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Name: Naruto Uzumaki
Position: LW/ CAM/ST/RW
Jersey Number: 19
Age:19
Club: Tottenham Hotspur Youth Academy
Height: 6Ft2Inc
Weight: 180lb
Nationality: Portuguese(Japanese heritage)
Languages: 10 October 2004
Place of Birth: Lisbon, Portugal
Naruto Uzumaki. A young boy that fell in love with football from the age of five, when his father took him to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, that was when the youngster's dream began. The glamour the World Cup brought was so beautiful for the child that when he was watching the Final with his dad. They were lucky enough to have tickets that had them sitting behind the net.
The blond watched as Spain triumph over the Netherlands and at that moment when he saw the World Cup being lifted up high, by Xavi. He made a pact that he would one day do the same.
Over the years, his father worked for a security company in Lisbon, Naruto always went home with no there as his father worked hard day in, day out. His mother had died due to the problems of childbirth and when his dad told him about it, the child always blamed himself but his dad always told him that she loved him no matter what and that for a fact it was never his fault that his mother died. Luckily the blond was able to get a friend when he was busy playing in the streets. His name was Joao Felix, yes the very same Joao that was bought by Atletico Madrid for $120,000,000. Sure Naruto was happy for his friend but he had to think about his situation, playing in the youth academy of FC Porto, the blond needed to climb the ranks fast or else he would be stuck in the clog jam known as the ranks of FC Porto.
Just too many boys played at that club and the staff was unnumbered so not many boys would get noticed, Naruto was sadly one of them and this made the youngster's career to become a footballer seem like an impossible dream... but as if the depths of the Football gods rumbled an opportunity showed it's self to Naruto, he was scouted by non other than Tottenham Hotspur. A big Football team that played in the Premier League, the biggest and well known league in the world.
Of course Naruto could not say no to the opportunity, so when he accepted the offer he had to move to North London.
Wednesday, 11 May 2022
FA Youth Cup Final
Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur
Old Trafford
The sun shined brightly onto the pitch of Old Trafford in Greater Manchester, England. A crowd of over sixty thousand were cheering and bellowing loudly for the Red Devils. On the other side of the stadium, only the colour white was seen as the fans of Tottenham travelled all the way to Manchester just to be there for their boys who after many ups and downs were finally in the final, a chance to win some silverware which all of them yearned for as the drought of silverware they had to deal with was very, tiring. The match between Manchester United versus Tottenham Hotspur was about to kick off. While the crowds were pumping up the atmosphere and fans were still coming into the stadium the two teams returend to the locker room to change back into their kits, a certain blond haired sea blue eyed teenager was sitting in the Spurs locker room amidst many players, garbed in the symbolic White that was Tottenham's along with white shorts and knee length dark blue socks. His face tanned by the hours he spent in the sun as he played football with his friends in Lisbon showed no emotion and his hands curled into knuckles, it was to be his final match for the Spurs before he was over age to be in the youth academy.
"Hey Naruto, you alright there son?" Nineteen-year-old Naruto Uzumaki looked up and saw his youth academy Head Coach Roy Connely with a stoic expression on his face. He just nodded in response; subconsciously feeling the movement was making him even sicker.
"I know that a lot of pressure is onto you in this game, but just play your game out there, I promise you that if you just show your worth you'll have the big bosses coming to you and most of all make the first thing Antonio Conte has to do in his new post is by promoting you." with that the skipper went to the middle of the locker room as the buzzing locker room went quiet as all the eyes went to the man.
"This is it lads, this is the moment you all have been working for all season I just want you all to play as we did in training, pressure them and look out for each other. We've been through it all this past season, we lost a couple friends on the road and we've seen some of our brothers get taken out by injury. But in this game we should play for them, for all those who we've lost on this road, we must do it for them! We must go out there with our heads held high, as this is our chance to finally bring good news to this club by winning the cup. So let's go out there with one thing in our mind, the spirits of our fans from North London depends on how we play, everything that we do on that pitch is for them, every pass, tackle and shoot is for all of them! Remember this as you all walk onto that pitch, that you are one unit and that you are all brothers." when the gaffer finished the whole locker room erupted in applause as the skipper just chuckled. "Now let's go out there in bring this cup back home with us!"
"YEAHH!" everyone in the locker room shouted out. As the players went out of the locker room, they all jumped to hit the Tottenham logo at the top of the wall which seemed to be a tradition that all youth Spurs players did before they started a match. Naruto being the last one to leave hit the logo with passion as his gaffer waited for him.
