00:00While the Brazilian prodigy was courted by almost all of Europe, he decided to join Bournemouth, but who is Ryan Vitor?
00:05Little Ryan was born on August 3, 2006 in Rio de Janeiro.
00:08As an aside, regardless of the year, he was born on the same day as me.
00:11And so, along with Corentin Tolisso, that makes two professional footballers I now know who were born on the same day as me, that is, August 3rd.
00:17Very early on, from the age of 6, he joined the Vasco de Gamma training center.
00:20In his early years, it wasn't football day, but futsal.
00:23For 5 seasons, he built a reputation as an exceptional goalscorer, scoring the modest sum of 292 goals in 5 years.
00:29After that, he will switch to the grass, but there will be no adaptation because the player is so strong.
00:33Even with the U13s, he will greatly impress against Paris Saint-Germain U13, Juve U13, or Benfica U13, which has quite a few very talented players.
00:40At 15, he was tearing it up with the U17s, scoring 29 goals in 34 league matches.
00:44And so, a few months later, in 2022, he will sign his first professional contract with the Brazilian club.
00:48On January 20, 2023, he will take the big leap, as he will play his first official match with Vasco de Gamma, with the A team, against Odax in Campeonato Carioca.
00:55And on this occasion, he will become the youngest player of the 21st century to wear the Vasco de Gamma jersey.
01:00A few months later, it was with the youth teams that he would explode onto the scene.
01:02Brazil will win the South American U17 in 2023, he will score 5 goals, he will finish as top scorer, and will really leave his mark on the tournament.
01:09Back at club level, this time he will score in the Brazilian championship, and will become one of the youngest goalscorers in the history of Brasile héros.
01:15That said, the Brazilian club will protect him a little bit, not play him too much because he is still young.
01:19But by 2024, he is already too strong, and by force of circumstance, he will increasingly be earning more playing time.
01:23In terms of profile, Ryan is a versatile, complete attacker, capable of playing as a number 9, but also on the wings, although he is more of a right winger.
01:30Sure, he's left-handed, but he's a little bit ambidextrous, really, he's quite comfortable with both feet.
01:33He is a player who is not afraid to make runs in behind, he is a player who has very good speed, who is very strong in 1 against 1.
01:38In terms of striking, despite his youth, he is powerful and accurate.
01:42And he's a player who has grit, who has fighting spirit, who will run, run, run as well.
01:45In other words, this kid has very few flaws.
01:47In 2025, he becomes the club's attacking figure.
01:50At the professional level, he will finish the season with 15 goals in 45 matches across all competitions.
01:54He'll get along very well with a certain Philippe Coutinho, yes indeed.
01:57And naturally, for more than a year, pretty much all of Europe had been interested in it.
02:00Barça, Arsenal, Liverpool, Olympique Lyonnais, Paris Saint-Germain, and I think almost all the clubs in Europe.
02:07But in the end, he decided to join one of those clubs, Bordemouth in the Premier League.
02:11Indeed, the Cherries have just lost Semenio, who has left for Manchester City.
02:15And all this for a very large check.
02:16So, they decided to bet on the young Brazilian prodigy.
02:18And in this case, since we're talking about a young player, I think it's better for him to go to a slightly intermediate club before perhaps signing with a very big club.
02:25Here we go.
02:26THANKS.
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