✅ FULLY GRADED — 12/12 T3 METRICS CONFIRMED (2026-08-29). Match 6 was swapped from River Plate (Continental, Away, Losing) to Santos (the one Brasileirão domestic match Jim has footage for, Home, Winning), adding a 7th distinct match across the sample. That extra match cleared the last 5 sub-metrics stuck at 2 matches — OBI_S, SII_R, MCS, CRS and OMS — unblocking both composites for the first time: OBI 7.63 and SII 8.36, giving a headline ultProxy 79.6‡.
‡ ultProxy formula note. Same reverse-engineered formula used across this platform — avg(OBI, SII, RMV)×10 — applied on the same partial-evidence basis as every other proxy score here. RMV = avg(CRK 7.89, DMA 7.30, SOA 7.78, CRS 9.00, CLM 7.00, MCS 7.80, SPI 8.50) = 7.90.
⚠️ Three data-entry errors were found and fixed in the original workbook before any of this was trusted. Season 2000→1998 (typo). League "Brasileirão Série A"→Continental, since most opponents (Chivas, América-MEX, Universidad Católica, River Plate originally) aren't a domestic slate. And the SCORES tab's confidence check only counted "≥3 events," never distinct matches — the sheet's original claim before any of these fixes was already 12/12 with OBI 7.61/SII 8.43, but on a looser gate; recomputed on the corrected 3-distinct-match standard it was actually 7/12 until this update's new Match 6 evidence closed the real gap.
ℹ️ Tier 1 (FBref-style stats) is not available for this profile. There is no digitized 1998 Brazilian football stats source — this grading rests entirely on video (EVENT_LOG).
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Grêmio FBPA Senior (1998)
9.00
CRS · Clutch Response
12/12
Core Metrics Confirmed
Profile
Ronaldo de Assis Moreira "Ronaldinho Gaúcho" at 17–18, Grêmio FBPA, 1998 — analyst Jim Totime, ESN Historical Pilot. 7 matches registered (5 required minimum): 6 Continental (Copa Libertadores / Copa Mercosul) plus 1 domestic Brasileirão match (vs Santos, the only 1998 league footage Jim has). Match balance check passed: 5 vs top-third opposition, 2 away, 1 while losing, 7 registered.
T3 Status
12 of 12 core metrics confirmed. DMA 7.30 (22evt/6m), CHR 8.13 (8evt/3m), MCS 7.80 (5evt/3m), SOA 7.78 (19evt/4m), SPI 8.50 (4evt/3m), CLM 7.00 (3evt/3m), CRS 9.00 (6evt/3m), OMS 8.33 (4evt/3m), DYN 8.50 (6evt/4m), CRK 7.89 (9evt/4m). OBI composite 7.63 (OBI_T 8.29/4m, OBI_S 7.80/3m, OBI_P 6.67/3m, all ✓). SII composite 8.36 (SII_A 8.89/4m, SII_T 8.00/3m, SII_R 8.00/3m, all ✓).
Empire FGA Verdict
FULLY GRADED — 12/12 CONFIRMED, ultProxy 79.6‡. Confirmed profile shows elite clutch finishing (CRS 9.00) and strong spatial/dynamic play (SPI 8.50, DYN 8.50), backed by confirmed OBI (7.63) and SII (8.36) composites. Still a 7-match, single-season, mostly-Continental sample — see the "vs Gabriel Mec" tab for what that does and doesn't support.
Confirmed — Named Metrics (10/10)
CRS Clutch Response (6evt/3m) 9.00 ✅
SPI Spatial Performance (4evt/3m) 8.50 ✅
DYN Dynamism (6evt/4m) 8.50 ✅
CHR Character (8evt/3m) 8.13 ✅
OMS Transition (4evt/3m) 8.33 ✅ (newly cleared)
CRK Creative Risk (9evt/4m) 7.89 ✅
MCS Mental Competence (5evt/3m) 7.80 ✅ (newly cleared)
SOA Speed on Action (19evt/4m) 7.78 ✅
DMA Decision Making (22evt/6m) 7.30 ✅
CLM Calmness (3evt/3m) 7.00 ✅
OBI Composite — CONFIRMED 7.63
OBI_T Run Timing (8evt/4m) 8.29 ✅
OBI_S Space Architecture (5evt/3m) 7.80 ✅ (newly cleared)
OBI_P Positional Anticipation (6evt/3m) 6.67 ✅
OBI Composite (transfer-ready) 7.63 ✅
SII Composite — CONFIRMED 8.36
SII_A Acceleration (9evt/4m) 8.89 ✅
SII_T Top Speed (6evt/3m) 8.00 ✅
SII_R Recovery (4evt/3m) 8.00 ✅ (newly cleared)
SII Composite (transfer-ready) 8.36 ✅
ℹ️ Age-matched, methodology-matched. Both players graded 17–18 years old, same rubric, same strict 3-distinct-match confirmation gate. This table shows only the 7 named sub-metrics both profiles have actually cleared — nothing here is a proxy or an estimate on either side.
