It has been a year to remember for Sunderland who got promoted to the Premier League and then started their campaign off with a strong start that beat away any reasonable doubt of relegation. Their recruitment has been strong and provided Regis le Bris with a mix of young stars and experienced talent. At home, they have produced a striker who could set the top flight alight in the near future in Finn Geragusian.
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Wonderkid in Waiting: Ginn Geragusian Scouting Report
Profile
2007-born Geragusian is an 18-year-old striker, primarily using his left foot, who is currently setting the team’s youth system alight. He is a physical specimen at roughly 6 foot 2, he has a good frame to grow taller or add muscle to get an advantage in aerial duels or when shielding the ball.
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He is English and Armenian, currently opting to represent Armenia at youth levels, but hasn’t been capped by either senior squad just yet, he was called up to the Armenia U21 squad for their recent European Championship qualifiers and made two cameo appearances. His development was stalled by an injury that hampered a big part of his 2025, but now he’s back and firing on all levels.
Finn Geragusian Stats
Despite his age, the Armenian has been playing for both the U18 and U21 squads where he has racked up 23 goals and 11 assists across 65 appearances in all competitions. His goalscoring form didn’t carry over to his U21 stint with Armenia but he did score once for the U19 team.
It is his recent form that has grabbed the most attention, since October he has had ten goal contributions, including netting in the third and fourth rounds of the FA Youth Cup.
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The striker has already totalled 4,000 minutes of football across various youth competitions, refining and improving enough to travel with the senior squad for their recent outing with Oxford.
Playing Style
The attacker can play across the front line if needed, he has the dribbling ability to go out wide or drop deeper to move the play forward. He has been praised in the past for his off-ball runs, making them consistently to occupy defenders and stretch the play.
He isn’t afraid to take a pop from distance, being able to cut in from the edge of the box or outside the box to curl one into the goal, he’s a constant goalscoring threat, capable of scoring in the box or in the half-space, making him a nightmare to mark.
His physical profile is useful for hold-up play, he’s a capable target man who mixes his runs with being an outlet ball, as shown during his game time with Armenia. From all available evidence, the Armenian is the prototype of the modern striker, capable of moving off-ball, dribbling, stretching the back line, passing, and taking a shot from the edge of the box.
