The GOAT

Three pillars of your career

Club journey

1. Age 18–19GAQGenk Blue White44 matches · 3 goals
2. Age 19–20MRQMerseyside Red30 matches · 16 goals
3. Age 20–21LBQLondon Blue37 matches · 6 goals
4. Age 21–24MAQMan Red112 matches · 29 goals
5. Age 24–27MBQMan Blue110 matches · 35 goals
6. Age 27–32MAQMan Red161 matches · 69 goals

Key moments

1. Age 18

   Your first professional contract: Genk Blue White · $372,983/year

2. Age 20

   The decisive final league match (2046): your shot does not come off, changing the decisive score

3. Age 21

   The decisive final league match (2047): your shot does not come off, changing the decisive score

4. Age 22

   The decisive final league match (2048): your shot comes off, changing the decisive score

5. Age 22

   You are world number one

6. Age 22

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

7. Age 26

   Honours: World Player of the Year

8. Age 26

   Leading sportswear brand Velqorunexa offers a lucrative contract extension for signature boots, but demands intensive global promotional tours.

Injuries

Total injuries: 16 · Career weeks out: 41

Most serious injury
Age 27 · MCL sprain

Epilogue

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

Football coach

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