Novels like Football's Legendary Number Thirteen
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Football's Legendary Number Thirteen, best match first.
- 1 Football: I Join England and Fulfill All My Potential 足球之我入英格兰，兑现全部天赋 Football + passion + growth + talent + feel-good thrills “Hello, Messi. Who has the best shot in the world, you or Cristiano Ronaldo?” “He Shi.” “Then who is the best dribbler in the world, you or Cristiano Ronaldo?” “He Shi.” Messi raised his head and gazed firmly ahead. “There's no need to ask again. No matter what the skill, it's He Shi. He's the God of Football, master of every aspect of the game!” 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Football: Become a Billionaire by Losing 足球：靠输球成为首富 Lin Yaodong is reborn as the Dragon Team's third-choice goalkeeper. Every time he loses, he wins a reward. With a System backing him, even after maxing out his goalkeeping stats, he keeps losing, losing, and losing… Stop losing! Please, let me win for once! I really don't want to become the richest man in the world! With nowhere left to lose, will he really have to compete against Tencent in the end? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Soccer: Invincible from the Start with a Pay-to-Win System 足坛：从氪金开始无敌 In the 2002 World Cup, Chen Xiao was a fair-weather fan who called himself an expert. Furious at the national team's performance, he smashed his keyboard and got electrocuted. Along with his pirated copy of Pro Evolution Soccer, he transmigrated to a parallel world, where he made his mark on the football scene with the help of the System. 27Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 4 The Last Fake No. 9: Starting in Serie B 最后一个伪九从意乙开始 [Chinese-Italian + System + Comeback + Passion + Football] Luca Rossi is an eighteen-year-old Chinese-Italian from Prato, Italy. He stands 1.75 meters tall and weighs 68 kilograms. The System rates him: Dribbling, 45; Stamina, 38. The coach of Serie B side Perugia says he is too skinny, can’t run, and isn’t cut out for professional football. People on the forums say he’s just another overhyped Chinese-Italian who’ll end up choosing Italy, so he has nothing to do with them. At 1.75 meters and 68 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Football’s Godlike Striker 足球之超神射手 After transmigrating to a parallel world, Cui Zhen leads China’s Dream Team to become world champions in a legendary story, with help from the Football Supergod System and his own extraordinary hard work. Denilson’s dazzling stepovers, Beckham’s trademark bend, Kanu’s butterfly step, Juninho’s perfect free kicks, Zidane’s Marseille turn, Batistuta’s GOAL, Messi’s solo run from one end of the pitch to the other. Volley shots, bicycle kicks, long-range lobs, diving headers, backheel shots... With —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 A Nightmare Start in England's League Two, Premier League Dominance in Five Years 英乙天崩开局，五年成为英超霸主 Tags: transmigrate, System, soccer, owner, management Liang Ziyan transmigrates into the world of Football Manager 26. From the start, he lands in a disastrous situation: Harrogate Town in League Two, the team predicted to finish dead last in Football Manager 2026! The club is also in the middle of a losing streak. Having transmigrated with a System, Liang Ziyan vows to lead the club to the Premier League within five years! 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 A Manchester City Prodigy's Quest for the Grand Slam 曼城天才少年的大满贯之路 Football isn’t just a game of talent. It’s a game of will, too. Chinese prodigy Lin Chen starts out at Manchester City’s youth academy. After years of trials and tribulations, he grows into the heart of the team and leads Manchester City to its first-ever Champions League and Club World Cup titles. Along the way, his loved one stays by his side, witnessing every miracle as it unfolds. Grounded in a realistic portrayal of football systems, this coming-of-age novel tells the story of Lin Chen, a y 9Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 8 Football: I Fuse with Haaland and Tear Up World Cup Qualifying 足球：融合哈兰德，我踢爆世预赛 [World Cup] [System] [Feel-Good Story] [Football] After transmigrating to a parallel world, he becomes the water-boy for the Chinese national team during a do-or-die World Cup qualifier! The team is trailing its archrival 0–2, and the starting striker fakes an injury to avoid taking the blame. Fans across the internet are raging