
Detailed playstyle
World youth
Position
He's Flamengo's n°10, so probably an offensive midfielder (World youth arc, chapter 7, pages 8-9).
Abilities
He won the world youth at 16, and largely contributed to Flamengo's victories for two consecutive years (World youth arc, chapter 7, pages 8-9). According to Leo, he has a god-like technique (World youth arc, chapter 8, page 15), it's said that he has a god like technique during a match (World youth arc, chapter 8, page 21) and Roberto also said that he has unbelievable abilities (World youth arc, chapter 8, pages 22-23), also according to Roberto he is so skilled that he's casting away the common sense and theories of soccer, including him believing that teamwork is the most important (World youth arc, chapter 8, pages 64-65), according to Misaki he is the perfect soldier of the field, with Tsubasa's technique and Hyuga's power (World youth arc, chapter 8, pages 102-103). According to Tsubasa, his strength, technique, the way he's reading plays and his soccer sense are above Tsubasa's, but Tsubasa's spirit can't lose (World youth arc, chapter 8, pages 132-133). He's a talented striker according to Espadas (World youth arc, chapter 54, page 9).
Offensive abilities
He was the top scorer of the Rio league (World youth arc, chapter 7, pages 8-9). He can be marked by 2 players of Sao Paulo FC including Jorginho, effectively preventing him from doing anything for some time (World youth arc, chapter 7, pages 26-27). He can run run towards the front of the goal to receive a magnificent pass (World youth arc, chapter 8, pages 9-10), he can predict a block from Tsubasa and run immediately after shooting to shoot the ball again (World youth arc, chapter 8, pages 116 to 119).
Shooting
He can aim for a player's arm to injure him, making the ball hit the goal bar, but the ball might still go towards him (World youth arc, chapter 8, pages 118 to 124).
Rolling overhead
He can score against Sao Paulo's keeper, even if he fell down, by using his rolling overhead on a high ball (World youth arc, chapter 7, pages 18 to 21), his rolling overhead on a loose high ball can be stopped by a face block from Tsubasa, despite being injured to the shoulder and having a numb leg (World youth arc, chapter 8, pages 116 to 129).
Flying drive shot
He can score with a flying drive shot kicked directly on a pass, 30 meters away from the goal against Sao Paulo's keeper (World youth arc, chapter 8, pages 16 to 19).
Golden eagle shot
He can pretend to make a backpass, but instead make a large leg swing, in order to kick a golden eagle shot with the left leg that can go in a small interval between 6 players of Sao Paulo, score against Sao Paulo's keeper, and according to Santana, could've broken Sao Paulo's keeper 's fingers (World youth arc, chapter 8, pages 54 to 63), can pretend to kick a flying drive shot, but instead make his leg hit the grass before kicking a golden eagle shot that can go under the wall during a free kick, Tsubasa can foresse it and block it, but it's so powerful he can let the ball go away and make his leg numb (World youth arc, chapter 8, pages 108 to 117).
Ball control
He can receive a pass with the left leg and juggle with the ball, juggling with it from the front of the opponent's goal back to the center circle (World youth arc, chapter 8, pages 10-11), can receive a pass with the left leg (World youth arc, chapter 8, pages 28-29).
Ball keeping
He may fall against 3 defenders of Sao Paulo including Sergio, but still take the ball as he is collapsing, sending it forward with the back of his leg (World youth arc, chapter 7, pages 14 to 17).
Dribbling
He can start to dribble really fast, surprising and getting past Leandro and Sandro (World youth arc, chapter 7, pages 8-9), can fake a pass to dribble instead, tricking 3 players of Sao Paulo FC, including Leandro (World youth arc, chapter 7, pages 14-15).
Straight line dribbling
He can blow away Tsubasa tackling him with a straight line dribbling (World youth arc, chapter 8, pages 101 to 103).
Nutmeg
He can get past 2 players of Sao Paulo FC marking him with successive nutmegs (World youth arc, chapter 8, pages 30-31).
Santana turn
He can get past Tsubasa with a santana turn (World youth arc, chapter 7, pages 10 to 13), his santana turn can be countered by an overhead from Tsubasa, but he can counter it with an overhead of his own done above (World youth arc, chapter 8, pages 36 to 39).
Passing
He can pass the ball forward in a small interval between 3 players of Sao Paulo FC (World youth arc, chapter 8, pages 12 to 14). He can pass the ball with the left leg (World youth arc, chapter 8, pages 70-71).
Through pass
He can use the oblique tackle from behind from Tsubasa, to make the ball bounce on his leg, in order to send a through pass to a teammate (World youth arc, chapter 8, pages 104 to 107).
Defensive abilities
He can keep up with a dribbling Tsubasa (World youth arc, chapter 8, pages 82-83).
Ball stealing
He can use a shoulder charge on Tsubasa's injured shoulder to prevent him from shooting, but that won't prevent him from kicking the ball with a rotation effect to get the ball again afterwards (World youth arc, chapter 9, pages 10-11).
Sliding tackle
He can take the ball from a player of Sao Paulo as he is controlling the ball, with a sliding tackle (World youth arc, chapter 8, pages 69 to 71), Tsubasa can trick him into tackling the ball and make him hit the leg instead, making Tsubasa earn a free kick (World youth arc, chapter 8, pages 82 to 85).
Overhead
He can defend against his own santana turn, copied by Tsubasa, by clearing the ball away with an overhead (World youth arc, chapter 7, pages 28 to 33), he can counter an overhead from Tsubasa with an overhead of his own done over Tsubasa, taking the ball and making Tsubasa fall (World youth arc, chapter 8, pages 36 to 39), can counter Tsubasa's heel lift with an overhead, and if Tsubasa is countering it with an overhead of his own, he can push him away with the strength of his leg, however Tsubasa can still send the ball to a teammate afterwards (World youth arc, chapter 8, pages 72 to 81).
Blocking
He can intercept a flying drive shot from Tsubasa despite its terrible rotation effect (World youth arc, chapter 8, pages 92 to 97), can try to block a shot from Tsubasa with a sliding tackle-like move with the left leg, but Tsubasa can make a backpass with the heel instead (World youth arc, chapter 9, pages 12-13), can block a shot from Leandro with the left leg, but Tsubasa can shoot it again afterwards (World youth arc, chapter 9, pages 13 to 17).
Fighting spirit
He can keep his cool despite scoring and achieving a hat trick, it's because he's a soccer cyborg and he doesn't feel anything according to Leo (World youth arc, chapter 8, pages 64-65).