Endrick
Endrick Felipe Moreira de Sousa, known as Endrick, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for the Brazil national team. Endrick was born in Taguatinga, Federal District, and has one brother and two sisters. His father, Douglas de Sousa Silva Ramos, pursued a career in professional football and left his family when Endrick was eleven years old to play for several small clubs in Brasília. His mother was unemployed and homeless during that time, forcing Endrick and his siblings to reside in an orphanage at São Paulo until his father returned after six months. Both his parents worked at a cafe on the city’s underground train station before his father received employment by Palmeiras as a janitor. Endrick started playing football at the age of four, and his father published his goals on YouTube to attract interested parties among the big Brazilian clubs. Endrick vowed to become a professional footballer to help his family after his parents were unable to feed him. At the age of eight, he trained in a Real Madrid camp with his friends at Águas Claras; he grew up supporting Real Madrid and idolised Cristiano Ronaldo. He was also inspired by other Brazilians who played for Madrid such as Ronaldo, Vinícius Jr., Rodrygo and Éder Militão.
Endrick
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Palmeiras S.E.
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These boots were worn by Endrick with Palmeiras S.E. during the season 2023/2024. After nearly signing for São Paulo, Endrick joined the Palmeiras youth team at the age of 11. In the next five years, he would score 165 goals in 169 games for Palmeiras youth teams. Endrick participated in the 2022 Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior, where he scored eight goals in seven matches and was voted Player of the Tournament by supporters, after leading Palmeiras to their first title. Following the tournament, he caught the attention of international media and several major European clubs. Endrick made his senior professional debut on 6 October 2022, coming on as a second-half substitute in Palmeiras’ 4–0 league win over Coritiba. At the age of 16 years, two months and 16 days, he became the youngest player to appear for the Palmeiras first team. He scored his first two goals on 25 October, in a 3–1 win over Athletico Paranaense, becoming the second youngest goalscorer in the history of Brazil’s Série A. Endrick then achieved his first trophy with the first team, winning the league with three games in hand following a 4–0 home win over Fortaleza on 2 November. He scored his third goal in seven appearances during the match as Palmeiras secured an eleventh league title in club history. At the end of the season, Endrick was voted the most promising player in the Série A. On 11 October 2023, Endrick was named by English newspaper The Guardian as one of the best talents born in 2006 worldwide. After experiencing an extensive goal-drought throughout the season, Endrick scored two goals and added an assist on 1 November in a 4–3 comeback win against Botafogo at the Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos. Palmeiras moved three points behind Botafogo, who were then first in the table. Palmeiras won their second consecutive league title, after Endrick scored a goal in a 1–1 draw to Cruzeiro on 6 December, two points above second-place Grêmio. He finished the season with eleven goals, the second highest scored in a Serie A season by an under-18 player behind Ronaldo. On 16 May 2024, Endrick was forced to leave the field on a stretcher due to an apparent right leg injury during Palmeiras’ clash against Independiente del Valle in a Copa Libertadores group stage match, and he was subject to further medical tests. On 15 December 2022, La Liga club Real Madrid announced that they had reached an agreement with Palmeiras, Endrick, and his family to sign him in July 2024, when he turned 18.
