The World Cup pass was a success! The 17-year-old "Greece Messi" was born. Is it almost dawn for Greek football?

In the early morning of September 6, Greece defeated Belarus 5-1 at home in the World Cup qualifiers, and won four consecutive victories in various competitions. Born in 2007, the young player Karechas made a pass and shot in this game, and he ushered in his best match in the national team with 1 goal and 1 assist. This young player who played for Henk is talented. His emergence also made Greek football, which had been silent for many years, see hope again.

Kaleschas was born in Belgium in November 2007. He is not yet 18 years old, but he already occupies the main position in Belgium Henk. In fact, before representing the Greek national team in international competitions, Karechas was a regular visitor to national teams of all levels in Belgium. Until last year, he also represented the Belgian U21 national team. However, Karechas' parents are from Greece, and he finally chose to represent the Greek country and officially obtained FIFA membership conversion approval in March this year. Henk, who is now playing for, is Karechas' youth training parent team. He started his football career here, but from 2020 to 2023, he once switched to Anderlecht's youth training system. After returning to Henk in January 2023, Karechas made significant progress. He represented Henk B in the Belgian League Two starting in the 2023-2024 season, contributed 6 goals and 4 assists in 20 games. He already has the ability to build an adult arena and became the youngest goal scorer in the history of the Belgian professional league on September 1, 2023. In this season, Karechas also got 4 chances to play in the Band 1 and contributed 1 assist.

Relying on his outstanding performance in the B League, Karechas became the main player of Genke in the 2024-2025 season. He played 34 times in the B League last season, contributing 3 goals and 2 assists, and continuing to realize his talent. In 2024, Carrechas was selected by the British Guardian as one of the world's 60 best youth players of the year. This list includes today's football celebrities such as Mastantono and Estewan. Carrechas was selected, which is enough to reflect his super talent.

Technical characteristics: The left-foot midfielder is quite talented

Cares, who is only 1.71 meters tall, plays as a midfielder. He is a player who is used to use his left foot. His shooting skills and foot skills are very exquisite, and he also has excellent ability to reverse the foot.

In the match between Greece's 5-1 defeat of Belarus, Karechas fully demonstrated his technical characteristics. Just 3 minutes into the game, he found an open opportunity on the right side of the penalty area. After receiving a pass from his teammate, he scored a volley with his left foot, breaking the deadlock for the Greek team. This goal not only reflects Carrechas' excellent shooting ability, but also his ability to seize opportunities and decisiveness in shooting are also fully reflected. More importantly, Karechas keenly discovered the vacuum zone of the opponent's defense line, and his running and observation were quite sensible.

And in the 19th minute of the game, Karechas gave another assist to his teammate Pavlidis. During this goal, Karechas was still active on the right side of the penalty area, and once again sent a pass before the defensive player took his place, accurately passing the ball to the heads of his teammates in the penalty area. In this game, Karechas contributed 1 goal and 1 assist, and in addition to this, his creativity is also impressive. In the whole game, Karechas tried 6 times and made successful breakthroughs 4 times. He was very active on the offensive end of the right, creating many goals opportunities for the Greek team. On the defensive end, he completed the highest 4 steals in the game, performed quite actively, and his activities continued from his backcourt to the opponent's penalty area, covering a wide area.

This is not the first time that Karechas shines in international football. As early as March this year, he shines in the UEFA Euro League upgrade play-off where Greece beat Scotland 3-0 away, and he reaps his first goal with the national team.

In the B.A., Karechas also left many famous scenes. After experiencing the fantastic 2024-2025, he also made five starts this season and continued to play the role of the core of the frontcourt in Genk.

Future development: The giant teams are competing for related attention

Cares, who is under the age of 18, has attracted the attention of many European giant teams. At present, his net worth reaches 20 million euros, and he has a very good level. As early as March this year, Carrechas received the attention of many giant teams such as Manchester United and Liverpool, and Bayern and Juventus also inspected him.

In early June, Arsenal was once rumored to have reached an agreement with Karechas, and the rumored transfer fee reached 45 million euros. However, Karechas did not join any giant team in the end, but chose to continue to keep his parent team Henke. For him, this is also a correct decision. If young players go to big cities overseas too early, they are likely to suffer bad temptations, which will affect the speed of growth. The fierce competition among giant teams is not conducive to young people's opportunities to exercise.

Now, Karechas has a stable chance of playing in Henk. In addition to the League One, he also has the opportunity to appear in the Europa League and fight with more high-level teams. As he grows up, Karechas's strength will steadily improve. When the time comes, he will have the opportunity to enter the wealthy family in a better state. The Greek national team, which has missed the World Cup and other major competitions for many years, has become more powerful with the emergence of Karechas. If he can lead the team back to the World Cup stage, he will also attract more attention and achieve faster growth.