Queens Park Rangers Football Club News

• Nickname:Super Hoops
• Founded:1882
• Manager:Mark Hughes

• Ground:Loftus Road
• Capacity:19,148

Brown: Balanta has big future

29 Feb 2008 - 13:47:07

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Queens Park Rangers' youth team manager Steve Brown has hailed the impact made by teenage striker Angelo Balanta at Loftus Road.

The 17-year-old Colombian has already played five times for the Hoops' first-team and opened his senior goalscoring account in the recent 1-1 draw with Sheffield United.

Brown told the club's official website: "He's got so much natural ability, it's frightening.

"He's the most natural player I've worked with and this is a great club for him to ply his trade.

"He just has this unique ability to be able to drift into the box at the right time, he got his rewards for a similar type of run against Sheffield United last weekend.

"He gets himself in great positions and for that reason alone, he'll score goals in this division.

"He can hurt people, because once he's got the ball at his feet he's absolutely devastating."