If Steve Jobs played soccer: central midfielder, rated 86

Steve Jobs as a soccer player: scouting report

Steve Jobs plays central midfield because his whole career was about seeing what other people missed and then making it look simple. He cofounded Apple in 1976, came back to run it two decades later and introduced the iPhone in 2007. A playmaker's job is the same: look at a crowded pitch, find the one pass that changes the game and deliver it so cleanly that it seems obvious afterward. Passing is the best part of his card.

He credited a calligraphy class at Reed College with shaping the typefaces on the first Macintosh, and that eye for detail becomes the weight on a through ball: never too heavy, never short. His shooting is excellent, so a defense that sits off him gets punished from the edge of the box, and his dribbling and defending are both high enough that he can carry the ball forward and win it back. He also helped turn Pixar into the studio behind Toy Story, which tells a scout he could build something great with a team around him, not just on his own. Goalkeeping is the surprise second best mark on his card, a sign of how complete his game is.

Pace is the honest weakness, and he will not win many races back toward his own goal. Protect him with a ball winning holding midfielder and a quick fullback on each side, and he will dictate everything from the center circle. Winger is a workable fallback but costs him value, and goalkeeper rates surprisingly well too. Draft him as your creative centerpiece and design the rest of the team around his vision.

Plays like A visionary playmaker who strips the game down to the perfect pass

Put Steve Jobs in your lineup

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