From Pele to Endrick: 5 Brazilian footballers who lit up the sport in their teens
Endrick Felipe Moreira de Sousa, popularly known as Endrick, created history on Sunday by scoring in Brazil’s 1-0 victory in their international friendly against England at Wembley
At 17 years of age, the forward became the youngest to score an international goal for Brazil since Ronaldo in 1994
Here are some of the other iconic Brazilian footballers who rose to stardom in their teens
Pele
The late Pele, the eternal benchmark for all new Brazilian stars, became his country’s youngest ever goalscorer at 16 years, eight months and 14 days
Ronaldo
Ronaldo made his debut for Brazil in 1994 and became the country's third youngest ever goalscorer when he netted against Iceland aged 17 years, seven months and 12 days
Alexandre Pato
Pato scored the winner as an 18-year-old debutant seconds after coming off the bench against Sweden in 2008
Neymar
Neymar, Brazil's leading goal-scorer with with 79 goals in 128 appearances, has lived up to the hype since making his debut for the Selecao aged 18