Oscar dos Santos Emboaba Júnior

A question for those that caught the Champions League highlights or game of the Chelsea vs. Juventus…

What did you guys think of Oscar? He just turned 21 a few weeks ago. Then he scored 2 goals in his CL debut.

News article on match:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2205955/Oscar-delighted-Chelsea-Champions-League-double.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Oscar Santos Emboaba Junior was born in 1991 in Americana, São Paulo. He started in the youth of São Paulo in 2004. Then part of the Internacional de Porto Alegre before making his way to Chelsea on a £25million transfer. Won the Brazilian Under-23 Championship, and was part of the squad that competed in the FIFA Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi in 2010.
Made history at the World Under-20 when he scored three goals in the tournament final, against Portugal. He was the first player to score three goals in a final championship organized by FIFA.

Who is he?
http://www.footysays.co.uk/have-your-say/our-writers-blog/778-player-watch-oscar-chelsea.html

Oscar:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_(footballer_born_1991)

Before Sao Paulo picked him up at age 13, he was on a smaller pro club, União Agricola Barbarense:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/União_Agr%C3%ADcola_Barbarense_Futebol_Clube

PG-Boy wrote:A question for those that caught the Champions League highlights or game of the Chelsea vs. Juventus…

What did you guys think of Oscar? He just turned 21 a few weeks ago. Then he scored 2 goals in his CL debut.

News article on match:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2205955/Oscar-delighted-Chelsea-Champions-League-double.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Oscar Santos Emboaba Junior was born in 1991 in Americana, São Paulo. He started in the youth of São Paulo in 2004. Then part of the Internacional de Porto Alegre before making his way to Chelsea on a £25million transfer. Won the Brazilian Under-23 Championship, and was part of the squad that competed in the FIFA Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi in 2010.
Made history at the World Under-20 when he scored three goals in the tournament final, against Portugal. He was the first player to score three goals in a final championship organized by FIFA.

Who is he?
http://www.footysays.co.uk/have-your-say/our-writers-blog/778-player-watch-oscar-chelsea.html

Oscar:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_(footballer_born_1991)

Before Sao Paulo picked him up at age 13, he was on a smaller pro club, União Agricola Barbarense:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/União_Agr%C3%ADcola_Barbarense_Futebol_Clube

Isn't asking if you like a young up and coming Brazilian soccer player kind of like asking if a person likes Porsches?


But, the answer is yes, he seems like a great player with very fluid movement on the field. He is slight of build so we will see how he does in the EPL over the long haul. He may be more suited for La Liga. It is good to see the top Brazilian pros in Europe and the EPL, because we can see them on TV in America. (Thank You Fox Soccer). It will be great when Neymar arrives.

He's not as flashy as Neymar. But he's a deadly finisher. He started in the CL match vs Juventus over the incumbent starter, Mata. Good choice by Mourinho.

I think Neymar is making a big mistake by delaying his move to Europe.

There's a couple of videos on one of the links I included, scroll to the bottom of the web page.

http://www.footysays.co.uk/have-your-say/our-writers-blog/778-player-watch-oscar-chelsea.html