Football fortune

Three pillars of your career

Club journey

1. Age 18–18MAAAssociação Mataourada0 matches · 0 goals
2. Age 18–19KCQKobe Crimson51 matches · 13 goals
3. Age 19–36MRQMerseyside Red617 matches · 124 goals

Key moments

1. Age 18

   Your first professional contract: Associação Mataourada · $47,250/year

2. Age 19

   You join Merseyside Red

3. Age 20

   Merseyside Red commits to an aggressive high press. The manager demands every player sprint to hound the ball within three seconds of turnover.

4. Age 21

   A national call-up · 2 caps

5. Age 21

   Honours: Young Player of the Year

6. Age 22

   Pre-season under Merseyside Red's regime features brutal hill sprints with weighted vests. Several players collapse exhausted by the pitch boundary.

7. Age 23

   A new career-best world rank: #2

8. Age 26

   Honours: World Championship

Injuries

Total injuries: 10 · Career weeks out: 19

Most serious injury
Age 14 · Adductor strain

Epilogue

18 professional years; $8,905,934 sent home; enough to live on for life.

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