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PostPosted: 01/27/05 5:26 pm    ::: Move Over Freddy Adu, 9-Year-Old Brazilian Being Scouted Reply Reply with quote

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SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- At this rate, sonograms will become a soccer recruiting tool pretty soon.

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.

"Seven or eight European clubs have already contacted us to know more about Jean," team president Adilson Batista 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."

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/soccer/01/27/phenom.ap/index.html?cnn=yes



Looks like you have another famous neighbor BCBG! Wink


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"He still needs to be a kid," said Prado


You think? Shocked



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PostPosted: 01/27/05 6:21 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote

He IS a phenomenon. The city where he's living now is a hop, a skip, and a jump from my hometown. More interesting though is how fast the news about this boy spread. Last week, they put up a video on the team's homepage, they ran out of bandwith in like 2 hours. A couple of days later, representatives from Manchester United were to come to Brazil.
This is just insane, poor kid. But he does have tons of talent...



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PostPosted: 01/27/05 8:01 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote

wull, dayum, bcbg, you got me curious enough to go looking for the little guy.





y'know, when you actually look at him, you realize how insane all of this is.

then (forgetting how insane it all is), i went looking for the video and, just as you said, the bandwidth was kablooey.

but here's the link anyway:

http://www.adapcm.com.br/vd/resumo/jean_carlos.wmv



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PostPosted: 01/27/05 8:08 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote

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Trying to get that video myself... Confused Kind of puts all this age-limit rule the NBA keeps on talking about in perspective. Well that and women's tennis.

Looks like the guy will be sleeping on a pile of money soon...



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PostPosted: 01/27/05 9:11 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote

I have the video, but it's too big to email. Let me know and I can send piece meal, maybe.



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PostPosted: 02/04/05 7:44 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote

Check the little guy doing his thang...

http://www.jokaroo.com/extremevideos/jeancarloschera.html



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PostPosted: 02/05/05 12:21 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote

Thanks for the link! You're right, he is a phenom... Shocked

I wonder what the betting lines are for the amount of weeks it takes for ESPN to start televising his games in prime time.



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PostPosted: 02/05/05 1:01 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote

You won't believe this, but Corinthians signed him. He can't be a professional yet (under age), but he's going to be training with the base team (11-15 y.o.) from March on.
They're relocating to Sao Paulo. Here's a picture with the Iranian guy who's representing Roman Abramovich (the new and all-mighty sponsor that owns Chelsea and has a major stake in Corinthians).
Well, the little guy at least has good taste, he didn't want to move to England and play for Manchester United because he's a Corinthians fan, just like myself Wink




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