ANGUS THURGATE

​Report Date: 04/01/2022

​INFORMATIONS
​Name: Angus
Surname: Thurgate
Date of birth: 08/02/2000
Nationality: Australian
​Lenguages spoken: English
Height: 178cm
Weight: 68kg
Foot: Right
Position: Nr°8
2° Position: Playmaker
Club: Newcastle Jets
Scout: Luigi Calvo

CAREER
Angus Thurgate started playing football at age 5 with the Port Saint FC team. Given his great qualities, he easily climbed the ranks in his club until he reached the Emerging Jets.
Thurgate at an early age in order to train and do what he liked best did 5 hours of driving three times a week to carry out his ninety-minute workouts.
In 2017 after moving to his current team, the Newcastle Jets, where he played in the youth league, at the age of 18 he made his A-League debut in the 2017/2018 season.
With the Newcastle Jets, Angus has totaled 75 appearances between A-League, Asian Champions League and FFA Cup, 4 goals and 6 assists, for a boy of only 21 years of age these are really important numbers.
With the Australian youth team, on the other hand, he made 6 appearances in total, including 4 with the under 19 national team in the AFC U19 Championship and 2 appearances with Australia under 23 in the Hybrid Friendlies.
Now he has just entered the major Australian selection round, so it is only a matter of time for his debut with the national team of the "greats".

​STATISTICS ANALYSIS
​Player index: It is a summary index of the player created by our algorithm: it is given by the events that the player has carried out during the match, which are represented by variables, which have a positive or negative weight. Each technical variable (pass, shot, interception, etc.) has a score that has been assigned by the Easyscout team, both thanks to Artificial Intelligence and the advice of coaches and match analysts. The measure is between 0 and 100.
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Impact index: It is a percentage value that tells us how much the individual player has influenced during the match in relation to the overall team index. This value is obtained from the ratio between the player index and the overall team index.

Minutes index: Player index weighted based on the minutes the player has played in that particular match. The measure is between 0 and 1.
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Angus Thurgate
Player index: 29,45
Impact: 13,1%
Minutes index: 0,61

Average Superligaen midfielders index
Player index: 26,3
Impact: 8,1%
Minutes index: 0,34

Average Allsvenskan midfielders index
Player index: 24,3
Impact: 7,5%
Minutes index: 0,31

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
Angus Thurgate often has the propensity to move forward and enter the penalty area to get assists from teammates, he is a midfielder in a three-man midfield, thanks to his athletic-physical abilities and the ability to adapt as a box to box midfielder, combined with his excellent qualities in the last pass and excellent timing insertion and timing in the implementation phase. Thurgate, in my opinion, can also be used as a midfielder often flanked by another midfielder in a form of play that is that of 4-2-3-1.
Angus has also the characteristics of a metronome, a midfielder capable of playing in front of the defense being able both to dictate the timing of the game as well as, in the non-possession phase, to have excellent qualities of interdiction and preventive cover.
The Australian is not only an excellent passer, often providing assists to his teammates, but also has an excellent propensity for goals and football towards the opponent's goal. He has an excellent, more than powerful long range kick with remarkable accuracy.
Angus is technically an exceptional player. He manages to combine the extreme quality of him with a lot of quantity and a spirit of sacrifice for his team.
His right foot is his favorite foot, but he can use his left as well. He has an important vision of the game, he always plays with his head held high, as he is the brain and the engine of his team. The Aussie player has an important speed of execution of the plays and the ability to dodge by lowering himself to the line of the defenders to receive the ball and set the game. Thurgate is an unpredictable player thanks to his long ranges to change the game or to feed the attackers on the depth.
The Australian has excellent leadership skills as well as being the driver of his team. Angus is a hard worker and a super professional both on and off the pitch. He is a player with a great personality who is not afraid to take risks in the game.
Physically and athletically he is already a ready player now, just consider that his coach never gives up on him and is unlikely to be replaced given the importance of him, as well as the important physical endurance qualities.

CHARACTERIAL DESCRIPTION
Angus is very clever player, has a very good awareness in the game and you can see this also outside of the pitch: calm, reflective and quiet, you could say a home-church guy. He come from a normal family that fully support him in his path.​

STATISTICS

-1.75 key pass per game 
-0.52 shoot per game (69% accurate)
-1.5 cross per game (33% accurate)
-20 challenges - 3 aerial - 17 ground (50% won)
-5.3 interceptions per game
-4 tackles per game (56% succesful)
-4.8 dribbling per game (58% succesful)
-23 passes per game (87% accurate)
-0.13 goals per game

COMPARISON ​

ANGUS THURGATE
-Player index: 29,45
-Impact index: 13,1%
-Minutes index: 0,61
​-1.75 key pass per game 
-0.52 shoot per game (69% accurate)
-1.5 cross per game (33% accurate)
-20 challenges - 3 aerial - 17 ground (50% won)
-5.3 interceptions per game
-4 tackles per game (56% succesful)
-4.8 dribbling per game (58% succesful)
-23 passes per game (87% accurate)
-0.13 goals per game

​IVER FOSSUM
-Player index: 38,37
-Minute index: 0,67
​-Impact index: 15,9%
-1.53 key pass per game 
-1.53 shoot per game (69% accurate)
-2.1 cross per game (27% accurate)
-20 challenges - 3 aerial - 17 ground (50% won)
-3.2 interceptions per game
-2.6 tackles per game (43% succesful)
-2.5 dribbling per game (45% succesful)
-44 passes per game (75% accurate)
-0.48 goals per game

                           SCOUTING CONCLUSION & PREVISION
In conclusion Thurgate is a purchase in terms of quality - really excellent price. He is a player to be purchased at any cost, both for his technical skills but also for the personality and human qualities he possesses.
Given his market price, combined with his young age and his excellent technical-tactical qualities, as well as his ability to be flexible in different positions in the midfield, I consider Angus a player with the potential of a star in the Danish championship. Thurgate is a player to bet on to have a midfielder able to set up or as a midfielder, but above all to have a great level of performance and possibly in the future also a really important capital gain. Besides he has been selected for a selection of the Senior National Team. As for Stensness and Rowles, considering that he has Australian passport its very important for a hypotetically future sell in Asia since there are very strict rules about using Asian players which in some cases is a very rich market. ​​