Ok. So me and my girlfriend are sitting down to watch football the other night, and not having watched football in a long time, she asks me "Who's the best player in the world right now?"

It seems that most people acknowledge that it's Brazil's Ronaldhino. So I search for a video of his highlights to show her. He is pretty amazing.

Nevermind that he looks like he could play bass for Alvin and the Chipmunks. He's a damn fine football player...

"What about Beckham?" she asks.

"Well, I'm just a Canadian, so I don't really know fuck-all. But I heard he scored from half when he was pretty young. That's gotta be good publicity."

Nevermind that his voice sounds like he's been kicked in the nuts repeatedly by... well... himself! Also, a damn fine football player...

Anyway, watching these videos reminded me of a video a Chinese friend of mine once showed me, about a young soccer prodigy ninja child from Brazil. His name is Jean Carlos Chara, born Dec. 5, 1995. Apparently European clubs have already shown interest in this kid, and if you look at this video you can see why:



That kid is insane. Retarded. Kinda puts you in mind of all those videos of Gretzky when he was a kid, and laying waste to children a few years older than him.

Why are we not hearing about any Chinese sport prodigies? Seemed like when I was in Canada, Chinese wonder-kids who could play piano and violin like they were on crack were a dime a dozen on TV... Is there another Yao Ming out there that we should know about? Or maybe a hockey prodigy somewhere in Harbin?

Wait and see I guess. By the way, where's Freddy Adu these days?


Tags: China, football, Dalian, Newfoundland, Jean Carlos, Brazil, newfie, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Freddy Adu, Beckham, Ronaldhino, World Cup, Gretzky, soccer