Anyone Ever Heard of Jean Carlos ? - You will !!

tinofapples

Take a look at this kid , only nine years old :

http://members.home.nl/nplompen/jean_carlos.wmv

The Muppet

tinofapples wrote:

Take a look at this kid , only nine years old :

http://members.home.nl/nplompen/jean_carlos.wmv

Source: Associated Press


Top European clubs - including Manchester United - have shown interest in a nine-year-old 'super talented' Brazilian player, the boy's club said on Thursday.

Jean Carlos Chera, who weighs only 35 kilograms and is 1.37 metres tall, currently plays for the youth squads of Associacao Desportiva Atletica, a small club in the southern state of Parana.

The boy's above-average talent caused furore locally and quickly caught the attention of several European teams.

"Seven or eight European clubs have already contacted us to know more about Jean," Adilson Batista Prado, the club's president, told The Associated Press by phone.

"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 also confirmed teams from Portugal, France and Germany have made contact, and according to local media, FC Porto is one of them.

The club said the European sides haven't made official offers yet, but some have asked for permission to send representatives, and others have invited the young midfielder and his family to Europe.

Prado said the club has been very careful negotiating with the European teams and dealing with the media to preserve the boy.

"He still needs to be a kid," said Prado, who does not allow Jean to talk to reporters.

The furore over Jean began after the club uploaded videos with highlights of Jean's matches on its website.

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.

Local media also has hailed Jean's talent, but some soccer commentators share the club's concern.

"There's no doubt he's a super talented boy, but that cannot keep him from being a kid," said ESPN Brasil's Antero Greco.

"If the club and the family are not careful dealing with this situation, Jean's talent may be spoiled and lost."

Jean is one of the youngest players to grab the attention from European clubs, but not the first one.

Two years ago, Manchester United and Inter Milan were among top clubs that expressed interest in then 14-year-old Freddy Adu, who decided to sign with DC United of Major League Soccer instead.
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Memnoch

god that is one TALENTED young footballer. I only hope that the kids talent isn't wasted by greedy or over eager football managers and that more importantly the kids childhood isn't wasted!

thegills

Some of the video clips were dated 2001 when he was only 5. Holy God.

On a different note I was very impressed with the set-up for the Under 9's. We wonder why Brazil keep producing these kids but when you see the organisation compared to U9's in Ireland then you can see why.

eirebhoy

thegills wrote:

On a different note I was very impressed with the set-up for the Under 9's. We wonder why Brazil keep producing these kids but when you see the organisation compared to U9's in Ireland then you can see why.

Kids in Ireland wouldn't even have the brain to do a through ball until their in their teens, those Brazilian's were doing it at the age of 5/6.

Guy:Incognito

thegills wrote:

Some of the video clips were dated 2001 when he was only 5. Holy God.

I dont think the date on the camera is right, it does say that its 20 to 2 in the morning after all.

The Muppet

Stekelly wrote:

thegills wrote:

Some of the video clips were dated 2001 when he was only 5. Holy God.
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I dont think the date on the camera is right, it does say that its 20 to 2 in the morning after all.

He's looks the same size in the clips too so unless he stopped growing at 5 I would say you're right.

joe.

Some beautiful football. like the ball is just attached to his body. One to watch for certain

KdjaCL

eirebhoy wrote:

Kids in Ireland wouldn't even have the brain to do a through ball until their in their teens, those Brazilian's were doing it at the age of 5/6.

Either that or be shot.

Tough choice really.


kdjac

jesus_thats_gre

Holy Lord, that be some good ****!!

evilhomer

imagine what he will be doing when he is 14 or 15?

He does need to be protected from the media though, if he is to enjoy football and not hate it because of the pressure put on him to perform and be the next Ronaldinho or Pele!

As for the under nines in Ireland! we should be ashamed of the poor quality facilities we provide and the poor level of coaching in most places.
sure it's only fun, but you can have fun and still learnmore than how to head the ball with your eyes open!

Big Ears

The earliest I was thought of some extent of trickery I was 7 , and it was stepovers .But other than that I was thought very little trickery till I was at U 14 level .

MrJoeSoap

I'm sending that video to Pat Fenlon. We could do with a bit more trickery.