DANIEL PENHA

​Report Date: 15/12/2021

​INFORMATIONS
​Name: Daniel
Surname: Penha
Date of birth: 17/10/1998
Nationality: Brazilian
​Lenguages spoken:  Brazilian, English
Height: 171cm
Weight: 63kg
Foot: Left
Position: Nr° 8
2° Position: Offensive Midfielder
Club: Newcastle Jets (Atl.Mineiro)
Scout: Luigi Calvo

CAREER
Daniel Penha began his career as a footballer in Atletico Mineiro, where he did all the youth training and where he won the Mineiro1.
In 2019 he starts the string of loans. Penha makes her debut in the Brazilian Serie B, thanks to her move to Clube de Regatas Brasil. In 2020 he plays half the year in Coimbra and half in Sampaio de Correia.
The season of consecration arrives in 2021 in the Brazilian Serie B in Confianca, where in 17 appearances he scores 2 goals and 1 assist, becoming one of the key players of his team.
After his best season in Brazil comes the Australian call, in the Australian A-League top league, where he is shot on loan by Atletico Mineiro to the Newcastle Jets. In this early season his impact was decisive, with 5 appearances as a starter, 1 goal and 3 assists, already becoming an essential element for his team.
In the Brazilian national team Daniel boasts 1 presence with the Under 20 representative, not to be taken for granted for a nation full of talents like the Brazilian one.

​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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Daniel Penha
Player index: 32,22
Impact: 9,8%
Minutes index: 0,40

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

STATISTICS

-2.4 key pass per game 
-3.8 shoot per game (49% accurate)
-1.01 cross per game (20% accurate)
-18 challenges - 2 aerial - 16 ground (44% won)
-3.2 interceptions per game
-5.6 dribbling per game (61% succesful)
-59 passes per game (76% accurate)
-0.23 goals per game

​TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
Daniel Penha is a midfielder who can fill multiple roles in the middle of the pitch. In my opinion, the Brazilian player can be classified as a "box to box" midfielder. Although it should be noted that the boy can easily fill the role of mid-winger but also of attacking midfielder behind the strikers.
He is the classic talented player, gifted with flair, imagination and an excellent class that few players in the world can boast, so thanks to these characteristics he can easily adapt to cover more roles.
This versatility is given by his incredible quality and excellent technique that make him one of the most talented players in the entire Australian championship (and beyond). Daniel is a great passer and assist man, with the ball at his feet he is able to make any play or score goals.
Technically I think there is little to say. Penha was gifted with a superfine talent. The Brazilian with his magic left draws geometries and dictates the game times as the most classic of the point guards. He has a lethal weapon in dribbling with which he leaves his direct opponents in place, creating numerical superiority.
One of Penha's characteristics is the long-range shot with his powerful left-footed kick, thanks to which he often and willingly scored goals or conclusions that put a lot of effort into the opposing goalkeeper.
Also noteworthy is the quality of him in kicking the free kicks, both directed towards the mirror of the goal, and indirect. During his career he has often been invested in this role, also scoring several goals on inactive ball.
Penha has among his favorite characteristics and actions that of lowering himself near the line of the defenders to get the ball and go to build the game, both dictating the times in the short, but also with long ranges to open the game or in search of the tips.
From a physical point of view, he can still have room for improvement as regards the development of the lower muscular structure, but he already demonstrates that he has excellent athletic freshness and great endurance during the matches played this season.
I would like to conclude by highly recommending the purchase of this midfielder at any cost, because he could be an absolute market hit in perspective, given his boundless talent and flexibility in various midfield roles.

CHARACTERIAL DESCRIPTION
Daniel is the typical brazilian kind of charachter: extrovert, friendly and smiling, the perfect insert in a team group, always ready to help the teammates. He is married from short time, comes from a poor family that support him in finding fortune abroad. Speaks also a decent english, one of the reason why he decided to go abroad and have a new experience.

COMPARISON ​

​DANIEL PENHA
-Player index: 32,22
-Impact index: 9,8%
-Minutes index: 0,40
​-2.4 key pass per game 
-3.8 shoot per game (49% accurate)
-1.01 cross per game (20% accurate)
-18 challenges - 2 aerial - 16 ground (44% won)
-3.2 interceptions per game
-2.9 tackles per game (53% succesful)
-5.6 dribbling per game (61% succesful)
-59 passes per game (76% accurate)
-0.23 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
Penha has went to Australia to do a new experience and because he couldn't get the space he needed in Atl.Mineiro, which is between the top 3 clubs in Brazil. He made already a big impact thanks to his fantastic class and flair that is inside the brazilian DNA. As for other brazilian players that moved in Denmark with good success we have no doubt that he can make a difference. Technically he is way above the average level of nr°8 in Denmark.​