Endrick's Wembley winner provided Real Madrid with an early glimpse of their new talent... the Brazilian wonderkid already looks at home on the big stage
- Brazilian wonderkid Endrick, 17, is set to move to Real Madrid in the summer
- The forward scored the winner in Brazil's 1-0 win over England on Saturday
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Nobody in Spain expected 17-year-old Endrick to be dominating Marca’s front page four months before he officially arrives at Real Madrid but that’s what becoming the youngest ever goalscorer at Wembley does for a player.
‘Endrick shines at Wembley’ ran the headline. ‘He becomes the youngest scorer in the English temple’ it continued.
Endrick signed for Real Madrid in December 2022 when he was still 16-years-old from Palmeiras. The initial cost of €35m euros (30m) will rise to €60m (£51.5m) if he is successful in Spain and, for all that it was just a tap-in, his goal suggests the Spanish club’s super scout Juni Calafat, who also signed Endrick’s Brazilian team-mates Vinicius and Rodrygo, has hit the jackpot once again.
‘New chapter, new generation,’ posted Vinicius on social media alongside pictures of himself and Jude Bellingham with the young striker.
Part of the reason why Real Madrid are so excited about Endrick’s arrival is that he already looks at home alongside the players he will share a dressing room with. His goal came following a rebound from a Vinicius shot after he came on for Rodrygo with 20 minutes left.
![Endrick, who will join Real Madrid this summer, scored the winner against England on Saturday](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/03/24/14/82831695-0-image-a-25_1711290494345.jpg)
Endrick, who will join Real Madrid this summer, scored the winner against England on Saturday
![The Brazilian wonderkid impressed off the bench in what was just his third international game](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/03/24/14/82831701-0-image-a-26_1711290503532.jpg)
The Brazilian wonderkid impressed off the bench in what was just his third international game
![The 17-year-old dominated Marca’s front page on Sunday, four months before he arrives at Real](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/03/24/14/82831691-0-image-a-27_1711290506190.jpg)
The 17-year-old dominated Marca’s front page on Sunday, four months before he arrives at Real
It will not phase him to play alongside those two, or Jude Bellingham who gave him a playful slap after the 1-0 Brazil win. And nor will debuting in the Santiago Bernabeu be a problem, having shown he can perform in front of 80,000 at Wembley.
This was only Endrick’s third game for Brazil. ‘I’m still processing it,’ he said afterwards. ‘I used to select this stadium when I played video games.’
Not everything came off for him on the night. An attempt at nudging the ball one way and running the other of Ezri Konsa failed and looked naive. But it also demonstrated self belief, and physically he looks older than his years.
It was also lost on no one in Madrid that Endrick had scored his first ever goal for Brazil 30 years to the day since Ronaldo Nazario made his debut for his country.
The club want Endrick to be the centre-forward that Ronaldo was for them when he joined in 2002.
![The attacker already looks at home alongside the players he will share a dressing room with](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/03/24/14/82831797-0-image-a-28_1711290512484.jpg)
The attacker already looks at home alongside the players he will share a dressing room with
![Endrick, who will remain with Palmeiras until the end of the season, is tipped for big things](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/03/24/14/82831723-0-image-a-29_1711290515927.jpg)
Endrick, who will remain with Palmeiras until the end of the season, is tipped for big things
Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti's biggest problem will be fitting in all the talent. He has the three Brazilians plus Kylian Mbappe who will sign at the end of this season.
Endrick has the disadvantage of being the youngest and least experienced but in his favour is the fact that he wants to play as a central striker with the others all preferring to start wide. It’s a problem that will make Ancelotti the envy of every other coach in Europe.
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