Name: Florin BRATU
Club: Litex Loveci (on loan from Dinamo Bucuresti)
Number: 15
Position: SS*, WF, SM, CF
Nationality: Romanian
Age: 29 (1980-02-01)
Foot: R
Side: B
Length: 186
Weight: 75
Attack: 75
Defence: 38
Balance: 79
Stamina: 81
Top Speed: 87
Acceleration: 93
Response: 83
Agility: 79
Dribble Accuracy: 80
Dribble Speed: 93
Short Pass Accuracy: 73
Short Pass Speed: 75
Long Pass Acc.: 74
Long Pass Speed: 77
Shot Accuracy: 75
Shot Power: 80
Shot Technique: 68
Free Kick Accuracy: 68
Curling: 70
Header: 70
Jump: 76
Technique: 77
Aggression: 79
Mentality: 78
Keeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 78
Injury Tolerance: B
Condition/Fitness: 6
Weak Foot Accuracy: 5
Weak Foot frequency: 5
Consistency: 5
*Reaction
*Side
*1-1 Scoring
*Penalties
Player Index
P06 - Speed Merchant
S01 - Reaction
S03 - 1on1 Finish
S04 - PK Taker
Florin Bratu is a player with unique flaws and strengths. His finishing is absolutely mediocre and he's the sort of player who can't use his size properly to win aerial duels inside the box. His positioning is that of a sidemidfielder at best and his finishing would be even average for that. Yet he's a player who is of better use if being picked as a forward. For a winger he lacks the necessary technique and ability to put in good crosses to be valuable. What he does possess though is an incredible speed that can punish any defender who's not able to clear the ball before he gets to sprint. Speed is the major weapon of Bratu and this makes him the perfect forward for counter attacks. His stunning acceleration and his ability to keep the pace intact even on the ball often made coaches mistake him for a sidemidfielder. In reality he's absolutely great in moving to free space and despite him being not really accurate in normal shooting, he's quite good in 1vs1 situations vs the Keeper which is certainly helpful for a striker like him.
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