Have you heard of Francesco Camarda?
If not, it might be time to put the name to memory.
The 14-year-old AC Milan talent is, for obvious reasons, poised to become the world’s next big star.
485 goals in 89 games. At a rate of 5.44 goals per match. It may sound like stats from playing a lot of FIFA on very low difficulty.
In fact, the 14-year-old Milan attacking Francesco Camarda talent record in the club’s youth team.
The 184cm youngster, born in late 2008, has been making headlines in the football world lately for obvious reasons.
– He was already impressed as a kid. He looked like a miniature soccer player. It is unique. “I’ve never seen a boy with his qualities,” Piero Colangelo, the former president of Afforense, who scouted a talent when he was six years old, tells Sprintesport.
Two goals in the U-19 debut
The time he spent in the young Avorense youth team was short before he was picked up by the great Milan, both of whom won the Italian Under-15 Championship and he was promoted to the U16 team on a permanent basis.
Earlier this month, the 14-year-old striker also got the chance to train with Milan’s spring squad, namely the U19 team.
He also got the chance to play a friendly match against great opposition. He thanked for the confidence by scoring twice in a 4-2 win over Solbiatesi.
He trained in martial arts like Zlatan
Looking at the other slender, technical striker present at Milan, at a senior level, it’s hard not to make comparisons.
However, there is more than club affiliation that makes people draw similarities between Francesco Camarda and 27-year-old Swede Zlatan Ibrahimovic – who is also one of the teenager’s role models.
Like Zlatan practicing taekwondo in his younger days, Kamarda does kickboxing in parallel with football.
Whether he can reach the same heights on the football field, only the future can tell.