Football fortune

Three pillars of your career

Club journey

1. Age 18–18RBQRuhr Yellow Black0 matches · 0 goals
2. Age 18–20FBQFrankfurt Red Black60 matches · 23 goals
3. Age 20–21SBQSwabia White Red27 matches · 14 goals
4. Age 21–31MAQMan Red323 matches · 130 goals
5. Age 31–32MWQMadrid White49 matches · 25 goals
6. Age 32–36MAQMan Red110 matches · 48 goals

Key moments

1. Age 18

   Your first professional contract: Ruhr Yellow Black · $4,467,494/year

2. Age 18

   You have reached the world top 1000

3. Age 19

   A national call-up · 1 caps

4. Age 20

   The decisive final league match (2046): Your attacking move comes off; score 3–3

5. Age 20

   Honours: Germany Division 1

6. Age 21

   Coach Johannes Heinze orders brutal afternoon hill sprints. Teammates are dropping to their knees. He glares at you: 'Done, or do you have more?'

7. Age 25

   Three straight defeats put coach Johannes Heinze on the brink. Senior players whisper mutinous complaints behind closed doors.

8. Age 26

   Despite dazzling form in training, Johannes Heinze benches you for an expensive foreign marquee signing in accordance with the board's star policy.

Injuries

Total injuries: 44 · Career weeks out: 116

Most serious injury
Age 29 · Shoulder dislocation

Epilogue

18 professional years; $0 sent home; enough to live on for life.

Football coach

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