Player Review

88 - Icon

5.0

The perfect target man

By YBvanRossen, 08-01-2019

I saw that there was only one review on this card, which is rather negative. Having used him for 100 games now, I wanted to provide a bit of a different perspective, because for me, he has been a game changer. That is not to say that this card does not have its downsides and sometimes does not feel "iconic". I bought Kluivert after having tried base MVB, and it is clear that Kluivert is the lesser finisher, sometimes missing chances that simply should have been goals with any player. However, his strength, pace, positioning and amazing headers make it so that it does not really matter if he misses the occasional chance, because he can score in so many different ways and gets into scoring positions so often. He is fast enough for balls over the top sometimes, can score timed finesses from outside the box, low driven shots nearly always go in from within the box, he can volley balls in, scores near post headers from corners, his chip shots are incredible and so is his regular shooting with both left and right. That being said, his true value for me over MVB is his 4 star skill moves and better passing, which makes him so much better for me in link up play. His scoring aside, Kluivert has just really made my whole team function better by keeping hold of the ball upfront waiting for other players to make a run. I never had a player with a positive goal ratio before, but Kluivert managed to find the net 133 times in 100 games and also assisting another 35 goals. As I am running a fully Dutch squad, safe to say he is never leaving my team, unless maybe if I upgrade to his prime version.

Headers

Link up play

Strength

4 star skill moves

Pace (no Auba, but fast enough)

Stamina (never had any problems with that, can always finish the match for me)

Composure (misses quite some chances)

Dribbling (can feel heavy on the ball)

Formation: 41212-2

Position: ST

Games: 104

GPG: 1.26

APG: 0.32

5.0

Overall

5.0

Value

5.0

4.0

Stamina

Pace (9/10)

Shooting (9/10)

Passing (8/10)

Dribbling (7/10)

Defending (5/10)

Physicality (9/10)

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