Brazilian wonderkid Endrick has been grabbing headlines since bursting into skilled soccer whereas nonetheless solely 16-years-old with Palmeiras, gaining loads of admirers alongside the best way.
Former England striker Gary Lineker is among the many listing of nice worldwide strikers to recognise the expertise of Endrick, tweeting in January 2022 about an unimaginable overhead kick the younger ahead for Palmeiras’ U20 facet towards Oeste within the quarter-finals of the 2022 Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior.
Lineker tweeted: “Crikey, he’s at it once more. He’s 15. I feel we could be seeing a really particular expertise rising.”
Crikey, he’s at it once more. He’s 15. I feel we could be seeing a really particular expertise rising. https://t.co/10QVTGArk6January 20, 2022
The Brazilian ultimately led Palmeiras to their first-ever title within the competitors, being named Participant of the Event after scoring seven targets in seven video games on the age of 15.
When requested by FourFourTwo whether or not he even is aware of who Gary Lineker is, Endrick confirms he has. Even when he hadn’t identified, Endrick definitely might have been forgiven, particularly contemplating he was born in 2006.
“I knew him from video video games,” Endrick tells FFT.
“I used to be stunned initially, after I noticed the identify. At first, I assumed he could possibly be any Lineker [there is a famous trans singer in Brazil called Liniker]. Then I realised that it was Gary; that’s after I bought shocked. He was an excellent participant.”
Endrick definitely appreciates the entire consideration he’s getting, although,
“It’s actually cool, [to be spotted by] these guys who have been additionally centre-forwards, actually, forwards the least bit like Gary or Ronaldo, who speaks about me, too.”
In October 2022, at 16 years, two months and 16 days of age, Endrick grew to become the youngest participant ever to look for Palmeiras. In July 2024 he is because of be part of Actual Madrid, after agreeing a take care of the Spanish facet on the finish of final yr.
Within the meantime, although, he says he would not need to develop too tall, telling FFT it’d make him lose his spectacular attributes.
“I don’t need to get too tall,” he mentioned.
“I all the time say that as a result of I don’t need to lose my agility or my stability, as I’ve a little bit of each, and I need to be a participant who wins balls within the air. However you don’t must be tall to be a participant.
“What is required is intelligence, so I must work on my head. How a lot I’m nonetheless going to develop, it gained’t matter to me.”
