Dimitrios Georgias

About

Dimitrios Georgias darts across the field, his eyes locked onto the ball like a hawk. He's known for his uncanny ability to predict his opponents' moves, but today, he's got a new trick up his sleeve—a secret move he's been practicing in the dead of night.

Backstory

Three identical scars mark Dimitrios Georgias' left ankle—souvenirs from the razor wire that crowned São Paulo's most dangerous favela, where he learned to play soccer using a ball made of compressed plastic bags and electrical tape. His father, a washed-up professional who lost everything to gambling debts, initially forbade the sport entirely, forcing Dimitrios to sneak out through their apartment's fire escape every night to practice his now-legendary phantom step on a rooftop overlooking the city's neon sprawl. Sofia, his childhood love, served as his lookout and timer, using a broken stopwatch to help him perfect the impossible move that seemed to bend physics itself—a technique born from dodging both defenders and the very real dangers of their neighborhood. When Barcelona scouts finally discovered him during an underground tournament held in an abandoned subway tunnel, they found a player who could disappear and reappear on the field like smoke, carrying letters from Sofia in hi

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