Endrick (Brazil)

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Along with fellow forward Rayan, the 19-year-old Endrick is the youngest player to be called up for Brazil’s World Cup squad in more than three decades. An underdog story whose childhood included a brief stay at an orphanage, he wasn’t yet a legal adult when he scored for his country in 2024 Summer Olympics qualifiers. He and his wife were publicly baptized in 2024, and he went viral for equating his faith with therapy: “My psychologist is primarily God.”