YURIEL CELI

Report date: 10/09/2020 Updated on 10/11/2021

BASIC INFORMATIONS
​Name: Yuriel
Surname: Celi
Date Of Birth: 20/02/2002
Place Of Birth: Callao (Perù)
Nationality: Peruvian
Height: 178cm
Weight: 73kg
Best Foot: Left
1° Position: Offensive Playmaker/Half Winger
2° Position: Right Winger
Club: Carlos A. Manucci
Contract: 30/12/2023

CAREER
Celi was born in Callao, growing in the neighborhood of Santa Marina Sur, a difficoult barrio in the harbour area. 
His grandmother Catalina says that since he was little he had always been with the ball: "He always ran away from the house to play with his friends, we even saw him playing around with plastic bottles, if there was not a ball."
He was noticed at the age of eight by Academia Cantolao, the club of his city. From that moment he was always a member of the Youth Academy of the Club.

He losed his father at the age of 16: "The worst year of my life and at the same time the year where I grew up more and my family became even closer".

His mother Melissa said: "He would get up at five in the morning to go to train. Sometimes we had not enough money to buy him the boots or even the tickets for the bus and here in the neighborhood we had to organize together to support him."

"I am from Callao de Santa Marina Sur, proud to be from there, I am going to try hard to reach the top level and put the name of my country high. I want to be an example for other peruvian generations. I want to show that with a lot of work you can achieve your dreams. I do not like to lose, never. I'm not a bad guy but I don't like to lose. I want to win everything and against everyone."

In 2017 he played with Perù U15 the Capeonato Sudamericano Sub-15 in Argentina. During the torunament the Peruvian selection got the semifinal stage, being eliminated by the home team Argentina (that subsequently won the tournament). During the tournament Celi scored two goals, one against Bolivia and another against Ecuador.

In 2018 he signed his first professional contract after a season as regular starter and top player for the reserves team. 
In 2019 he was called and selected as captain of the team by Perù U17 during the Capeonato Sudamericano Sub-17 in Perù. The Peruvian selection got the first place during the group stage, but only the fift during the final exagonal. Celi was one of the best players of the tournament, celebrated in his country as a future star and leader of Peruvian Football.
On April 2019 he was called by Nolberto Solano for the U23 Selection to play the qualifications games for the Preolimpico Sudamericano Sub-23. 
On 19 May 2019 he made his debut with First Team of Cantolao, playing 90' in the Torneo Apertura game against Pirata FC. He scored his first goal in the Clausura game against Pirata FC. In his first season as first team player he played in 17 games for a total of 891'. 
He was called by Perù U23 to play in the Sudamericano Sub-23, being the only player born in 2002 of the team. He played as starter three games (Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay). 
During the season 2020 he got shirt nr.7 and a regular spot in the first team as starter and key player of the club. He played a total of 24 games scoring 6 goals. In the season 2021 on 19 games he scored 2 goals and served 3 assists playing more as nr.8. 
He is considered one of the best South American players of his generation.

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

​Yuriel Celi
Player index: 22,02
Impact: 11%
Minutes index: 0,28

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

Average AGF Nr.8 index
Player index: 14,1
​Impact: 6,2%
Minutes index: 0,22

Yuriel Celi - Defensive phase

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
​​Celi is a typicall nr.10, able to play the ball with tecnique and able to be unpredictable by the opponents. He is a player difficoult to read by the opponents. He uses to move a lot without the ball looking to get a pass from a teammate and to manage the offensive and playmaking phase. He has a good dribbling ability and a good shooting quality. He has vision and accurancy in the passes. He has also a good physicall strenght, this allow him to play well with his back to the opponent. 

CHARACTERIAL DESCRIPTION
He is a leader, he trust in his qualities and put all his effort to reach his dream to play football at the highest level. He is an hardworker that come from an humble family, he losed his dad early and he said that grew up a lot for that. He is from a dangerous peruvian barrio, he had problems when police controlled the car of his teammate and it seems they found a gun and drug, however all the sources we heard confirmed Yuriel had nothing to do with that, in fact he was immediately released with official excuses (we have the legal documentation). However the boys from these disadvantages countries are always very close to criminality and it's easy for them, mostly in the young age to be involved in big troubles. Move him out from that envirnoment, since we heard very positive things about him and his family's values will be an assurance for this matter. 

​REFERENCES
Jorge Espejo, former coach of Cantolao “I directed Yuriel since a very young age, I saw him very mature, serious and professional. We must continue to correct things and it is good to know how to manage it well, it is an impressive football project, I think he can take the team on his shoulder. He has grown a lot and I saw that with my eyes.
Yuriel is a privileged player, technically very gifted. He has an excellent predisposition to train based on the desire to reach his goal. He is a unique guy because when you give him the message in the right way he takes it more then well. He's a guy who comes from a complicated neighborhood, but he's trying to take advantage of the advice that the majority who try to get close to him can give him. He knows how to distinguish people's intentions. Despite the fact that he came from the street, he has tremendous inner peace, so I think he's fine, it's up to him to take full advantage of his potential as a footballer and add what the Peruvian footballer lacks, which is to become a high-competition athlete. In which you learn to know what to eat, read books and cultivate your body in a gym. It seems to me that he has something more then the others peruvian talents because of the gifted technique he has. He must continue to grow, improve his qualities, attitudes and I'm sure he will be a 'crack' ".

STATISTICS
-0.74 key pass per game 
-1.47 shoot per game (36% accurate)
-0.85 cross per game (27% accurate)
-17 challenges - 2 aerial - 15 ground (41% won)
-1.7 interceptions per game
-3.2 dribbling per game (65% succesful)
-34 passes per game (75% accurate)
-72% actions completed
-0.03 goals per game
-2 tackels per game

COMPARISON

YURIEL CELI
​-Player index: 22,02
-Minute index: 0,28
​-Impact index: 11%
​-0.74 key pass per game 
-1.47 shoot per game (36% accurate)
-0.85 cross per game (27% accurate)
-17 challenges - 2 aerial - 15 ground (41% won)
-1.7 interceptions per game
-2 tackles per game (29% successful)
-3.22 dribbling per game (65% succesful)
-34 passes per game (75% accurate)
-72% actions completed
-6 lost balls per match
-0.11 goals per game

ALBERT GRONBAEK
​-Player index: 10,45
-Minute index: 0,16
​-Impact index: 6,1%
-0.63 key pass per game 
-1 shoot per game (37% accurate)
-0.63 cross per game (25% accurate)
-19 challenges - 3 aerial - 16 ground (38% won)
-3.1 interceptions per game
-3.6 tackles per game (44% successful)
-3.10 dribbling per game (51% succesful)
-19 passes per game (65% accurate)
-67% actions completed
-7 lost balls per match
-0.00 goals per game

MIKAEL ANDERSEN
​-Player index: 17,68
-Minute index: 0,28
​-Impact index: 6,3%
-0.29 key pass per game 
-0.93 shoot per game (31% accurate)
-0.43 cross per game (33% accurate)
-11 challenges - 2 aerial - 9 ground (44% won)
-1.6 interceptions per game
-2.3 tackles per game (38% successful)
-1.57 dribbling per game (59% succesful)
-14 passes per game (74% accurate)
-71% actions completed
-4 lost balls per match
-0.21 goals per game