Who are the top South American forwards today?

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  1. Manolo

    Manolo Moderator
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    May 14, 1997
    Queens, NY
    Who are the top strikers from each country right now? It's been 2 years since the qualifiers and a lot has changed, some great strikers like Forlan have been struggling, young players like Caicedo are making a name for themselves, and promising guys like Edinson Cavani, Luis Suarez and Alexis Sanchez are becoming real superstars. Who does each country have right now? Who should we be watching in the Libertadores?
     
  2. efernandez9

    efernandez9 Member

    Jun 6, 1999
    Joe Pool Lake
    2 questions in there:

    if they are to be sudakas in europe: no question about edison cavani and falcao garcia -Oporto

    in suramerica: need to watch more libertadores:eek:


    FORWARDS, RIGHT?
     
  3. Manolo

    Manolo Moderator
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    May 14, 1997
    Queens, NY
    Actually I meant to say "Who should we be watching in Copa America?".

    Unfortunately, all of the top South American strikers above the age of 22 are playing in Europe or Mexico.
     
  4. Manolo

    Manolo Moderator
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    May 14, 1997
    Queens, NY
    Yes I mean worldwide. Who are the best from each nation? Forwards only.
     
  5. efernandez9

    efernandez9 Member

    Jun 6, 1999
    Joe Pool Lake
    en ese caso: neymar!! santos de brazil, seleccionado U20

    si los quiere mas jovenes de 22...es mejor mirar el mundial U20 que se aproxima este verano....

    por Colombia: Garces....u17, eso es hiy en dia, pero esos pelaitos, tienden a desaparecer cuando les ofrecen un contrato de 2nd division por muchos euros:(
     
  6. zasal911

    zasal911 Member

    Sep 1, 2000
    usual suspects mostly....i don't think there will be any brand new guys coming in other than the unbelievably talented Neymar....

    the top young guy is probably Alexis Sanchez, who's still barely 22, but Suarez and Cavani are still young, CAicedo too.......


    the best are likely to be:
    - Suazo, Sanchez, Forlan, Suarez, Tevez, Higuain, Fabiano, Pato, Falcao, Cavani....maybe a suprise performance from guys who are currently on form like Farfan
     
  7. Manolo

    Manolo Moderator
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    May 14, 1997
    Queens, NY
    I think from that list Suazo, Forlan and Fabiano probably will not be factors 2-3 years from now.
     
  8. zasal911

    zasal911 Member

    Sep 1, 2000
    Suazo will be 33 for 2014...Fabiano 34....and forlan 35

    i think they might still be top forwards...but dude was asking for this summer's copa america
     
  9. tadm123

    tadm123 Member

    Mar 26, 2008
    Club:
    Sporting Cristal Lima
    Forwards (current form):

    Colombia- Falcao
    Ecuador- Valencia, Caicedo
    Peru - Farfan, Pizarro
    Chile - Alexis Sanches
    Uruguay- Cavani
    Argentina - Messi, Aguero
    Bolivia - Martins
    Paraguay - Barrios if that counts
    Brasil - Pato(?)
     
  10. efernandez9

    efernandez9 Member

    Jun 6, 1999
    Joe Pool Lake
    who cares 2014?

    is for copa america and wc sub20.... even better, today (reads the title of the thread)
     
  11. zasal911

    zasal911 Member

    Sep 1, 2000
    that's what i said....

    it does say something about the need for young stars to come up for 2014...didn't realize dude's like Suazo, Cabanas, Forlan, would be that old...
     
  12. Mr Frogg

    Mr Frogg New Member

    Oct 27, 2008
    probably the best forwards today are: suazo (mejor en mexico, goleador ultimas eliminatorias sudamericanas por lejos), alexis sanchez, mauricio pinilla, esteban paredes. from peru, farfan, pizarro. from uruguay: forlan, cavani, suarez, santiago silva. from colombia: rodallega, falcao. from venezuela: rondón. from bolivia: marcelo martins. from ecuador: i dont know since valencia is not a real striker. paraguay: haedo valdes, lucas barrios. argentina: tevez, messi, aguero, higuain, milito, lisandro lopez. brasil: neymar, pato, luis fabiano. thats all
     
  13. efernandez9

    efernandez9 Member

    Jun 6, 1999
    Joe Pool Lake
  14. Manolo

    Manolo Moderator
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    May 14, 1997
    Queens, NY
    By "today", in a way I do mean 2014...everybody knows the real prize in CONMEBOL is to qualify for the WC, and Copa America is going to be a measuring stick. Fabiano will not be playing in Copa America. Forlan maybe, but probably because he is a big hero in Uruguay and people want to see him after what he did in 2010. Suazo may play for Chile, but only if there are no other young guys that can do better.

