Who is the 16-year-old Corinthians striker who shone in a training match with the professional

Without significant disclosures by Corinthians, we cannot clearly know the highlights of the training match against the Sub-20 class, which was held last Friday, and which ended with a 2-0 victory for the juniors. , only 16 years old, scored one of the goals in the friendly match – Watch the video at the end of the article🇧🇷

The young player is considered internally at Corinthians as the main name of the basic classes. The prestige is so great that, even at the age of 16, he was registered to compete in his second São Paulo Cup with Timão. It should be noted that the tournament accepts athletes up to 21 years old.

Pedro arrived at Corinthians at the age of nine, in 2015, the year in which Renato Augusto, Gil, Wagner and Cassio starred in a six-time Brazilian championship campaign with Alvinegro Club. In this first season, he helped the U9 team win the Paulista de Futsal with more than 100 goals in the competition. Incidentally, in indoor soccer, he has scored more than 250 times in the Alfinegra jersey.

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In the following years Pedro was always included in the older teams, in order to increase the challenge of facing players of his own age. In 2017, he was urban champion in the under-12 category at the age of 11 and top scorer for Corinthians in the Mondialetto di Venza, Italy.

With grassroots football on hold due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Pedro spent most of the 2020 season sidelined. In this way, he practically jumped from the U-13 team to the U-17 team in two seasons, between 2019 and 2021. Upon his return, there were 27 goals in 31 matches alternating between Timão’s U-15 and U-17 categories.

The event earned Pedro his first call-ups to the youth teams, where he continues to this day. It is one of the correct names for the South American U-17 competition, which will be held next March in Peru.

The player’s first participation in the professional team’s training sessions took place in 2022, the year he signed his first professional contract with Corinthians, which runs until 2025. The striker is on Fernando Lazaro’s radar for the next season, as he must appear for the first time in the first round. Alfingro club team.

Watch the goal Pedro scored in the training match

As of now, there is no information on the score in this training match between Corinthians and Sub-20. What I do know is that Pedro scored a goal.#MeuTimão pic.twitter.com/SB0SJobMhT

– Louis Fabiani (@luissfabiani) December 23, 2022