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Nando
03-23-2007, 01:35 PM
The Land of Soccer


Player Stats:
Fernando Alves (Nando)
Nationality: Portuguese
Age: 17
Position: Centre Attacker (CA)
Foot: Right
Difficulty: Expert
Skills:
Set Pieces: | (1)
Shooting: | (1)
Heading: | (1)
Dribbling: | (1)
Passing: | (1)
Tackling: | (1)
Flair: |||||(5)
Control: |||||(5)
Both Feet: |||||(5)
Pace: |||||(5)
Strength: |||||(5)
Stamina: |||||(5)
Positioning: |||||(5)
Vision: |||||(5)

Wealth & Health:
Money: 1,000$
Wage: 550$
Goal Bonus: 200$
Assist Bonus: 275$
Clean Sheet Bonus: N/A
Estimated Value: 10,000$
Possessions: N/A
Confidence: 50%
Gambling Addiction: 0%
Alcohol: 0%
Drug Use: 0%

Team Stats:
Team: Juventus-SP, Terceira Divisão (Brazil)
Position: 13th (Start of the season)
Cup Round: Round 1
Goals Scored (by Nando): 0

National Team Stats:
National Team: Portugal
Selection Prospects: No Chance
Caps: 0
Goals Scored (by Nando): 0

August 2005:


A Vacation turns to a career



Young Fernando Alves went on vacations after completing a another successful year studying to become a computer technician and, as some might know, he was an ace in football and those two weeks he had in Brazil, the land of soccer, could give him the chance he need to become the best.



As Nando played some street soccer he made a lot of dribbles including the virgula (as known in Brazil) and others. After the match he called for a cab to take him to his hotel, he had the flight back to Portugal booked for the next day, a man confronted him and gave him a card for a football team named Juventus in São Paulo.



The next day Alves decides to halt his return to Portugal and goes to a trial at Juventus. He aces it and gets added to the team in the same day. What awaits him?





A no-show for the match!?



The match was just two days away and who would have thought that Alves would be late for the match and miss it. The coach is not very happy.





Is this helping Nando or hurting him?



Fernando isn’t able to keep up whit the intensive training and is very tired, a fellow team mate offers him a solution: “Take these drugs. No one will find out.” Nando, not wanting to disappoint his coach takes them, and regrets it later. As for the money to buy the drugs Alves gives him an I-owe-you. Let’s see if it will have a positive influence on him.




First game, first loss



If you ask most players about their first game, they will say that it wasn’t their best, but compared to Fernando Alves’s first game it is heaven.



Nando’s team mates don’t trust him, he almost did have the ball on his feet and when he had he didn’t do anything whit it. Basically, the coach was not impressed and he got subbed at the start of the second half. This was not a good game for him.
Juventus lost 1-0.





From hell to heaven



Nando’s first game was a fiasco, but his second was amazing. First the game started whit a stunning goal by free kick from Rafael Cordeiro at the 11th minute. Then, whit a quick pass by Alves, Rafael Silva makes the goal (17thminute)! In the end of the first half, Nando makes his debut in the goal scoring business, ending he game at 3-0.



Juventus is now in 13th place.




Time for a rest



After his huge game, Nando couldn’t keep up whit his team and rested the next game.



The game ended at 1-1. Juventus goes up a place and it is now in 12th. Juventus has got a loss, a win and a draw.





Back and worst



The rest must have done something bad to Fernando, as he did not do anything in this match besides stand in the way. So, eventually, he got subbed, but when he did, Rafael Silva already had scored a spectacular goal! After Nando left the pitch things got worse, Fabiano, with the help of Carlos González scored a goal for América-RJ.



It ended at 1-1.





This month there were some bad moments in Nando’s career, but whit one good moment in between. Will that happen in the next month?



Director’s Comments:
This is my new career; it is in a new country and in a new position so say what you like about it. Now onto the career comments it self.
This season was hard, basically because I don’t usually play in expert (if you are wondering why my skills are like that I started a career in Pro and changed it to expert. See here why (http://www.newstarsoccer.com/newstarforum/showthread.php?t=4165)). And that is basically it, my director’s comments, I mean.

Fabrizio Gatti
03-23-2007, 02:46 PM
Nice and creative as usual nando, keep it coming !!

Kaldow
03-23-2007, 02:54 PM
It's being a long time since I played but from what I recall it's always easier to start in the lowest division posible and of course England is the perfect choice, having like 5 divisions. Starting a carreer at top divisions is more difficult, you could always skip matches and train until your stats are good but thats not the point, I would only max the stamina stat and then play matches as often as I can, passing a lot and running through all the pitch gives you that extra points at the end of matches.

Soha
03-24-2007, 08:32 AM
nicely done Nando ;) nice start, and REAL SPORTSMAN xD talking about ,,Is this helping Nando or hurting him?" ;]

Zack_21
03-24-2007, 09:37 AM
I thought Juventus from Serie B (Italy).:P Don't know they have one in Brazil.:D
Nice one Nando!:)

Nando
03-24-2007, 01:13 PM
I thought Juventus from Serie B (Italy).:P Don't know they have one in Brazil.:D
Nice one Nando!:)
It is Juventus from Săo Paulo.

