Player Manager
Ted Steel
Max Best is too smart for a normal career but too poor to further his education, stuck in a dead-end job — until a chance encounter gives him new abilities: he can see the attributes of soccer players. A sports progression fantasy following Max as he climbs the football management world using his stat-seeing edge. Books 1 to 6 published on all platforms; sequel series Soccer Supremo continues the story (Player Manager 15 = Soccer Supremo 1).
Progression: GameLit/LitRPG sports progression: protagonist Max Best gains a system-like ability to see soccer players' attributes as visible stats, then advances by developing players and his team through those quantified mechanics. Royal Road tags the serial LitRPG + Progression + GameLit; advancement via player/team stat growth is central to every volume.
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