LUIS IBERICO

Report Date: 12/11/2021

INFORMATIONS
​Name: Luis Enrique
Surname: Iberico
Date of birth: 06/02/1998
Nationality: Perù
Height: 177cm
Weight: 81kg
Foot: Right
Position: Striker
Club: FBC Melgar
​Scout: Vincenzo Aprea

CAREER
​Luis Iberico grew up in the youth academy of Universidad San Martín de Porres, a club of Liga 1 based in Luis's hometown, Lima. Iberico has been part of all the youth categories of the Universidad San Martin, joining the second team at the age of 16 and making his debut in the first team, at the age of 16 years and 8 days. He quickly became part of the first team on a permanent basis, making several appearances in both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments between 2014 and 2015. The first official goal came in the match losed 2-3 against Club Alianza Lima on 7 May 2015, at 17 years and 3 months. Luis made 39 appearances with Universidad San Martín de Porres. Then he signed on 1 January 2017 for his current club, FBC Melgar, where in total he has collected, so far, 70 appearances with 12 goals and 2 assists. With Melgar he also played the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana. During his period with Melgar he was sent on loan to Universidad Técnica de Cajamarca, with which he made 23 appearances with 6 goals and 5 assists. Iberico was also part of Peruvian National Team Youths, starting from the U15 and proceeding until the U20, always playing under age. On 8 June 2021, after the excellent performances with Melgar in the 2021 season, he managed to make his debut in the senior national team, playing against Ecuador, in the match valid for the qualifiers for the World Cup in Qatar 2022, won 2-1 away, playing in the final 11 minutes of the match. Subsequently he will be selected by the coach Gareca to be part of the 23 called up for the Copa America 2021, where he also collects 2 appearances.

STATISTICS
TACKLES: 2,2 (61%) 
CHALLENGES: 19 
GROUND CHALLENGES: 11 (43%) 
AERIAL DUELS: 8 (37%) 
PASSES: 22 (75%)
KEY PASSES: 0,93 
SHOOTS: 1,57 (59%) 
DRIBBLING: 2,6 (58%) 
CROSS: 0,71 (10%) 
GOL: 0,43 
ASSISTS: 0,07 

DESCRIPTION
Luis Iberico is the typicall modern striker, right footed, physically strong and with an excellent technique, he has also developed a very good sense of goal. At the beginning of his career, he was used more frequently as a winger on both the right and left sides, but in the last season and a half he played much more consistently as a central striker. In fact, thanks to this change of position, his performance and his performances grow visibly from all points of view. Physically, thanks to his powerful body, he manages to stand up to both faster and more static but physically large defenders, where they struggle to steal the ball from him, when protecting him, or to anticipate it. Not surprisingly, Iberico is very skilled in protecting the ball and raising his team, but he is also very skilled in aerial play, having to be very effective due to his good elevation. From a technical point of view, Luis is gifted with an excellent basic technique that allows him to have excellent ball control (even in high ball speed) and excellent dribbling. These characteristics allow him to be able to dialogue very much also with his teammates, favoring the offensive transition of his team when he has to overturn the game action, but also to create numerical superiority in the offensive half or even in the opposing area, where he often manages to arrive in front of the opposing goalkeeper after having previously jumped a couple of opponents in dribbling. In addition, he is athletically gifted with good explosiveness and speed, thanks to which he manages to be very effective in the counterattack phase, beating his opponents in 1 vs 1. From a ballistic point of view, Luis has a good long range shot, very powerful and quite accurate, which turns out to be very tricky for opposing goalkeepers. Besides, he is also a very good one penalty shooter, where he often manages to spur the opposing goalkeepers, having missed only 1 per hour in his career (then scoring on the rebound after hitting the crossbar). Temperamentally, Iberico is a very generous and sunny boy, and in fact this can also be seen on the pitch, but he does not disdain hard play when the match requires it, never shying away from his responsibilities, despite his young age. surely he is a player to be considered in the fullest of his footballing maturity, in short, in full explosion, which could lead him in the future to tread important stages in the course of his career, both with his own club and with the national team. In fact, I absolutely recommend its purchase, especially by virtue of its current contractual situation, as it expires on 31 December 2021, and consequently it can be purchased at zero, a real market opportunity in view also of its enormous potential still unexpressed, which they can come out quicker in a higher level league than the one they currently play.