in despair! In desperation, the head coach throws the bewildered Lin Feng onto the pitch! “It’s over. Bringing on a substitute now? Have they given up completely?” Just 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 The Green Pitch Knight 绿茵骑士 He's like a knight racing across the soccer field; Follow him, and you'll see the sunshine. In the name of Hanniang, run, young man! 7Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 10 The Patron Saint of Football 绿茵圣父 It was a day worth remembering for him, because that was the day he became a head coach. At his first meeting with the players, he introduced himself in a way that made everyone laugh. When he caught a player arriving late, he punished him severely to set an example for the others. 7Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 11 The Godfather of Football 足球之教父 After an accident that could hardly be called an accident, Jiang Feng is reborn in 1999 in the body of a British Chinese man with the same name. The System that transmigrates alongside him is caught in a solar storm during the journey, leaving it with only a fraction of its functions. With a half-finished System and decades of football knowledge, Jiang Feng is ready to see how the two of them will whip up a storm in European football… 4Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 12 Football: I Wanted to Lie Flat, but Awakened the Star Summoning System 足球：想躺平却觉醒球星请神系统 (You don't need to follow football to enjoy this. It's a lighthearted comedy packed with jokes about active players.) [No national team football] [System novel] [Power fantasy] [Lighthearted comedy] [Active football stars] [No female lead] When 18-year-old Chen Shi was ready to retire and lie flat, he suddenly awakened a Star Summoning System! Step by step, he rises from youth training to the peak of world football, claiming the highest transfer value on Transfermarkt, the Premier League's highe 3.5kReads8.2Score265Shelves
- 13 I Was Just a Security Guard, but I Became a Championship-Winning Football Coach 我一保安，却成了冠军足球教练 [Ensemble Cast Novel - Coaching Novel] Great coaches don't rise to the top overnight. Mourinho's counterattacking style, Guardiola's possession-based football, and Klopp's high press all took countless years of coaching experience to perfect, making them masters of world-class tactics. Sun Qian returned to July 1, 2006, the day England were knocked out by Portugal in the quarterfinals of the 18th World Cup. As a stadium security guard for Queens Park Rangers, how can he lead the lads to champion 149Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 14 A China League Two Substitute, I’ll Carry the National Team to the World Cup 中乙替补，我把国足抬进世界杯 Lin Yue, a reserve goalkeeper in China League Two, is urgently called up after all three of the national team's goalkeepers are injured at once. He thinks he's just there to make up the numbers, but then he binds to the [Wall of Sighs: Special Edition for the National Team] System. Every legal shot is guaranteed to be saved. One-on-ones, long-range shots, penalties: nothing gets past him! He keeps clean sheets against South Korea and Japan in the World Cup qualifiers, leads his group into the Wo 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 They Made You a Substitute, but You Became a Midfield God 让你当替补，你成足坛中场真神 [Football] [System] [Passionate] [Midfield Maestro] A young Huaguo defender, rejected by several Serie B clubs for his poor defensive skills, starts from scratch in Italian football with a “Milestone System” that grants random rewards only after he achieves professional breakthroughs. Little by little, he transforms into a midfield maestro who controls the tempo of the game. 395Reads—Score102Shelves
- 16 I Just Played in the World Cup, So Why Are You Lining Up on the Rooftops? 我踢个世界杯，你们天台排队？ [Genius + Nearly Invincible] Luo Ji is a young man who gets struck by lightning and killed while playing soccer in the rain. His soul transmigrates to a parallel world, where China has somehow qualified for the Qatar World Cup! He has just transmigrated, and in five minutes he has to take the field for the opening match! He silently vows to score a goal for the national team, but his teammates say, “With you guarding the goal, we can relax!” What! I was a striker, but I transmigrated into a goal 23Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 17 Football: A Long-Range Thunderbolt from the Start Stuns the World 足球：开局一脚远程重炮震惊世界 An accident sends Jiang Chen back in a dream to the 2011–2012 season, where he becomes the water boy for a League Two team. Unwilling to waste his life, he unexpectedly awakens a Superstar System and helps his team get promoted with a long-range thunderbolt of a shot. From that moment on, the era of the two greatest rivals in European football is changed forever!! Messi, Ronaldo, Jiang Chen: three titans standing side by side! Jose Mourinho: Jiang is the best striker on the planet, bar none! Car 1Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 18 Football: Mourinho's Chelsea-Era Masterpiece 足球：惊艳穆里尼奥从切尔西开始 You were born before I was, but I was born when you were already old. I was always chasing you, but never once surpassed you Zhang Ming wakes up with a soccer talent System and sends a curling shot into the top corner of the goal. Mourinho is so stunned his jaw nearly hits the floor. This is incredible! Delighted, Mourinho immediately recruits him and brings him to Chelsea. 964Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 19 God on the Sidelines 场边上帝 It was autumn, 1999. Barcelona was on the verge of decline, the Galacticos were still taking shape, Valencia were riding high, and Deportivo La Coruna were on the rise. An inexplicable presence came into being in a small hotel in Catalonia. He indirectly brought the Dream Team into existence, then destroyed it with his own hands. He never directed team training, openly declaring that the head coach's only responsibility was to lead the team to victory. He loved fine wine, fine food, beautiful wo 16Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 20 Reborn in 1992: Snatching Up Beijing Guoan 重生1992，抢注北京国安 [Reborn in football + a business empire + a passionate title race] Reborn in 1992, I shut down the invincibility System. I'll use my own skills to build Guoan a foundation that will last a century! When Nedved, Henry, and Kanu don the green jersey, and Wenger and Van der Veyden bring in new ideas, we're playing for more than football. We're playing for the dreams and future of an era. From today on, remember this shade of green: Guoan will always fight for first place! [Author's note] This is a 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 I'm Getting Absurd at Manchester United 我在曼联搞抽象 When other people are reborn, they become stock market tycoons or entertainment moguls. When I was reborn... I inherited Jose Mourinho's mess and became Old Trafford's new 694Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 22 Reborn: My Buddy Leads the Chinese National Team to the World Cup 重生之老铁带领国足进世界杯 Deep behind bars, he dreamed of standing on the World Cup podium. When he woke, it was 2009, on the eve of the crackdown on match-fixing and organized crime. In his previous life, he went from player to prisoner and brought shame upon Chinese football. In this life, he is bound to the “Training Master System” and has only one bottom line: never take part in match-fixing. While everyone else goes along with the corruption, he trains alone on the practice field at four in the morning. When dirty m 35Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Reborn as a Coach: I Have an Unbeatable Pro Evolution Soccer Team 重生做教练：我有实况无敌舰队 Li Weiyi, the ultimate gamer, was playing the video game Pro Evolution Soccer 8 when he accidentally transmigrated to a parallel world with the game’s System! So… he decided to indulge himself just a little. He registered a team… built a football stadium… and brought together a group of powerful players from the game… Of course, he ended up owing a lot of money… and there are plenty of little stories along the way… Li Weiyi’s classic quotes: “As for coaching, I only know a little.” “Women only s 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Football: I Woke Up to Find the Whole Football World Hates Me 足球：一觉醒来，成了足坛万人嫌 Wang Lin had just been promoted to Barcelona’s first team when he woke up in a hospital bed. He opened his phone and nearly blacked out. “Football’s Playboy: Wang Lin, winner of the European Golden Boy award, hailed as a talent on par with Messi, the future face of center forwards, and the new Van Basten. How did he fall from grace, step by step?” “Football’s Most Hated Man: Wang Lin! Without the vast resources of China behind him, and the talent God granted him, he’d have fallen to the third di 4Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 25 The Green Pitch's Savage Striker 绿茵暴锋 Reporter: “Mr. Lin Yifeng, how would you describe your playing style? Technical? Fast? Or powerful?” Lin Yifeng: “Huh? My style? All-out demolition! Either I blow them up, or I scare them to death!” Reporter: “…” Gentle, kind, respectful, frugal, and modest? Sorry, those words aren’t in my dictionary. On the pitch, you’ll only see me with my fangs bared. I’m the most savage striker around! Back down? Not a chance! 303Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 26 I Collect Jerseys Only to Inherit the Skills 收集球衣，我只是为了继承球技 Luo Yang, a young soccer player on the Renmin University of China High School team, watched Ronaldinho lead Brazil in a match at the Beijing Olympics. To his amazement, Ronaldinho gave him a jersey. The moment Luo Yang put it on, he inherited Ronaldinho’s soccer skills! Later, a Barcelona scout happened to discover his talent and recommended him to Pep Guardiola. Guardiola brought Luo Yang to Barcelona, where he and Messi ushered in the era of Barcelona’s twin stars and created a new Dream Team! 363Reads7.0Score106Shelves
- 27 Run, Football! 奔跑吧足球 A legend begins with a humble high school league. It would indirectly spark a craze for youth soccer and drive the development of Chinese football as a whole. Years later, when Meng Qiu looked back on the past, he felt deeply that following his parents back to China at the age of sixteen had been the greatest turning point of his life. His path to legend starts now. 426Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 28 Football: I Ended the Messi-Ronaldo Era 足球：我，终结梅罗时代 Jiang Feng transmigrated to 2014 and started out at the German second-division club Nuremberg. Scoring goals in droves and dominating the field, he caught the attention of top clubs. From then on, a new soccer star rose to prominence. He was called the man who ended the Messi-Ronaldo rivalry, and the true pride of Asia! Pep Guardiola: “Watching Jiang Feng play made me realize Messi isn’t a genius after all!” Jose Mourinho: “He’s a combination of Ronaldo and Messi!” Florentino Perez: “Real Madrid 1.9kReads7.4Score101Shelves
- 29 The Football Dynasty 足球皇朝 “He's an arrogant, spoiled coach!” “But he brought a fallen powerhouse back to life!” “He's at war with the world!” “And that's exactly why he has the world's attention, sending your sales through the roof!” He is Li Wei! Carrying a dream that once died, but has now been reborn! 954Reads7.6Score100Shelves
- 30 Football: Playing Cristiano Ronaldo from the Start and Thrashing Manchester United! 足球：开局扮演C罗，吊打曼联！ Reborn in 2009, Su Fan returns to Huanglong Stadium, to the scene of a friendly match against Manchester United's U16 team! After scoring a goal, he activates the Skill Fusion System and gets a trial card for “playing as Cristiano Ronaldo.” From then on, every shot is a killer! [Messi's Curler]+ [Cristiano Ronaldo's Knuckleball]= [Curved Shot] [Ronaldinho's Elastico]+ [Zinedine Zidane's Marseille Turn]= [Samba Dribble] [Ballack's Golden Bomb]+ [Pirlo's Art of Power]= [Tiger-Style Shot] Crist 5Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 31 The Ultimate Forward System 最强前锋系统 A young player on the pitch, chasing the wind, unexpectedly gains the strongest Striker System. From then on, he begins scoring goals like crazy in Europe's top five leagues, becoming a world-renowned top striker! 166Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 32 Leaving Wembley Without Regrets 让温布利没有遗憾 I'm Xia Minjie, and I want to be a striker! System: No, you don't! You want to be a defensive midfielder! I... Messi and Ronaldo came before, Haaland and Mbappe after! Watch Xia Minjie, caught in the middle, carve out a place for himself in the world of football! A football novel! The System doesn't appear much! 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 I Can Predict Five Minutes Ahead: Helping Chelsea Lift the Trophy 我有五分钟预判，帮切尔西捧杯 Lu Shen, a math professor fired from Cambridge, was picked up at a bar by Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich and made head coach. He had no coaching license, couldn’t play football, and the entire Premier League thought he was insane. Then he started predicting what would happen each minute of the second half: an opponent would go down with cramp in the 48th minute, they’d equalize in the 53rd, then score a stoppage-time header in the 89th to beat Manchester City 3–2. The players went from throwing 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 