Quick and keen to take players on - what Leeds United new boy Crysencio Summerville's 2019/20 season at ADO Den Haag tells us
The 18-year-old winger, who signed a three-year deal at Elland Road today, is direct. He runs at people with pace and proved problematic for Eredivisie defenders in a 2019/20 season he spent on loan at ADO Den Haag.
Feyenoord farmed their teenage prospect out to their fellow top division side in August of 2019 and before the league was declared null and void, Summerville made an impression and caught the eye of clubs like Leeds and Anderlecht.
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Hide AdIn 21 appearances, 17 of which came as starts for the strugglers, he successfully took on and went past opposition players 31 times. Only Mohammed Ihattaren of PSV completed more successful take ons in the league's ranks of Under 20 aged players.
He operated primarily on the right flank for Den Haag, although popped up on occasion on the opposite wing, and like the most dangerous of Leeds' current wingers Jack Harrison, showcased a great first touch. His final ball, at times, was lacking but as Harrison showed last season, that is something which can be improved, the longer you spend under Marcelo Bielsa's care. Encouragingly for his future prospects of earning game time under the Argentine, he has already shown a natural determination to win the ball back [3.3 ball recoveries per 90 last season] and a decent work-rate off the ball.
Summerville's skill, speed and slight stature helped him to win almost three free-kicks per 90 minutes last season and he earned two penalties for his loan club. When he found the net on October 26 last year against Vitesse, four days before his 18th birthday, he became Den Haag's youngest ever goalscorer in the Eredivisie. His second of the season came in February against Sparta Rotterdam. Prior to last season he netted five times on loan for second tier outfit FC Dordrecht.
Before departing his motherland for a new life in England, and having said no to a long-term deal at Feyenoord, Summerville played once for their Under 21 side this season and registered an assist in a 4-2 defeat to NAC Breda.
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Hide AdHe is expected to feature for Mark Jackson's Under 23s, for whom wingers Liam McCarron, Stuart McKinstry and Jordan Stevens currently occupy places in the team. Stevens, however, is potentially going out on loan to Swindon Town for the season.
Full 2019/20 stats
69% pass accuracy
57% duels won
32.8 touches per 90
22% conversion rate
12.9 passes per 90
8.7 successful passes per 90
5.9 final third passes per 90
5.0 total duels won per 90
3.3 ball recoveries per 90
2.8 times fouled per 90
1.9 crosses per 90
1.8 successful take-ons per 90
1.2 tackles won per 90
1.0 shots per 90
0.8 chances created per 90
0.5 shots on-target per 90
0.5 interceptions per 90
0.18 goals and assists per 90
0.12 goals per 90
Total numbers in the 2019/20 Eredivisie
1490 minutes played
543 touches
144 successful passes
104 total duels won
63% successful take-ons
56 successful final third passes
55 ball recoveries
47 times fouled
31 successful take-ons
29 times dispossessed
20 tackles won
16 shots
13 chances created
9 shots on-target
9 interceptions
8 clearances
2 big chances missed
2 penalties won
2 goals
1 assist
1 big chance created
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