Recently, the Brazilian media took stock of 5 Chinese Super League stars who are expected to return to play in the Brazilian League, including Guangzhou Evergrande double stars Talisca and Paulinho, Shandong Luneng striker Guedes, Jiangsu Suning Fast Matt Sierra and Beijing Guoan vice captain Augusto. In this list, Beijing Guoan midfield core Augusto is most likely to get a chance to play in the Baliga, and there is news that Beijing Guoan is willing to pay part of the salary to let the players be loaned to maintain their form, which seems to be expected to happen in the case of last season's Vieira precedent.
Judging from the current news, the most interested in Augusto is the Brazilian giants Flamengo, in addition to the old club Corinthian also intends to recruit Augusto. As a gold medalist at the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil and a player who scored a goal in the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Augusto's dominance in the midfield is obvious to all, and he is also famous in Brazil, so let's take a closer look at the midfield core from Beijing Guoan.
< h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > player background</h1>
Augusto, born in Brazil on February 8, 1988, is now the 32-year-old vice captain of the Chinese Super League giants Beijing Guoan team. Although there has always been a place for the Brazilian national team in Tite, the opportunity for Augusto to be selected for the national name in his youth is relatively limited, which is also directly related to the emergence of a large number of stars in Brazil. In January 2015, Augusto was promoted from flamenco U20 to a first team, and although he only contributed 4 goals and 5 assists in 45 appearances in 3 and a half years, Augusto, who was only 20 years old, still had a certain potential, and many teams in Europe's five major leagues began to pay attention to his performance.
However, due to injury troubles, Augusto, who had reduced his playing time, began to have the will to return to the First Division, and eventually had no choice but to part ways with Bayer Leverkusen.
Augusto career transfers
In January 2013, Augusto moved to Corinthians for a transfer fee of 6.7 million euros, and after returning to the Bajia, he quickly found a familiar rhythm, where he helped Corinthian win a Copa Las d'A winner and a Baptista title, and the competitive status also clearly picked up.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > data + comprehensive analysis</h1>
According to the data of foreign mainstream websites, although it failed to help Beijing Guoan finally win the league championship, Augusto's performance last season is still obvious to all, in the case of the team in the middle of the season, Augusto has not been affected too much, contributed 15 goals and 10 assists throughout the season, and has gained "two doubles" data in the Chinese Super League for two consecutive seasons. As the core of the midfield, Augusto has become the key man in most of the team's winning matches, and Augusto won the best of the game 14 times last season, fully demonstrating his personal strength.
Augusto's performance in the Chinese Super League 19 season
In terms of personal ability, Augusto's strength is naturally too strong, whether it is set-pieces, key passes or dribbling the ball is his strength, in addition to a long-range shot from the perimeter that is trustworthy. Although more at the back and not particularly far ahead, Augusto still has absolute firing power outside the penalty area, and long-range shooting has become his routine operation.
Augusto performed in all positions
In addition, Augusto can average 2.4 passes per game, although there is still a certain gap between such a passing frequency and Dembele, the king of the Chinese Super League, but this is not the only feature of Augusto after all. As a full-fledged midfielder with excellent set-piece skills, Augusto definitely has the ability to play in Europe, although the Super League has been suspended for a long time due to the impact of the epidemic, but I believe that the state after returning with Augusto's self-discipline is still not much worse.
In the 17th round of the 2018 Chinese Super League, Beijing Guoan defeated Jiangsu Suning 3-1 at home. In the 22nd minute of the match, Augusto, who returned from the World Cup, burst into an inverted triangle cross near the bottom line on the right side, and Zhang Xizhe, who was in place at the back point, easily pushed and broke the net for Beijing Guoan.
Augusto's inverted triangle cross helped his teammate break the goal
Personal technical characteristics
Due to his two career trips to the Bundesliga and a successful foothold in the Bundesliga, Augusto is still very adaptable to different leagues, so his playing style is also very different. In the First Division, Augusto honed his foot skills more, inheriting the most outstanding characteristics of Brazilian players, and at the same time focusing on improving physical fitness. In the Bundesliga, the intensity of physical collisions will actually increase significantly, although Augusto also showed great strength in the front waist position, but eventually suffered several major injuries, which also affected Augusto's career ceiling.
Augusto strength and weakness characteristics
In the Bundesliga, Augusto is definitely difficult to say strong, but in the Chinese Super League, Augusto's physical fitness is still top-notch, so in this league Augusto can be more free to control the ball, and the ability to transfer the ball with long passes is unique in the Chinese Super League. Due to the relatively low defensive intensity of the Chinese Super League, Augusto has more long-range shooting opportunities, which is definitely a positive for the Brazilian international.
In the 13th round of the 2019 Chinese Super League, Beijing Guoan defeated Shanghai Shenhua 2-1 at home. In the 41st minute of the first half, Augusto continued to dribble the ball on the edge of the box and then directly hit the goal, and the ball finally went straight to the bottom right corner of the goal after drawing an arc, which fully demonstrated Augusto's excellent long-range shooting ability, which was already well known as early as the Time of Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga.
Augusto's long-range shot from the perimeter was a one-shot
Augusto Heat Map for the 13th Round of the 2019 Chinese Super League
Augusto touched the ball in the 13th round of the 2019 Chinese Super League
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > value trend</h1>
Augusto's value once peaked at 15 million euros in 2011, and since then his value has plummeted back in Bajia, and his career has also suffered a significant low. However, after coming to Beijing Guoan, Augusto once returned to the value of 14 million euros with his outstanding performance.
Augusto's career value curve
As a 32-year-old veteran, Augusto's form has not yet shown a significant decline, and he will continue to play as the core of the Beijing Guoan midfield next season.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > summary</h1>
In Brazil, which has always been rich in midfield stars, Augusto's characteristics are actually not outstanding, but relatively more comprehensive and have no absolute weaknesses. On the delicacy of the feet, Augusto is no better than shanghai SIPG front waist Oscar, on the physical fitness, Augusto is far from Hulk. Compared with Guangzhou Evergrande midfielder Paulinho, whose position characteristics are similar, Augusto's height is not as high as his opponents, but in terms of dominance and performance stability on the field, Augusto is no worse than Paulinho, who once valued 40 million euros. Although there are still dribbling masters like Vieira in the Beijing Guoan midfield, the team actually prefers to hand over to Augusto's feet, and its excellent vision can help the team maximize the use of the width of the field, especially to open up more space for the wing.
With an average of three violations per game last season, it was not easy for Augusto to be able to perform full attendance this season, and his excellent physical fitness became the biggest guarantee for the Brazilian international. As one of the current captains of Beijing Guoan, Augusto will face more pressure in the new season, hoping that the veteran can continue to be healthy and not be plagued by injuries, and help the team achieve better results in the new season.