The Whole World Wants This Goalkeeper to Retire 这样的门将，全世界都希望他退役 Anyone who watches the Bundesliga knows Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, and Stuttgart. Ingolstadt? Nobody's heard of it! Anyone who drives knows German brands like Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen. Who cares about Audi's home team? Lin Hao, who came from the East, was forced by fate into the goalkeeper position. Then a System fell from the sky. He can slow down or pause the whole world's time, but he only uses it to guard the goal! As the era of Ronaldo and Messi's dominance draws to a close, heroes rise t —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 2010: Before the Whistle Blows 2010：哨响之前 This is a story about someone left behind. This is a story about the past. But it isn't a true story. I hope he is real. Tie on a red string, love the girl you cherish, and play the football you adore. 2010: Before the whistle blows, anything is possible. I still want to change something. 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Ronaldo Begged Me Not to Become a Naturalized Player, While Yossi Cried with Envy C罗求我别归化，呦西羡慕哭了 A top goalkeeper is here to take the football world by storm. Lei Ming is imposing and ferocious, with an aura that can overpower twenty-one men at once. He is Portugal's guardian deity and the man every football striker dreads facing. A goalkeeper who negotiates: he recites football's unwritten rules every morning and knows exactly how to turn two red cards into one yellow. He often leaves opponents looking utterly miserable, unable to win even a single corner. King of the six-yard box: with ne 451Reads7.3Score101Shelves
- 37 Football: Starting with Barcelona's Rejection 足球：从被巴萨抛弃开始 [Football]+ [System]+ [Genius] La Masia sits in Barcelona, Spain, on the left side of Avinguda Aristides Maillol. This is a place that draws the world's attention, and the starting point of countless young people's dreams. Many footballing superstars have come from here, the most famous of them being Messi. At that moment, a young man stood before the training grounds, shouting furiously: “Today, you couldn't care less about me! Tomorrow, you'll be begging for my attention.” “What is he saying? 139Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 38 Reborn: This Goalkeeper Isn't Taking His Job Seriously 重生之这个守门员不太务正业 [Fulfill a dream at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar + perfect score on set pieces from the start + an all-around goalkeeper who can score and assist + join Manchester United and take on Europe alongside Ronaldo] 125Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 39 Soccer Coach: I Have a Star Card System 足球教练：手握球星卡系统 Respect copyright and use pseudonyms whenever possible. This story has nothing to do with any particular football club, so please don’t assume it refers to one! A must-read for true football fans and nostalgia lovers, and a treat for anyone who loves Easter eggs. If you truly love football, come enjoy the beautiful game with me. If you want to understand real football, come explore its purity with me. With swords and horses, where can one call home? With dreams for a steed, the whole world beco 168Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Making a Name for Myself on an Alien World 异球成名 From becoming a legend at ADO Den Haag to creating the Blue Fox miracle... After being reborn and gaining the “Make a Name for Yourself on Another Planet” System, Ran Chen begins to make a name for himself at Dutch club ADO Den Haag, then achieves success with Premier League side Leicester City, embarking on a legendary football career conquering the Eredivisie, ruling the Premier League, and winning fame across Europe! Skills mastered so far: 1. Pressing 2. Dribbling past opponents with ease 3. 297Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 41 Football Replay God: I Use Mirror Images to Tear Up the Field 足球复刻神：我用镜像踢爆全场 [Passionate Soccer] [First Love] [Lighthearted Comedy] He can perfectly copy any soccer skill his opponent uses just by watching it once. From schoolyard matches to the pinnacle of world soccer, he uses his opponents' signature moves to nail every powerful rival to a pillar of shame. But the death countdown of the Omega System has already begun: If his synchronization rate with the System's consciousness doesn't reach 100%, his personality will be utterly erased. He must reach the top of the soc 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Our Dawn, Our Dusk, Our Running 我们的晨昏与奔跑 (Football + comeback + romance) The news of the 2022 Wuzhou air disaster left Sheng Zimu grieving the loss of his closest friends, Zhou Wei and Yuan Xiaoxiao. Standing before their graves, he looks at their smiling wedding photo, and his memories suddenly flash back to the football pitch at G University in 2005. Back then, the shadow of his father’s death had trapped him in isolation. It was Yuan Dingkun’s advice and Duanmu Yan’s enthusiasm that helped him find his way back to football. From a s —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 I Woke Up as a Football Legend 一觉醒来我成了足球大神 [Ensemble cast + golden finger + System + feel-good power fantasy + football + lighthearted comedy] He chose football for love, then gave up love for football! You think he loves playing football? No! He just wants to attract more attention by playing it. An app called Dream Beginning, a dream spirit named Dream Guide, and Bai Qi, its one and only user, will completely overturn people’s understanding of football. To others, the pitch is where they sweat it out. To Bai Qi, it’s nothing more than —Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 44 King of the Penalty Area 禁区之王 This is the story of a Chinese player who receives a System and grows from a substitute striker into the king of the penalty area, gradually conquering Europe's top five leagues, the Champions League, and the World Cup. 10Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 45 World Cup! The National Team Claims the Hercules Cup!!! 世界杯！国足豪取大力神杯！！！ The World Cup! China claims the World Cup trophy!!! 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 The God of Football 绿茵之神 [Invincible + System + Maxed-Out Stats + Sports] Why is football the world's most popular sport? Because football is the sport that most closely resembles primitive hunting. This is the story of a genetically atavistic young man from China who starts in the amateur fourth division in the Netherlands and conquers the Eredivisie, Bundesliga, Premier League, La Liga, Champions League, and World Cup, step by step, until he becomes the god of the pitch. 433Reads8.2Score101Shelves
- 47 Football: Maxed-Out Ball Control, the Greatest Winger Ever 足球：我满级球感，史上第一边锋 Fang Yang, who has followed soccer for 24 years, transmigrates to 2018, when Messi and Ronaldo are at their peak and Mbappe and Haaland are rising stars. After being humiliated by his teammates, he understands the Divine Winger System and max-level ball control talent from the start. He goes on to become the greatest winger in history, changing the landscape of world soccer. The Big Five leagues, the Champions League, the World Cup, and every incredible record and honor: Fang Yang claims them al 1.6kReads7.4Score—Shelves
- 48 Chinese People Can't Play Soccer? I Dominate the Soccer World Starting in the Village Super League 华夏人不会踢球？从村超制霸足坛 [The web’s first Village Super League novel + no joining the Chinese national team + Ronaldo template + invincible protagonist + decisive and ruthless] The Village Super League took the internet by storm. Young Zhang Yang came from a poor family and couldn’t afford the “training fees,” so he missed his chance to join a professional team. But he dominated the Village Super League and went viral! Just as everyone expected him to keep playing in the Village Super League as an online celebrity, he s 780Reads8.8Score102Shelves
- 49 Save Lee, Bring Back the Milan Dynasty 拯救李哥，重现米兰王朝 Transmigrate to 2016, before Li Ge buys AC Milan, and take Europe by storm, dominating the continent while bringing back the glory of the Milan dynasty. (A Football Manager-style story, including transfers and matches.) P.S. Li Ge is basically a plot device. 237Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 50 The World Cup! China's National Team Sets Its Sights on the World Cup Trophy 世界杯！国足剑指大力神杯 On the night of the 2026 World Cup final, Mo Fan’s heart stopped as he watched Cristiano Ronaldo lead Portugal to victory. When he opened his eyes again, he had become a Shandong Taishan youth academy player! After binding to the Star Replication System, he still admired Ronaldo, but resolutely chose “the Great Sage” Gareth Bale, the man who took individual heroism to its extreme! With the System unlocking Bale’s speed and curling shots, Mo Fan rises from youth academy dark horse to tear through 49Reads—Score—Shelves
