power, i saw him scoring heading goals from the out of the area.

[mcmattie]

Ideas for player index cards?

[jurgens]

Pretty good set. I don' really see his as so close to 90 for BB considering his height weight, I'd say 88 max. His SA as stated earlier is too high as well. Would be better at around the 84 mark.

[jurgens]

He is just pure class. So much technical skill in everything. Just from a few matches I'm thinking DA at least 90. His control is so close and smooth, low DS though, preferably greens, agility too. Tech is so clean and silky... so far I rate him at a 95 and response doesn't need to be so high, neither TW or SA. His stamina looks too high by a good bit too.