    The coaches in Copa America are going to be testing out the guys they think will be their main strikers for the qualifying matches, so they have to think about 1-3 years ahead. I think this means any forwards 29 years or older are very unlikely to play much.
     
  15. zasal911

    zasal911 Member

    Sep 1, 2000
    well for Chile Borghi has already said that his two forwards are Sanchez and Suazo......

    the implication is that this is so not only for the Copa America but for qualifiers as well. in a sense the job is Suazo's to lose, and if he keeps fit and playing well into 2014 he should still be the early favorite to play that WC should Chile qualify.

    there's no doubt that Sanchez will be one of the two strikers...although Borghi has indicated that he could also see him in the midfield.

    the replacements rights now are Paredes, Pinilla, Mancilla and Munoz.....of these only Munoz is young, and he isn't exactly a classic '9'. unfortunately, there don't appear to be any young goal scoring 'delanteros de area' in Chile right now...

    but anyways, our forwards going into Copa America and qualifiers seem to be:
    starters
    Alexis Sanchez
    Humberto Suazo
    ------------
    subs
    Mauricio Pinilla
    Hector Mancilla
    Esteban Paredes

    prospect
    Munoz
     
  16. efernandez9

    efernandez9 Member

    Jun 6, 1999
    Joe Pool Lake
    LUIS SUAREZ esta lesionado este mes- de amistosos

    sera otro goleador que puede brillar, sobre un argentino o brazilero (como ES siempre)
     
  17. viscajunior

    viscajunior Member+

    Aug 3, 2008
    Club:
    Junior Barranquilla
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
    Colombia = Teofilo Gutierrez.
     
  18. guri

    guri Member+

    Apr 10, 2002
    You're nuts if you think that anybody is going to Copa America to test players for the qualifiers, at least the ones that have a chance of winning are bringing everything they've got today, especially the proven players.
    So there will be plenty of 29 year olds and older, believe me
     
  19. efernandez9

    efernandez9 Member

    Jun 6, 1999
    Joe Pool Lake
    buen post

    la mayoria de los equipos del norte del subcontinent, dicen eso del torneo.....

    pero deep inside everyone goes there to win a game or 2!!!


    test------------NEVER IN COPA AMERICA
     
  20. posteador

    posteador Member+

    Dec 29, 2006
    Lincoln, UK
    weeelll...it used to be like a testing ground for a while...when it was done every two years...it kinda lost its flavour and some teams ignored it altogether (see Argentina).

    Know that it's back every four years I think there is a bit more pressure to win it...it makes it somewhat more 'valuable' than before, just because it doesn't come around too often.
     
  21. MetroChile

    MetroChile Member+

    Jan 13, 2001
    NJ; Valpo.
    Club:
    Santiago Wanderers
    Nat'l Team:
    Chile
    Respondiendo a la pregunta original del thread, en este momento serían:

    Edinson Cavani (Napoli)
    Alexis Sánchez (Udinese)
    Felipe Caicedo (Levante)
    Lucas Barrios (Dortmund)
    Jefferson Farfán (Schalke)
    Radamel F. García (Porto)
    José Cardozo (Benfica)

    ...entre otros.

    Si se incluye en la pregunta a Brasil y Argentina: Luis Fabiano (Sevilla), Sergio Aguero (Atl. Madrid), Carlos Tévez (Man City), Nilmar (Villarreal).
     
  22. condor11

    condor11 Moderator
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    Apr 2, 2002
    New Zealand
    no creo que Farfan es mas un delantero
     
  23. MetroChile

    MetroChile Member+

    Jan 13, 2001
    NJ; Valpo.
    Club:
    Santiago Wanderers
    Nat'l Team:
    Chile
    Se ha demarcado como mediapunta en el Scheisske a ratos. Creo que eso califica como "delantero". No?

    Aunque bueno, generalmente juega mucho más retrasado.
     
  24. mwjppgr

    mwjppgr Member

    Dec 23, 2008
    Montevideo
    Club:
    CA Peñarol
    Nat'l Team:
    Uruguay
    Edison Cavani (Nápoli)
    Luis Suárez (Liverpool)
    Diego Forlán (Atlético Madrid)
    Abel Hernández (Palermo)

    De Argentina no sé, por la pasada temporada diría Milito. Y de Brasil Pato.

    El resto de sudamericanos vienen 5 o 6 escalones más abajo.

    ...
     
  25. Gonchi

    Gonchi Member

    Apr 23, 2009
    Looking over the squad lists for tournaments prior to Venezuela 2007, I agree with posteador. That's not to say that teams that sent alternate squads didn't want to win, but they didn't seem to take it all that seriously if they lost. This time though, it seems everyone will be sending their best.
     

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