Gary Medel: Key Stats.
Sun Aug 11, 2013 10:04 pm
Key Stats On Cardiff’s New Fiery Signing Gary Medel. What Will He Bring To The Bluebirds? Transfer Scouting Report.
Cardiff City will have perked the ears up of many football fans around Europe with their most recent signing, breaking their transfer record for the third time this summer and securing Sevilla’s ball-winning defensive midfielder Gary Medel for £11 million on Saturday.
Perhaps it was always the case that Medel would end up in the Premier League after being was named after former England forward Gary Lineker when he was born in Santiago, Chile in 1987. During a career which has seen him play for Universidad Catolica, where he was initially a right-back, he was given the nicknames of “The Chilean Gattuso” and “Pitbull” which paint a fairly vivid picture of what sort of player the Welsh side can expect.
Gary Medel Discipline Stats
The first thing people will tell you about Medel is that he’s a ferocious footballer who has plenty to dish out. They’re not wrong either. The 26-year-old made 47 fouls last season and accumulated eight yellow cards and three red cards in La Liga – the only surprise is that the yellow count is so low. New Swansea signing Jose Canas was particularly helpful when it came to getting Medel dismissed in the Seville derby. Then there was that time when he kicked a chair after his dismissal against Atletico Madrid.
Gary Medel Stats
However, there’s more to him than just a poor disciplinary record, Medel’s not afraid to get stuck in, a feature fans appreciate, and won 78% of his tackles last season, even winning 48% of his aerial duels – he’s only just over 5’7″. Then when he wins the ball, which happens regularly, he rarely gives it away. His pass completion rate of 87% was the highest at Sevilla in 2012/13 – joint with Geoffrey Kondogbia – of players who played more than five league games. One slight would perhaps be that positionally he’s not always the most aware.
Creativity is a rarely an asset associated with Medel’s style of play, nor something Cardiff have dished out the money for, but he’s far from a black-hole when it comes to goals and assists. He scored 12 for Universidad Catolica, a memorable brace for Boca Juniors in the Superclasico against River Plate – Boca fans will never forget that – and when his first goal eventually arrived for Sevilla, he followed it up with another the next week. Last season, he scored six in the league and directly set up three more.
Medel Toal Goals Stats
Returning to the overriding impression most people have of the Chilean international, Medel amassed 29 yellow cards in 78 La Liga appearances since venturing in to Europe in 2011. It is a near certainty that he will miss games due to suspension, but the matches he’s there for, the opposition will certainly know about it. The fans at the Cardiff City Stadium will love him too. What’s not to love about a little Chilean named Gary?
Gary Medel Stats
However, there’s more to him than just a poor disciplinary record, Medel’s not afraid to get stuck in, a feature fans appreciate, and won 78% of his tackles last season, even winning 48% of his aerial duels – he’s only just over 5’7″. Then when he wins the ball, which happens regularly, he rarely gives it away. His pass completion rate of 87% was the highest at Sevilla in 2012/13 – joint with Geoffrey Kondogbia – of players who played more than five league games. One slight would perhaps be that positionally he’s not always the most aware.
Creativity is a rarely an asset associated with Medel’s style of play, nor something Cardiff have dished out the money for, but he’s far from a black-hole when it comes to goals and assists. He scored 12 for Universidad Catolica, a memorable brace for Boca Juniors in the Superclasico against River Plate – Boca fans will never forget that – and when his first goal eventually arrived for Sevilla, he followed it up with another the next week. Last season, he scored six in the league and directly set up three more.
Returning to the overriding impression most people have of the Chilean international, Medel amassed 29 yellow cards in 78 La Liga appearances since venturing in to Europe in 2011. It is a near certainty that he will miss games due to suspension, but the matches he’s there for, the opposition will certainly know about it. The fans at the Cardiff City Stadium will love him too. What’s not to love about a little Chilean named Gary?
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Cardiff City will have perked the ears up of many football fans around Europe with their most recent signing, breaking their transfer record for the third time this summer and securing Sevilla’s ball-winning defensive midfielder Gary Medel for £11 million on Saturday.
Perhaps it was always the case that Medel would end up in the Premier League after being was named after former England forward Gary Lineker when he was born in Santiago, Chile in 1987. During a career which has seen him play for Universidad Catolica, where he was initially a right-back, he was given the nicknames of “The Chilean Gattuso” and “Pitbull” which paint a fairly vivid picture of what sort of player the Welsh side can expect.