"No need to be nervous lad." he began as Naruto just too a small breather. "I'll be playing you on the Right Wing in this game, that way you can show the big bosses you have some experience in that position, just like how we do it in practise just play with you strengths, use your pace, skill and vision to create some chances for your teammates." the gaffer stated as Naruto just nodded.
Taking his place in the line, they all walked to the tunnel only to meet up with the Manchester United youth academy. There was a hint of tension in the tunnel and most players seemed to have their focus on the game and only a few having the guts to say good game to the others.
"Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. My name is Steward Garnder and I am with Ben Thornley in the booth, today we will watch as Tottenham Hotspur come to play Manchester United for the FA Youth Cup."
After all the hand shakes and greetings from the other teams, it was time for kick off. With Tottenham winning the toss, they started the game. In the first ten minutes of the game everything began slow as all the players were starting to get the feel of the game. The fans continued to chant as the ball's possesion was being swapped by both teams, it would have stayed like this till the young Manchester United Center Back tried to pass to the Left Midfielder, but the ball was intercepted by Naruto who luckily read the pass nicely.
"Nice interception there from Uzumaki, he passes over to generic Striker for Tottenham, who does passes to the right wing for it to be caught by the Center Attacking Midfielder! Who passes to Naruto Uzumaki who's alone in the D, HE SHOOTS!"
Naruto put a curl into the ball as he struck it with his right foot, looking up he saw the Man U keeper try to get the ball but it was a mile away from his attempt as it buried it self into the top corner! The Spurs fans went wild to the goal and Naruto just ran to the corner of the left corner only to do the Mbappe celebration. After that goal the Manchester fans were shouting out chants to motivate their team that they could come back into this game! Which they did as in the 37th minute they came up with a counter attack that dissected the Spurs defense as an easy tap in was used to level the play ground.
The second half began with both teams being on each other's necks. Naruto tried his best to make some great chances for his team but the chances weren't being used very nicely, the Man U attacking core also tried to pass through the Spurs Defense but they weren't allowing them to do so. All of this was happening in front of everyone's eyes and as the minutes ticked only two minutes of added time remained.
Naruto's POV
As I looked at the fourth official I couldn't believe that only two minutes remained in the match, it felt like we only played for a couple minutes and the fact that the match was going to end so soon, didn't sit well with me. I needed to do something.
When I got the ball in our half I was on the right wing, with pace I began to run down the field and the Left Back was in my way, he tried to slide tackle the abll away but I just lifted it over his body, as I jumped over him. As I crossed the midfiled line, I just looked up to see I was getting close to the box. There were three defenders retreating with me and they all seemed to think they would stop me. The first tried to do a tackle but I just quickly cut left as I went infield, now the two defenders were in sync as they planned to stop me from continuing. Seeing an opportunity as I was given a lot of space, I did a Hail Mary shot. Putting my boots to ball, I struck it with a lot of might!
The ball met with the net and only one thing happened at that moment. The ref blew the final whistle. As if Naruto needed to make a statement the youngster did Cristiano Ronaldo's Si celebration.
Winning the Youth Cup was nine, it gave the Spurs youth some bragging rights this year which most of them were going to hold dearly to their hearts. But not Naruto as he was called up to meet with Antonio Conte to discuss his future at the team.
Sitting in the new Spurs coach's office was very nerve racking for Naruto as the man really looked very intimidating. "Good morning, guys thank you for joining me." he began. "I understand that you both came to talk about your future with the club Naruto." he looked at the blond who nodded. "Well we've seen what you did in the academy and I would love to tell you that we would like to promote you to the senior team." when Conte said this Naruto just laughed out loud.
"You will not regret this sir." the blond said in Portuguese as the man nodded. "I hope not." he replied as he took out a piece of paper from a file. "Here is your contract." he put the paper on the table as Naruto's agent, Raul Hernandez a man he met during his time in Porto spoke. "Everything seems to be in order." he said as he put the contract down. "How much, am I getting paid?" Naruto asked as Raul whispered back. "£7,500." hearing this Naruto just signed the contract then and there with no second thought. This opportunity only came once and he wasn't going to mess it up. Passing his medical tests and greeting all of his new teammates Naruto relaced in the canteen of the Tottenham training centre as he wore his white tracksuit. Sighing heavily the blond just zoomed out of reality as he began to daydream about all the things he could do in this club.