Thanks Guys I will update it hopefully today.

Fabrizio Gatti
03-24-2007, 04:03 PM
I first thought you were talking about Juventude, but there must be a Juventus too :P

Nando
03-25-2007, 09:40 PM
The Land of Soccer


Player Stats:
Fernando Alves (Nando)
Nationality: Portuguese
Age: 17
Position: Centre Attacker (CA)
Foot: Right
Difficulty: Expert
Skills:
Set Pieces: | (1)
Shooting: | (1)
Heading: | (1)
Dribbling: | (1)
Passing: | (1)
Tackling: | (1)
Flair: |||||(5)
Control: |||||(5)
Both Feet: |||||(5)
Pace: ||||(4)
Strength: |||||(5)
Stamina: |||||||||||||||||(17)
Positioning: |||||(5)
Vision: |||||(5)

Wealth & Health:
Money: -7,375$
Wage: 550$
Goal Bonus: 200$
Assist Bonus: 275$
Clean Sheet Bonus: N/A
Estimated Value: 10,000$
Possessions: N/A
Confidence: 40%
Gambling Addiction: 0%
Alcohol: 0%
Drug Use: 82%

Team Stats:
Team: Juventus-SP, Terceira Divisăo (England)
Position: 13th
Cup Round: Round 1
Goals Scored (by Nando): 1

National Team Stats:
National Team: Portugal
Selection Prospects: No Chance
Caps: 0
Goals Scored (by Nando): 0

September 2005:



How it hurts to start the month
First day of the month, first day of training of the month is very common to most footballers but when in a effort to strike a goal Nando gets taken down and rushed to the Juventus infirmary, things get ugly.
The defender that “took Alves down” is punished by the coach whit a fine of 1,000 Reais (Brazilian Coin), which, believe it or not, it isn’t a lot of money in dollars. As for Fernando, he gets off whit just a small bruised ankle that will not allow him to run as fast as he used to, but it is nothing that can be fix.


I wish I could be on the radio…
Nando, a genius whit his feet but has his mouth got any talent? Radio SP-International thinks so. They invite Alves to give his professional comments and judge players and referees in a soccer talk show at night whit Walter Barreira as the host.
Nando receives roughly 1500$.


Hey mister Scolari, let me play
Today Portugal faced Romania in a match that ended in 2-2 and started the UEFA World Cup Qualifiers. A reporter asked for Alves opinion and he said: (laughing) “I asked Scolari if he would let me play, but I got no answer” - says Nando while joking – “I guess he saw that I don’t have the talent I need.”


ADAP got done ASAP
As Juventus was about to face ADAP, a man invades the stadium whit nothing more than a Brazilian flag around his waist. This caused the match to be delayed for a few minutes, but it didn’t kill the momentum of Juve.
At the start of the match a quick pass by Fernando gives the ball to Rafael Silva that gives Juventus the lead. Moments after, Rafael Silva made another stunning shot that took the goalie out of the way and the ball in the net. In 10 min the match was solved. Now that is what I call ADAP got done ASAP, but will the other matches be like this? And will it have a crazy man running around the field? We will find out.


A phone call from moms
“Hi honey! In the last letter you wrote I saw that you were felling tired so I decided to go to Brazil and try to fix your problem whit some homemade cookies and cake. I bet you haven’t got them in a while, right?” – Says mom
“Yes mom.” – Fernando Answers – “So when are you coming?”
“I will be there tonight!”
“Tonight…” – Nando has meet whit his Brazilian friends tonight but calls it off to spend time whit his mom – “Sure mom. I will be at the airport.”
His mother arrives at the airport, and then they both go to his hotel room. Mom makes him some home cooked food, which is a nice change from ordering pizza and McDonald’s, and Nando fells a lot better to say the least.
Mom has got to leave the next day but leaves him some cooking in the oven, trough, he burns it.


Nothing like the Italian Juve
Juventus has got to make up their mind. They went from an easy win to a tough loss against, ironically, a team which name translated to English means “win”. This is not good for anyone, including Nando whose confidence has been shattered.
This 3-1 loss made Juventus go from their 10th place to 14th.


Not fit for it
The coach calls Alves to his office and says that he should take a rest and train a little more because, if this keeps up, he is going to leave the starting eleven. Fernando takes his advice and sits this one out.
The match ended in 0-0 and Juve went up a notch.


This is the last month of my career due to the fact that my computer was reinstalled again and I didn’t know about it, dues I didn’t save the file.

Director’s Comments:
One of the smallest careers I have ever had. I am going to include an extra, another career that had the same faith as this one. Here it goes. It comes whit it’s own introduction. (It has images)

Zack_21
03-26-2007, 09:22 AM
Does that mean that this career is finish Nando?
:wall:
what a bum! I started to like it.
:wall:

Nando
03-26-2007, 02:09 PM
I liked it too... :( From now on I am going to backup my save games every time I leave the pc...