.player-avatar {
  --avatar-size: 48px;
  --avatar-colour-start: #043a4d;
  --avatar-colour-end: #00e5ff;
  --avatar-glow: rgba(84, 240, 255, 0.6);
  --avatar-ring: rgba(83, 216, 255, 0.72);
  position: relative;
  display: inline-grid;
  place-items: center;
  width: var(--avatar-size);
  height: var(--avatar-size);
  min-width: var(--avatar-size);
  min-height: var(--avatar-size);
  overflow: hidden;
  border: 1px solid var(--avatar-ring);
  border-radius: 50%;
  color: #fff;
  font-family: var(--font-ui-heavy, "Arial Black", Impact, system-ui, sans-serif);
  font-size: calc(var(--avatar-size) * 0.31);
  font-weight: 900;
  letter-spacing: 0;
  line-height: 1;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  /* Layered glow = faux bloom: tight bright core + widening soft halos */
  box-shadow:
    0 0 4px var(--avatar-glow),
    0 0 14px var(--avatar-glow),
    0 0 30px var(--avatar-glow),
    inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.18);
  isolation: isolate;
}

.player-avatar--initials {
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 35% 25%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2), transparent 32%),
    linear-gradient(145deg, var(--avatar-colour-start), var(--avatar-colour-end));
  text-shadow:
    0 2px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, .62),
    0 0 8px rgba(255, 255, 255, .5),
    0 0 16px var(--avatar-glow);
}

.player-avatar--initials::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
  background:
    repeating-linear-gradient(
      to bottom,
      rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.08) 0 1px,
      transparent 1px 5px
    );
  mix-blend-mode: screen;
  opacity: .24;
}

.player-avatar--initials span {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
}

.player-avatar--catalogue {
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 50% 45%, rgba(255, 255, 255, .14), transparent 54%),
    linear-gradient(145deg, rgba(22, 9, 68, .98), rgba(8, 2, 30, .99));
}

.player-avatar--catalogue img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  display: block;
}