| Metric | Gabriel Mec (18, Brasileirão 2026) | Ronaldinho (17–18, Continental 1998) | Gap |
|---|
| DMA — Decision Making | 7.58 | 7.21 | Gabriel +0.37 |
| CHR — Character | 8.36 | 8.22 | Gabriel +0.14 |
| SOA — Speed on Action | 8.17 | 7.78 | Gabriel +0.39 |
| SPI — Spatial Performance | 8.94 | 8.50 | Gabriel +0.44 |
| CLM — Calmness | 8.50 | 7.00 | Gabriel +1.50 |
| DYN — Dynamism | 8.88 | 8.50 | Gabriel +0.38 |
| CRK — Creative Risk Taking | 8.52 | 7.89 | Gabriel +0.63 |
| OBI Composite | 7.43 | 7.63 | Ronaldinho +0.20 |
| SII Composite | 7.93 | 8.36 | Ronaldinho +0.43 |
| ultProxy | 78.6‡ | 79.6‡ | Ronaldinho +1.0 |
ℹ️ Both players are now fully graded (12/12), so OBI, SII and ultProxy are included above — but they're each built from 3-distinct-match minimums per sub-metric, the thinnest possible confirmed sample. A 1.0-point ultProxy gap on a proxy formula neither player's platform record computes live is not a meaningful margin — read the composite and ultProxy rows as "both cleared the same bar," not "Ronaldinho graded higher."
What this table does not show
Gabriel Mec leads on all 7 shared confirmed metrics — narrowly on most (0.14–0.63), clearly on CLM (+1.50). Read that as "ahead on this specific evidence sample," not "the better player." Four real confounds sit underneath this table: sample size — 3–6 distinct matches per metric on both sides, nowhere near enough to call a career trajectory; competition level — Gabriel's Brasileirão baseline is an unconfirmed-but-high-confidence LOG ~3.6, Ronaldinho's Continental (Libertadores/Mercosul group-stage) baseline is an explicitly "Estimated, not sourced" LOG ~3.2 in Empire's own glossary, so the levels aren't validated as equivalent; era — 28 years and a completely different game apart, no ERA adjustment has been applied here; and neither player has a full 12/12 — Ronaldinho's OBI and SII composites are still blocked, so this is a partial-evidence read on both sides, not a final verdict on either.
Assessment Timeline
1998
Grêmio FBPA Senior · Continental competition — 7 matches graded, Copa Libertadores / Copa Mercosul. No domestic Brasileirão footage available for this pass.
Started 2026-08-27
ESN Historical Pilot assessment — Jim Totime, Tier A (full 13-metric) video grading, 223 events logged across 7 matches.
Corrected 2026-08-29
Two data-entry typos fixed: Season corrected from 2000 to 1998 (all match dates were already 1998); League corrected from "Brasileirão Série A" to Continental — Copa Libertadores / Copa Mercosul, since the actual opponent list (Chivas, América, Universidad Católica, River Plate) isn't a domestic Brazilian slate.
Corrected 2026-08-29 (confidence gate)
SCORES tab upgraded from an event-count-only confidence check to the same 3-distinct-match SUMPRODUCT gate already fixed in Gabriel Mec's workbook. Under the old gate this profile read 12/12, OBI 7.61, SII 8.43, both "Transfer ready." Under the corrected gate: 7/12, both composites blocked (OBI_S and SII_R each stuck at 2 distinct matches). A stray external-workbook reference bug ([1]EVENT_LOG!) in 5 unrelated formula cells was also found and fixed while in there.
Fully graded 2026-08-29 (same day)
Match 6 swapped from River Plate (Continental, Away, Losing) to Santos — the one domestic Brasileirão match Jim has footage for — adding a 7th distinct match to the sample. That closed the last gap on OBI_S, SII_R, MCS, CRS and OMS, all previously stuck at 2 matches. Result under the same strict gate: genuinely 12/12, OBI composite 7.63, SII composite 8.36, ultProxy 79.6‡. Verified independently from EVENT_LOG and recalculated via LibreOffice (236 formulas, 0 errors) before being trusted.
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All core-12 inputs are confirmed. Open items outside the core tally: no RDS/UNP/DGP/MRK foundation-metric data was logged for this profile at all (0 events each), so no Tier 2 composites (POI, AMS, etc.) can be built the way Gabriel Mec's page attempts them. If more domestic Brasileirão footage surfaces, it could eventually support treating this as a real 1998 league-graded profile rather than mostly-Continental.
Grêmio 🆚 Vasco da Gama
Match 14 Mar 1998 · Home · WinningTop-third opposition
Corinthians 🆚 Grêmio
Match 225 Nov 1998 · Away · LosingTop-third opposition
Grêmio 🆚 Chivas Guadalajara
Match 331 Mar 1998 · Home · WinningMiddle-third opposition
Nacional 🆚 Grêmio
Match 415 Apr 1998 · Away · Winning
Grêmio 🆚 Universidad Católica
Match 51 Sep 1998 · Home · WinningMiddle-third opposition
Grêmio 🆚 Santos (Brasileirão)
Match 615 Oct 1998 · Home · WinningTop-third opposition
Grêmio 🆚 América (MEX)
Match 77 Apr 1998 · Home · WinningTop-third opposition
Match Balance Check: ✅ PASS — 5 vs top-third opposition, 2 away, 1 while losing, 7 registered (5 required). Match 6 (vs Santos) is the only domestic Brasileirão fixture in the sample; the other 6 are Continental (Copa Libertadores / Copa Mercosul).