Detailed playstyle
Road to 2002, 25th anniversary, Golden-23
Offensive Abilities
He can score 4 goals against Real Madrid (Oversea fierce fights En La Liga arc, chapter 55, pages 7-8), he can fake a shot, then raise the ball and jump to dodge a player like Payol who is trying to block him (Golden-23 arc, chapter 61, pages 2 to 5), can make it look like he's running forward, but turn around instead, which can fools players marking him like Gonzales or Payol, and steal the ball from a teammate to surprise the defenders and make them stop moving for an instant (Golden-23 arc, chapter 59, pages 11 to 13), but he can be thoroughly marked by Payol, who can clear the ball in front of him (Golden-23 arc, chapter 67, pages 10 to 12).
Shooting
He can turn around and kick a shot inside the penalty area that Rechard may not be able to stop (Road to 2002, chapter 41, pages 16 to 18).
Arrow shot
After stealing the ball from a teammate to surprise the defenders and make them stop moving for an instant, he can sharply turn around and kick his arrow shot, which Rechard might not be able to stop and Tsubasa be too late to block (Golden-23 arc, chapter 59, pages 12 to 19).
Twin shot
Natureza and Santana can try to score with a twin shot, but Wakabayashi can repell it (25th anniversary, part 4, pages 6 to 9).
Rolling overhead
He can perform his rolling overhead on a ball he raised himself, and after a jump he made to dodge an opponent, which Rechard and Gonzales might not be able to stop, and Gonzales might even be injured in the process (Golden-23 arc, chapter 61, pages 2 to 14), can perform his rolling overhead on a ball he raised himself, but Grandios may be able to block it (Road to 2002 arc, chapter 41, pages 12 to 14).
Rising arrow overhead
After performing a heel lift, he can jump and combine his rolling overhead with the arrow shot to perform a rising arrow overhead shot, but Tsubasa can block it with a similar technique (Golden-23 arc, chapter 63, pages 1 to 16).
Ball keeping
He can avoid Fonseca's snake marking with a sharp change of direction although it may have been on purpose to lead him into a trap (Road to 2002 arc, chapter 41, pages 3 to 7), can avoid a tackle from Almieja but may fall because of his second tackle, he might still keep posession even if he's tackled by Gonzales in the meantime, however (Road to 2002 arc, chapter 41, pages 7 to 12), can avoid Gonzales's dump car tackle and keep posession of the ball even if he's falling (Road to 2002 arc, chapter 41, pages 9 to 12), can keep posession even if his rolling overhead was blocked by Grandios, Tsubasa is even stating that he's persistent and friends with the ball (Road to 2002 arc, chapter 41, pages 12 to 15). He might raise the ball to provoke a clash with a player like Tsubasa (Golden-23 arc, chapter 55, pages 17 to 19). This is allowing them to evaluate each others's force, speed, jumping power, sharpness and kicking power (Golden-23 arc, chapter 56, pages 2-3). Santana will be completely even against Tsubasa in these kind of clashes and so the ball might become loose (Golden-23 arc, chapter 56, pages 4 to 6), he may be even with Rivaul during a clash in the air (Road to 2002 arc, chapter 39, pages 5-6), and might lose the ball during a clash against Rivaul (Road to 2002 arc, chapter 38, pages 17-18).
Santana turn
He can try to use the santana turn to get past a player, but Rivaul can defend against it with an overhead (Road to 2002 arc, chapter 39, pages 4 to 6).
Heel lift
He can use the heel lift to try and get past a player and jump for an aerial shot (Golden-23 arc, chapter 62, pages 16 to 19).
Pass
He can shoot behind instead of a teammate, allowing a player like Sho to use his reactive fast kick quick gun (25th anniversary, part 2, pages 24 to 27), can make a backpass to a teammate (25th anniversary, part 2, page 5).
Golden trio
Along with Natureza and Rivaul, he can attack as the brazilian golden trio, Aoi, Izawa and Matsuyama can't stop them when showing signs of fatigue (25th anniversary, part 4, pages 2-3).
Defensive abilities
He may not go back to defend as he has faith in Valencia's defense (Golden-23 arc, chapter 64, page 15).
Ball stealing
He can forcibly take the ball from Grandios (Road to 2002 arc, chapter 40, pages 17-18).
Blocking
During a free kick, he might notice that Tsubasa is going to use Matsuyama's eagle shot instead of his flying drive shot, but can still be too late to block it (Golden-23 arc, chapter 58, pages 7 to 14).
He can avoid Fonseca's snake marking with a sharp change of direction although it may have been on purpose to lead him into a trap (Road to 2002 arc, chapter 41, pages 3 to 7), can avoid a tackle from Almieja but may fall because of his second tackle, he might still keep posession even if he's tackled by Gonzales in the meantime, however (Road to 2002 arc, chapter 41, pages 7 to 12), can avoid Gonzales's dump car tackle and keep posession of the ball even if he's falling (Road to 2002 arc, chapter 41, pages 9 to 12), can keep posession even if his rolling overhead was blocked by Grandios, Tsubasa is even stating that he's persistent and friends with the ball (Road to 2002 arc, chapter 41, pages 12 to 15). He might raise the ball to provoke a clash with a player like Tsubasa (Golden-23 arc, chapter 55, pages 17 to 19). This is allowing them to evaluate each others's force, speed, jumping power, sharpness and kicking power (Golden-23 arc, chapter 56, pages 2-3). Santana will be completely even against Tsubasa in these kind of clashes and so the ball might become loose (Golden-23 arc, chapter 56, pages 4 to 6), he may be even with Rivaul during a clash in the air (Road to 2002 arc, chapter 39, pages 5-6), and might lose the ball during a clash against Rivaul (Road to 2002 arc, chapter 38, pages 17-18).
Santana turn
He can try to use the santana turn to get past a player, but Rivaul can defend against it with an overhead (Road to 2002 arc, chapter 39, pages 4 to 6).
Heel lift
He can use the heel lift to try and get past a player and jump for an aerial shot (Golden-23 arc, chapter 62, pages 16 to 19).
Pass
He can shoot behind instead of a teammate, allowing a player like Sho to use his reactive fast kick quick gun (25th anniversary, part 2, pages 24 to 27), can make a backpass to a teammate (25th anniversary, part 2, page 5).
Golden trio
Along with Natureza and Rivaul, he can attack as the brazilian golden trio, Aoi, Izawa and Matsuyama can't stop them when showing signs of fatigue (25th anniversary, part 4, pages 2-3).
Defensive abilities
He may not go back to defend as he has faith in Valencia's defense (Golden-23 arc, chapter 64, page 15).
Ball stealing
He can forcibly take the ball from Grandios (Road to 2002 arc, chapter 40, pages 17-18).
Blocking
During a free kick, he might notice that Tsubasa is going to use Matsuyama's eagle shot instead of his flying drive shot, but can still be too late to block it (Golden-23 arc, chapter 58, pages 7 to 14).