Chapter 5: Ronaldinho + Kaká — The Perfect Number 10
Player Profile
Name: Ken
Age: 17
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Physical Assessment
Height: 176 cm
(Skeletal development ongoing. Projected adult height: 180–182 cm.)
Weight: 73 kg
(Excellent weight-to-height ratio. Maintains balance between strength and agility; capable of handling physical duels.)
Body Fat: 10.3%
(Elite level. Clear muscle definition, strong stamina base, and explosive potential.)
Vertical Jump: 72 cm
(Outstanding lower-body explosiveness.)
Maximum Reach: 3.25 meters
(Exceptional aerial ability for his age group.)
Lung Capacity: 5800 ml
(Excellent cardiopulmonary endurance; capable of sustaining high-intensity play for a full match.)
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Speed & Athletic Performance
30-meter sprint: 3.85 seconds
(Top-tier acceleration.)
30-meter sprint with ball: 4.1 seconds
(Rare integration of speed and ball control. Dribbling speed nearly identical to off-ball sprinting.)
Balance: 9.3
(Extremely stable center of gravity. Difficult to knock off the ball.)
Lower-body strength: 130 kg
(Sufficient for physical competition, long passes, and powerful shots.)
Fatigue recovery index: 8.5
(Recovers quickly after repeated high-intensity actions. Potential to develop into a box-to-box creator.)
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Technical Evaluation
Ball Feel: 9.8
(The ball behaves like an extension of his body.)
Dribbling & Control: 9.5
(Dense step frequency, sharp directional changes without deceleration. Extremely difficult to defend one-on-one.)
Vision & Creativity: 9.0
(Advanced spatial awareness. Sees passing lanes early; natural playmaker instincts.)
Shooting Technique: 8.5
(Capable of finishing from tight angles and long range. Consistency will improve with experience.)
Weak Foot:
Balanced. Comfortable using both feet.
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Overall Evaluation
Speed & Explosiveness: 9.0 → Ceiling: 9.5
Agility & Balance: 9.5 → Ceiling: 9.9
Strength: 8.0 → Ceiling: 9.5
Endurance: 8.5 → Ceiling: 9.0
Technique: 9.3 → Ceiling: 9.9
Football IQ: 9.3 → Ceiling: 9.9
Current Rating: 8.9
Potential Ceiling: 9.6
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Player Template
Ronaldinho + Kaká
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Final Assessment
This player is a rare talent—
a natural Number 10 with elite explosiveness, balance, creativity, and ball feel.
His movement is fluid, aesthetic, and unpredictable.
While absolute physical strength and endurance can still be refined, this only leaves more room for growth. His ceiling is exceptionally high.
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Development Plan
Short Term:
Integrate into the first-team tactical system and gain match exposure.
Mid Term:
Increase core and upper-body strength through competitive play.
Long Term:
Refine shooting consistency, set-piece execution, and evolve toward a complete attacking leader.
Evaluation Date: April 17, 2013
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Head coach Ramalho read the report several times.
He even suspected a malfunction in the testing equipment.
"This… is this real?" Ramalho asked, waving the report. "This looks like data from a different species."
"No," fitness coach Victor Lopez replied firmly.
"Even Ronaldo didn't have numbers like this at seventeen."
Sporting director Belmonte chuckled.
"You joined after Ken left, but Milton knows. His data was already absurd at fifteen. These two years didn't dull him—they sharpened him."
Assistant coach Milton Cruz nodded.
"This is Ken. The same kid once mentioned in the same breath as Neymar. Talent like this doesn't disappear."
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Ken signed with São Paulo FC without difficulty.
Because he was still under eighteen, Vizzoli acted as his legal guardian in Brazil, holding full authorization.
The club initially proposed a 3+3 year contract with a 600 million Real release clause, mirroring Neymar's valuation.
Vizzoli rejected it immediately.
Neymar had received extraordinary wages and image rights. São Paulo couldn't offer the same—and Ken was owned entirely by the club.
After negotiations, both sides agreed:
Contract length: 3 years
Release clause: 270 million Real (~45 million euros)
Monthly salary: 150,000 Real
Annual raise: 30%
For a seventeen-year-old without first-team appearances, this was extraordinary.
Ken accepted calmly.
Back home, he had been paid almost nothing—
and had even been expected to pay just to play.
Here, football made sense again.
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Ken's return didn't make headlines.
In Brazil, talent without proof meant nothing.
Disappear for two years, and you were forgotten.
A genius only mattered if he survived.
The day after signing, Ken attended a Copa Libertadores match at Morumbi Stadium.
To his surprise—
Ronaldinho was on the opposing team's lineup.
Atlético Mineiro versus São Paulo.
The Brazilian football elf stood on the pitch again.
Ken watched silently, fists clenched.
The perfect Number 10 was right there.
And one day—
So would he be.