Player Review
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I played Kluivert in a 41212 (2) squad. At the start of the game i always switched from the 4321 to the 41212 (2).
He played as a right striker alongside IF Alessandrini and in front of Hazard who played as my CAM.
I played like 80% of these games in online seasons and 20% Squad Battles
The reason I bought him was because I always used G. Jesus on this position before but i really wanted a striker who can hold on to the ball (strength, height, ball controll) and play some decent passes but still has a good shot and decent pace.
Pace: He's not as fast as Mbappe or Bale is but he really felt fast especially for his height and strength. I used Lukaku but Kluivert was way faster than him. I expected him to feel like 80 pace, he felt like 90.
Shooting: That's by far his best stat. Even it's just 84 on his base card stat with "just" (for a striker legend) 86 finishing and 79 long shots he's an absolute beast scoring goals. Doesn't matter from what angle or how far away. I scored many long shots, low driven outside and inside the box, finessed and power shots (no you can't feel his 73 curve, it's just fine). I tried Van Basten (89 rated) before but i really think Kluivert is the better shooter.
Dribbling: I was a little bit scared of his dribbling before i played with him. But just after the first game I really felt he was a Legend and his dribbling stat feels much better than it says. 80 Dribbling and 1.88m tall? He feels way better than 89 Van Basten, Lukaku, Aubameyang. His ball controll is on point and he never felt sluggish. Sure you won't dribble past 4 defenders like you could with Neymar but I never had a problem with him.
Passing: 85 short passing and 83 vision on a striker? Yes please. You could easily play him as a CAM and that stat made the difference for me to other tall strikers like Lukaku.
Physical: His heading and jumping is next level. No problem outjumping (is that even a word?) tall and strong defenders like Bailly or even Boateng. His strength was good but he's not untouchable. Sometimes he loses a 1 on 1 against a strong defender but not too often. Shielding worked just perfect. His stamina wasn't an issue for me since he has low defensive workrates and he really wasn't tracking back. Never ran out of stamina after 90min and can't remember after 120 min tbh.
Defending: Well I don't care.
Shooting
Passing
Pace
Physical
His Price (paid 700k) but it was worth every Coin