The Wonderkid Who Disappeared

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It’s not every day that a wonderkid who gets purchased for millions of dollars and scores in Serie A at 18 simply vanishes from the footballing record, but that is exactly what has happened. A promising young striker from an Italian academy that followed a path to stardom only to be forced to abandon it due to many things outside of his control.
What you’re probably not expecting to get involved in this story of the lost wonderkid is the actual United Nations. It also may be surprising that I actually knew this story nearly by heart, sure I did all the reading and found first-hand sources, but this kid was such a wonderkid that I signed him in Football Manager and googled him before. He was that good.
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The Zealand
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[@GIBBO4182]

Wow…you’ve really took your Manscaped sponsorship seriously! 🤣

[@joaopires1761]

I hope people realise it's not that he doesn't care enough to know who Gerrard was, it's just that information in North Korea is controlled to an extent he'd have no way of finding out. No internet, no TV, no books nor magazines (other than perhaps a few Liverpool match highlights).

[@Weirzy]

Erik Ten Haag really lost 7-0 at Anfield and is now talking about some missing North Korean wonderkid...

[@Joe.Taylor]

The wonderkid that disappeared, just like zealands hair

[@riusson4144]

Crazy. Got him in my Dusseldorf save, this man is an absolute nuclear powerhouse. A glorious leader on the field

[@mahomednaheez9862]

The man played against Syria yesterday

[@Z3NITH11]

I'm a simple man. Zep Guardiola uploads a video. I watch.

[@federicocanniferrari7090]

Fun fact: this relationship between north Corea and Italy, was also possible because back in the days when Kim jong un was unknown, he lived in Switzerland and he used to go at San Siro stadium in Milan to watch football games because he was an inter Fan, this was said by the guy in the video Antonio Razzi in a interview

[@Bunniejasmine]

was literally just wondering about this kid the other day. such a sad story honestly, i hope he can still make a career for himself. definitely one of the big "what ifs" of recent years imo

[@chrismeeks809]

i feel so bad for this guy, prime example of why we should focus on criminalizing the governments of these nations and not the people. he didn’t know who gerrard is not bc he isn’t a huge football fan, but bc there’s no chance in hell Korea allowed them to watch foreign games. remember, they told the people they won the world cup

[@RockDatDubstep]

Hope the guy's doing alright. Can't be a nice feeling to have your dream ripped away from you and not being able to do anything about it in fear of something dangerous happening.

[@elliotknight99]

Another fantastic video from Zeazou

[@jenozzz]

I missed the update that Zealand went bald and got surprised

[@zebote]

Football Manager 2021 - this lad is free and is one of the most consistent and reliable strikers I've ever had on the game. He led my Dresden team to the Bundesliga and subsequently scored 44 in 44 and 33 in 33. No specific tactic but this man played alone up top and destroyed many hopes and dreams. Highly recommended to all!

[@BigShotJD]

I played in South Korea in Fm22 and Kwang Song Han was a stalwart of my side for 7, 8 years, helped me to multiple league titles and a couple of asian champions leagues. Love him for that.

[@AkshaySingh-ef6wz]

Damn I feel so bad for him

[@Sasquatch10]

I'm grateful for this video even though it makes me sad. The hopes and dreams of a young boy lost through no fault of his own.

[@jamestyler12JT]

Didn’t know Matthew Santoro was such a big football fan.

[@TheBeastlyFollower]

As a fellow baldy, shaving it helped me massively. I always had long hair, wore it up with product sometimes when I played sports. Started falling out in high school, had noticeable thinning on top and a receded widows peak by 22. Bit the bullet and shaved it shortly after. MPB happens to lots of guys, just some of us a little sooner haha. Looks good on ya.