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Football is made up of particular paths and Raphinha is one of those. The Brazilian, now star of the Barça after wearing the jersey of Leeds, Rennes, or Sporting, did not have an easy journey. Especially during his childhood. In an interview with UOL Sports, the Brazilian winger returned to very difficult young years in Brazil with terrible words.
“It would be unfair to say that I have been hungry in my life because my parents never ran out of food at home. Yet, after practice, I would stand on the street and ask people to buy me something to eat or a snack. Some people helped me, others called me a tramp. And there was nothing to do, just wait for the bus to come back so we could eat something. I was between 12 and 14 at the time. »
Raphinha and the temptation of drugs…
A Raphinha also faced with the harsh law of difficult neighborhoods, where the influence of drugs was present and where falling on the wrong side of the road was a temptation at hand…
“During my adolescence, in my neighborhood, opportunities arose, and there were many. They promise an easier way to earn money. And that’s where people get lost. I met people who didn’t have big goals, a family to support them, they were lost. At times like these, I lost a lot of friends in the world of crime, in the drug trade… Friends who were much better than me at football, who could have been in big clubs. »
to summarize
Raphinha, the Barca winger, didn’t have it easy growing up in Brazil. The winger confided in this subject to the microphone of UOL Sports. By acknowledging having gone through a lot of difficult times before becoming the star he is.
