Scouting Report: Gaetano Castrovilli

Although the likes of Federico Chiesa and Frank Ribéry have taken much of the limelight for Fiorentina this season, the true breakout star in Tuscany has been their midfield metronome, 23-year old Gaetano Castrovilli.

The Italian has had a breakout season for La Viola this season, excelling in manager Giuseppe Iachini's 3-5-2 alongside Erick Pulgar and Alfred Duncan. He leads the top 5 leagues this season in progressive runs and is also the 3rd most fouled player in the Serie A this season.

The heat map below depicts Castrovilli’s positioning. He has been deployed in a whole range of positions and roles under Iachini, although he mainly plays as a left central midfielder and is given the freedom to drift into advanced and wide positions, morphing the formation into a 3-4-2-1.