Football fortune

Three pillars of your career

Club journey

1. Age 18–19CBQCatalonia Red Blue28 matches · 21 goals
2. Age 19–21MRQMerseyside Red65 matches · 14 goals
3. Age 21–36MBQMan Blue523 matches · 283 goals

Key moments

1. Age 17

   A shady middleman invites you to a café, sliding an expensive watch and cash across: 'Just give away a soft corner or take a cheap yellow.'

2. Age 18

   Your first professional contract: Catalonia Red Blue · $7,329,783/year

3. Age 26

   On the verge of penning a deal with Wrenfallowe United, their fiercest local rivals swoop in with a contract doubling the wages.

4. Age 27

   Your pressing style fits hand in glove with Man Blue's gruelling high-intensity philosophy. You harass opposition defenders into frantic errors all half.

5. Age 30

   World Championship (2056): Your attack breaks down and the opposition counter; your team lifts the cup

6. Age 30

   European Club Cup (2056): Your attacking move comes off; your team lifts the cup

7. Age 30

   The decisive final league match (2056): Your attacking move comes off; score 4–0

8. Age 33

   European Club Cup (2059): Your attack breaks down and the opposition counter; your team finishes runner-up

Injuries

Total injuries: 68 · Career weeks out: 145

Most serious injury
Age 24 · Hamstring strain

Epilogue

19 professional years; $34,223,590 sent home; enough to live on for life.

Football coach

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