Gary Medel Discipline Stats
The first thing people will tell you about Medel is that he’s a ferocious footballer who has plenty to dish out. They’re not wrong either. The 26-year-old made 47 fouls last season and accumulated eight yellow cards and three red cards in La Liga – the only surprise is that the yellow count is so low. New Swansea signing Jose Canas was particularly helpful when it came to getting Medel dismissed in the Seville derby. Then there was that time when he kicked a chair after his dismissal against Atletico Madrid.
Gary Medel Stats
However, there’s more to him than just a poor disciplinary record, Medel’s not afraid to get stuck in, a feature fans appreciate, and won 78% of his tackles last season, even winning 48% of his aerial duels – he’s only just over 5’7″. Then when he wins the ball, which happens regularly, he rarely gives it away. His pass completion rate of 87% was the highest at Sevilla in 2012/13 – joint with Geoffrey Kondogbia – of players who played more than five league games. One slight would perhaps be that positionally he’s not always the most aware.
Creativity is a rarely an asset associated with Medel’s style of play, nor something Cardiff have dished out the money for, but he’s far from a black-hole when it comes to goals and assists. He scored 12 for Universidad Catolica, a memorable brace for Boca Juniors in the Superclasico against River Plate – Boca fans will never forget that – and when his first goal eventually arrived for Sevilla, he followed it up with another the next week. Last season, he scored six in the league and directly set up three more.
Medel Toal Goals Stats
Returning to the overriding impression most people have of the Chilean international, Medel amassed 29 yellow cards in 78 La Liga appearances since venturing in to Europe in 2011. It is a near certainty that he will miss games due to suspension, but the matches he’s there for, the opposition will certainly know about it. The fans at the Cardiff City Stadium will love him too. What’s not to love about a little Chilean named Gary?
Gary Medel Stats
However, there’s more to him than just a poor disciplinary record, Medel’s not afraid to get stuck in, a feature fans appreciate, and won 78% of his tackles last season, even winning 48% of his aerial duels – he’s only just over 5’7″. Then when he wins the ball, which happens regularly, he rarely gives it away. His pass completion rate of 87% was the highest at Sevilla in 2012/13 – joint with Geoffrey Kondogbia – of players who played more than five league games. One slight would perhaps be that positionally he’s not always the most aware.
Creativity is a rarely an asset associated with Medel’s style of play, nor something Cardiff have dished out the money for, but he’s far from a black-hole when it comes to goals and assists. He scored 12 for Universidad Catolica, a memorable brace for Boca Juniors in the Superclasico against River Plate – Boca fans will never forget that – and when his first goal eventually arrived for Sevilla, he followed it up with another the next week. Last season, he scored six in the league and directly set up three more.
Returning to the overriding impression most people have of the Chilean international, Medel amassed 29 yellow cards in 78 La Liga appearances since venturing in to Europe in 2011. It is a near certainty that he will miss games due to suspension, but the matches he’s there for, the opposition will certainly know about it. The fans at the Cardiff City Stadium will love him too. What’s not to love about a little Chilean named Gary?
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Re: Gary Medel: Key Stats.
Sun Aug 11, 2013 11:29 pm
The more I watch and read about him the more in feel we have been missing since.... Well for a long time.
Best all round tackling midfielder I remember is Scimeca and I expect more lol
Best all round tackling midfielder I remember is Scimeca and I expect more lol
Re: Gary Medel: Key Stats.
Mon Aug 12, 2013 6:11 am
Willie boland was a good defensive mid back in the day
Re: Gary Medel: Key Stats.
Mon Aug 12, 2013 7:47 am
2blue2handle wrote:The more I watch and read about him the more in feel we have been missing since.... Well for a long time.
Best all round tackling midfielder I remember is Scimeca and I expect more lol
Before RS for a short while we had Jeff Whitely. He was a right dog and got stuck in but saw his career ruined by drinking too much.
Re: Gary Medel: Key Stats.
Mon Aug 12, 2013 8:49 am
just to point out above, the last three paragraphs are a repeat of the previous three paragraphs! 
We've been crying out for a hard man in midfield for years! people were calling for bleeding Joey Badass last season, so hopefully thats a hole filled (properly) by Mackay!!
We've been crying out for a hard man in midfield for years! people were calling for bleeding Joey Badass last season, so hopefully thats a hole filled (properly) by Mackay!!