Milan, one of Italy’s football royalty, have a long history of winning titles and nurturing some of the best attackers the world has ever seen. Granted, the names that usually come to mind, like Andriy Shevchenko, Marco Van Basten, Filippo Inzaghi or Zlatan Ibrahimovic, are all players who made their first steps in the game elsewhere and were signed by the Rossoneri to lead the scoring charts – but Milan could have a home-grown attacker to bring them glory. 13-year-old AC Milan academy star Francesco Camarda’s statistics 😳2017-18: 247 goals in 40 games2018-19: 172 goals in 31 games2019-20: 64 goals in 16 gamesHe consistently scores over 5+ goals per game while playing for OLDER age groups at the Italian academy 👀 pic.twitter.com/5BJwaufolB— Soccerzela (@soccerzela) October 5, 2021 Francesco Camarda is making heads turn playing for Milan’s Under-15 team. Being only 13 years of age, he could be playing for the Under-14 side, but his advanced ability prompted the team’s coaches to promote him to compete with older boys. Camarda has scored, wait for it, 483 goals in 87 appearances for Milan. Yep, you read that right. In the 2017/18 season alone, he scored an astonishing total of 247 goals and added 172 and 64 in the next two campaigns, respectively. If you dare to calculate this lad’s goals per game average, you’ll get a number of 5.5 strikes per match. That’s more than FIVE goals every time he runs out to a football pitch!19 October, 22.00: (3.05) Porto (3.35) Milan (2.50)Of course, being this efficient playing for the youth teams is no guarantee that the magic-looking numbers would translate to senior football. As football scout Sciabolata Morbida points out, no pressure of expectation should be put on Francesco’s young shoulders. At his age, he only needs time to develop and make a habit of carrying his duties professionally – because it may prove essential when he approaches the age of turning professional.A talent to keep an eye on:Francesco Camarda (class of 2008) is an Italian forward currently playing for Milan’s Giovanissimi Regionali A U14. 🔴⚫️🎥 SourceIG: ilbellodelcalcioGrazie @RealMarco94 @puigisismo pic.twitter.com/tSCu5LXjM0— MilanYouthNews (@youth_acmilan) September 11, 2021 There have been many examples where youngsters would score for fun in their youth days but weren’t able to turn that into quite stellar careers. Still, you cannot deny that Barcelona’s former wonderkid Bojan Krkic or Real Madrid’s Javier Portillo haven’t had respectable careers in football – albeit not at the very highest level. As for Francesco Camarda, we will keep an eye on his progress. With a bit of luck – and a lot of hard work – he might be a gem for the red and blacks of Milan.
