The GOAT

Three pillars of your career

Club journey

1. Age 18–18MGQMilano Blue Black0 matches · 0 goals
2. Age 18–22MRQMerseyside Red153 matches · 29 goals
3. Age 22–36NLQNorth London488 matches · 156 goals

Key moments

1. Age 17

   Coach Tommaso Bellandi locks the squad in the video room for a three-hour tactical dissection. Every press has exact angles and metrics.

2. Age 18

   Your first professional contract: Milano Blue Black · $4,059,560/year

3. Age 19

   Your agent rings late at night. A foreign club is dangling huge wages, but you would have to kick up a fuss and force Merseyside Red to sell.

4. Age 21

   You are world number one

5. Age 26

   90th minute of a continental quarter-final. A decisive penalty is awarded. Millions of eyes across the nation watch to see who steps up.

6. Age 33

   European Club Cup (2059): Your attacking move comes off; your team lifts the cup

7. Age 33

   The decisive final league match (2059): You see it out; score 3–0

8. Age 34

   World Championship (2060): You see it out; your team finishes runner-up

Injuries

Total injuries: 22 · Career weeks out: 58

Most serious injury
Age 27 · Hamstring strain

Epilogue

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

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