Poop Man Bob Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 Highlight film. Link to article. Nine-year old Brazilian attracts interest SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - At this rate, sonograms will become a soccer recruiting tool pretty soon. Only 9 years old, Jean Carlos Chera is already being courted by top European clubs. (Associacao Desportiva Atletica/HO / AP) Jean Carlos Chera, a 9-year-old who is 4-foot-6, is attracting interest from Manchester United and other top European teams. Chera, who weighs 77 pounds, currently plays for the youth teams of Associacao Desportiva Atletica, a small club in the southern Brazilian state of Parana. Born in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, Chera, who is better known as "Anderson," has been playing football since he could walk and soon earned the nickname of "Maradona" in his hometown of Sinop, a farming community of 50,000 residents. Late last year, a talent scout working with the Parana Sports Athletics Association discovered the phenom, and the child moved with his family to the city of Campo Mourao, Parana state. There he joined the children's team, playing with boys three or four years older than him. "We have talent scouts in different parts of Brazil, who look for kids who show potential," team president Adilson Batista Prado was quoted in the Sydney Morning Herald. "In the case of Jean Carlos, he's a phenomenon, a diamond that must be worked on. I have never seen anything like it. ... "Seven or eight European clubs have already contacted us to know more about Jean," Prado said in a telephone interview Thursday. "They want to know what he is all about, and I tell them he's a phenomenon, probably the best player to come out of Brazil." Prado and team officials would not identify all the clubs interested in Jean, but confirmed that representatives of Manchester United have asked for videotapes of his matches. Prado said teams from Portugal, France and Germany have made contact, and local media identified FC Porto as one of the teams. The club said the European clubs haven't made official offers yet, but some have asked for permission to send representatives, and others have invited the midfielder and his family to go to Europe. "He still needs to be a kid," said Prado, who does not allow Jean to talk to reporters. Jean began to attract attention after the club put videos with highlights of Jean's matches on its Web site. In the videos, Jean is seen scoring goals from midfield, dribbling past several defenders and playing among 13- and 14-year-olds. After the videos were posted, the site's page views nearly tripled and some of them had to be removed to keep the site from crashing, the club said. Two years ago, Manchester and Inter Milan were among top clubs that expressed interest in then 14-year-old Freddy Adu, who signed Major League Soccer instead. European clubs generally are not allowed to use players from outside the European Union on their first teams until they turn 18. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JUDONO? Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 shit i just read this on the newspaper today Manchester United is showing interest lucky bastard. i played soccer when is 9 yrs old and nobody was scouting me :hatred: thats why i dont play soccer now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadawhat Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 imagine all that fine brazillan pussy this kid is getting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadawhat Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 cocky little bastard. pulling some T.O. stunts with the ol' shoe shine after the penalty kick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfffffffffft Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 yeah hes good..but pro??? Pffffft! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TURBOCAPSLOK Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 COOL. I LOVE HOW THEY HAVE 'THE FINAL COUNTDOWN' BY EUROPE AT THE VERY END FOR THE CREDITS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimes Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 he's pretty good,he'll be pro by the time he's 13,ide still school em tho,haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest willy.wonka Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 that was fun to watch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fermentor666 Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 Originally posted by TURBOCAPSLOK@Feb 2 2005, 12:57 AM COOL. I LOVE HOW THEY HAVE 'THE FINAL COUNTDOWN' BY EUROPE AT THE VERY END FOR THE CREDITS. Quoted post NEEE-NEE-NEE-NEEE, NEEE-NEE-NEE-NE-NE!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectricitySucks Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 the video only shows clips when he scores. boo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuffKid Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 he sold his soul to the devil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poop Man Bob Posted February 2, 2005 Author Share Posted February 2, 2005 Originally posted by ElectricitySucks@Feb 1 2005, 08:15 PM the video only shows clips when he scores. boo. Hence the name "highlight" film. And not "game" film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaesthebluntedwonder Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 Haha, I grew up there. I played a ton of soccer there as a young kid. In that country you eat, sleep, breathe soccer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClueTwo Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 Amazing..I bet you ADAP or whatever it's called is making some nice bones signing this kid.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effyoo Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 the one where he beats the defender on the goal line and the one where he takes it off the chest then pops it to his left then scores are bad ass. this kid is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaesthebluntedwonder Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 Originally posted by ElectricitySucks@Feb 1 2005, 09:15 PM the video only shows clips when he scores. boo. Quoted post What? This kid is fuckin' nice man. He's basically making plays that pros make, at the age of 9. You have no idea man, unless you're at least as nice as this kid, which I doubt, since you decided to talk crap on how much talent the kid has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Dazzle Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 I would hate to play on that kids team... Pretty ridiculous how they are trying to sign him at 9 years old.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T=E=A=S=E Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackfatsoe Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 the kid is crazy talented. but the professionals would just run his ass over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2 blaazed Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 Hell probably get into drugs or something and will never hear from him again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tough Love Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 he's just good cuz hes playing against other little kids who blow hahaha jk, hes got mad skills....im gunna raise my kid to be a soccer fiend like that, and make mucho dinaro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAUGHTER305 Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 wtf ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Feets Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 I don't follow soccer but what about Freddy Adu(sp?) Y'know, the black kid... Who's better between the two? Freddy is 14 or someshit though... Ugh... I hate kids with talent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justaname Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 damn! i wish my fat ass could play soccer like that.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiseguy Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 damn child prodigies... make me look bad, little bastards... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Dazzle Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 Originally posted by Tough Love@Feb 1 2005, 09:51 PM he's just good cuz hes playing against other little kids who blow Quoted post I was thinking this too, and it is somewhat true. Not to take away from the kid, he's obviously talented, but 90% of little kids suck balls, so if you are in that 10% that doesn't, you're going to look really good. I remember coaching a kid who was 9 too, and he played exactly like that kid does. But yeah, it's still obvious that he has crazy potential... Oh, and Freddy Adu is 16 now. He plays in the MLS. I think he's pretty overrated, but maybe I'm just bitter...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effyoo Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 just because you didn't want to spend the dollars...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Dazzle Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 Originally posted by effyoo@Feb 2 2005, 01:04 AM just because you didn't want to spend the dollars...... Quoted post Hahahaha.....I COULD HAVE BEEN A CONTENDER!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poop Man Bob Posted February 2, 2005 Author Share Posted February 2, 2005 Originally posted by Dr. Dazzle+Feb 2 2005, 01:57 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Dr. Dazzle - Feb 2 2005, 01:57 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-Tough Love@Feb 1 2005, 09:51 PM he's just good cuz hes playing against other little kids who blow Quoted post I was thinking this too, and it is somewhat true. Not to take away from the kid, he's obviously talented, but 90% of little kids suck balls, so if you are in that 10% that doesn't, you're going to look really good. I remember coaching a kid who was 9 too, and he played exactly like that kid does. But yeah, it's still obvious that he has crazy potential... Oh, and Freddy Adu is 16 now. He plays in the MLS. I think he's pretty overrated, but maybe I'm just bitter...... Quoted post [/b] The Fox Sports article says he's playing against 13 and 14-year olds in the video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deterrent Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 It's nothing new. My friends and I have alway paid attention to 9 year boys playing soccer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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