Name: Adrián Ricardo Centurión
Nicknames: "Ricky", "Centu", "El Wachiturro"
Country:
ArgentinaClub: Boca Juniors / Racing Club
Shirt Number: 10, 22, 26
Position: ★WF, SS, SMF
Side: RF/BS
Age: 23-26 years (19/01/1993)
Height: 174 cm
Weight: 65 kg
Attack: 77
Defence: 48
Balance: 73
Stamina: 81
Top Speed: 85
Acceleration: 86
Response: 74
Agility: 90
Dribble Accuracy: 87
Dribble Speed: 85
Short Pass Accuracy: 74
Short Pass Speed: 73
Long Pass Accuracy: 75
Long Pass Speed: 74
Shot Accuracy: 73
Shot Power: 78
Shot Technique: 74
Free Kick Accuracy: 72
Swerve: 76
Heading: 66
Jump: 69
Technique: 84
Aggression: 85
Mentality: 64
Goalkeeper Skills: 50
Team work: 70
Injury Tolerance: B
Condition/Fitness: 5
Weak Foot Accuracy: 5
Weak Foot Frequency: 5
Consistency: 4
Growth type: Early/Peak
CARDS:
P03 - Trickster
P04 - Darting Run
P05 - Mazing Run
S05 - 1-Touch Play
S15 - Shoulder Feint Skills
S16 - Roulette Skills
S18 - Turning Skills
S19 - Scissors Skills
S21 - Step On Skills
SPECIAL ABILITIES: Dribbling - Tactical Dribble - Side - 1-Touch Pass
Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Attack-Minded
INFO:
Ricardo Centurión is an Argentinian footballer who plays as a winger. Born in Avellaneda, Buenos Aires (19/01/1993), Ricky started his career in Racing Club in 2012, aged 19. He was considered one of the great stars of the Racing youth team, being part of a famous class of players composed of Rodrigo de Paul, Luciano Vietto, Luis Fariña, Valentín Viola, and Bruno Zuculini. After a brief spell in Genoa, Italy in the 2013-14 season, he returned to the Academy in the second half of 2014 and became champion of the Torneo Transición, being instrumental in many games. In 2015 he would have a spell with São Paulo in the Brazilian First Division, before arriving at Boca Juniors in 2016, where he would win the 2016-17 Primera División. He managed to receive the popular nickname of "the Argentine Neymar" due to his similarity to the Brazilian footballer when dribbling his rivals. After another brief frustrated instance in Europe (also for Genoa), he would return to Racing Club in 2018. Although he managed to be key in many matches in the local league and Copa Libertadores, he was not at the championship ceremony won by the Academy in the 2018 season due to a bad gesture he had with the manager Eduardo Coudet days before. He would arrive at Vélez Sarsfield in 2020 after his time in Mexican football at San Luis. He would lose minutes as time went by, so he was transferred on loan to San Lorenzo in 2022, where he only lasted 2 months. He would be away from the fields during the second half of 2022 due to missing Vélez's training sessions and being punished by the club. After spending 6 months training by himself, in January 2023 he signed a contract with Club Atlético Barracas Central. He only played 10 games for the guapo, and then he was dismissed from the squad by manager Sergio Rondina.
He was considered one of the most skillful players Argentina had produced due to his ability to dribble past players, but he never reached his full potential due to off-court reasons; as he is recognized for his extra-football and non-disciplinary controversies that he had throughout his career. In 2013, Centurión was described by the BBC as a "whippy, quick, skillful support striker whose elusive dribbling made a big impact in the recent Argentine championship". His dribbling ability often leads him to undertake individual runs or pull off elaborate feints and moves in one-on-one situations, in order to challenge or beat opponents, such as the step over. His style of play drew early comparisons to compatriot Ángel Di María, and later to Brazilian star Neymar in the media. Regarded by pundits as a highly promising yet undisciplined player, due to his turbulent and controversial lifestyle off the pitch, in a 2017 interview with La Repubblica, Italian former playmaker Roberto Baggio described Centurión as his potential "heir" and as the player whose characteristics currently most resembled his own playing style. Despite his talent, and the praise that he earned in the Italian media for his creativity, as well as his explosive and unpredictable dribbling, he also drew criticism over his disappointing performances and poor positional sense on the pitch during his time in Serie A. Italian journalist Gianluca Sartori highlighted the contrast, noting that while Centurión was a highly talented young player, gifted with an incredible change of pace, technique, the ability to get past his opponents, and the capacity to attack from either side of the pitch, he also had an immature character, a poor mentality, and a low work-rate, which is why he believed that the Argentine winger struggled to adapt to the more physical and tactical brand of football played in Italy.
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Racing Club (2012 - 2014) - 55 games, 7 goals.
Genoa CFC (2013 - 2014) - 12 games, 0 goals.
São Paulo (2015 - 2017) - 58 games, 7 goals.
Boca Juniors (2016 - 2017) - 24 games, 8 goals.
Atlético San Luis (2019) - 12 games, 1 goal.
Vélez Sarsfield (2020) - 21 games, 2 goals.
San Lorenzo (2022) - 12 games, 2 goals.
Barracas Central (2023) - 10 games, 0 goals.