WONDERKID
From mud to marble
Start at 16 on a pitch that's 60% mud. Train, transfer, and talk your way up five leagues — if your form holds and your agent behaves.
Every decision counts
Big-money agent or the sensible one? Night out or early night? Push through the injury or rest? Your career is the sum of your answers.
The Ballon d'Or
Only a world-class season at the very top puts you in the vote — and even then, the vote can betray you. Most careers never touch it. Will yours?
What is Wonderkid?
Wonderkid is a free football career simulator that runs in your browser — no download, no account, and it works great on your phone. Instead of controlling matches, you make the decisions that shape a footballer's life: which contract to sign, how to train, what to tell the press, whether to risk playing through an injury. Start at sixteen in the mud of the lower leagues and try to end up with your name in lights.
Every career is different: promotions, transfers, World Cups every four years, and — if you're brilliant and lucky — the Ballon d'Or. When you retire, your whole story becomes a legacy score to beat. New to the game? Read How to Play, or try the Daily Challenge, where everyone on Earth gets the same player and only your choices differ.