Endrick is a Brazilian professional football who plays in the Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A[Brazil's first tier] for Palmeiras and has had recent national team callups. The Brazilian is left-footed and he clearly uses it to define his potential skill and talent he possesses in his dimension on the pitch.
Biography
Endrick Felipe Moreira de Sousa was born in Brazil on July 26,2006 to Douglas Sousa and Cintia Moreira who are respectively his father and mother. His parents especially played an instrumental role in where he is today by uploading his videos on YouTube to draw elite Brazilian club to Endrick's radar. Endrick has a young brother called Noah Felipe. He lives in São Paulo in Brazil. He started playing at age 4 as he promised to be a professional footballer to take care of his family due to the difficulty to find their ends meet.
Height
The 17 year old striker has a height of 1.71 metres.
Club Football Career
Endrick nearly signed for his residence club São Paulo but it failed to finalize as he joined Palmeiras at age 11. At the youth team in Palmeiras, Endrick scored 165 goals in 169 outings in the space of five years. He played in 2016 league season with the youth team. An upgrade was made as he was promoted to play with the first team debut on 6th October, 2022.
He was brought on in the second half to unleash his talent and skill to the fans to why they fought for him in the 4-0 win over Coritiba. He became the youngest Palmeiras player to feature in their match at age 16,2 months and 16 days old. He then scored his first two goals in a 3-1 victory over Athletico Paranaense on October 25,2022 to become the second ever goalscorer in the Brazil Serie A league. European media brought him into the lamplight and elite clubs saw his talent as they wanted his signature.
Breakthrough To Europe
On 15th December, 2022, Spanish and European giant Real Madrid officially announced that Endrick will be a member of their football team in the 2024/25 season;the moment he turns 18. Unfounded report prevail that the fee for the transfer is worth €60 million with €35 million being fixed and €25 million being achievable objectives or add-ons. There will be an addition to €12 taxes.
International Football
On March 18,2022 Endrick was called up to the Brazil U17 to compete in France in the Montaigu Tournament. In the tournament he scored 5 goals in 4 matches played to win it for Brazil for the first time in over 38 years. The Selecao[Brazil national team] coach called him on 6th November,2023 to be part of the team in their two World Cup qualifier against Colombia and Argentina which they lost both games.
Real Madrid head coach Ancelotti was not astonished on hearing his callup as he said "I am not surprised because he is playing very well. It seem to me an award to a young player who is doing very well in Brazil.
Fernando Diniz the Brazilian head coach also added " He is a player who has the potential to be one of the great talents. The call is not pressure. It is an award and also a vision of what the future can be"
Net Worth
The Brazilian striker receives an amount of €38,462 per week and has an estimated net worth of €2 million.
Endrick on Messi And Ronaldo
"Messi is phenomenal. He is very good. The best in the world again. I just want to enjoy the moment of being able to play against him, being in the same stadium as him, looking at him up close. I only saw him in video games. Now I'm seeing Messi up close, it's going to be wonderful".
He also said this on Ronaldo"he is a force that infect others in the locker room. A player who always tries to be in the right position, who likes to score but has a lot of team discipline. He is an example in the dressing room. It's great to have players with his experience".
Endrick settled his case by saying "Messi is a great player but I'm more of a fan of Cristiano Ronaldo".
Team And Personal Honours
In 2022, Endrick scored 7 goals in 7 matches in the Copa São Paulo de Futebol junior when he played for the Palmeiras youth team to win the Supporters' player of the Tournament and the trophy. He also won Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A Best Newcomer 2022, Samba Gold Best Brazilian U20 player of the year 2022. He won the topscorer in the Montaigu Tournament and the title. He has collective team trophies in Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A 2022, Supercopa Dr Brasil 2023 and Campeonato Paulista 2023 and the most promising player in Serie A.
Endrick certainly without a doubt is a star in the making. A player who has goals in-depth and installed as well in him. A very bright future potentially awaits the young Brazilian.
By Daniel Okyere
