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Between the ruins of wars and the tragedies of asylum, the stories of hope were born by magic feet on the green rectangle of a number of the most prominent football stars who had to escape from the scourge of conflict and destruction, to start their journey from the refugee camps and the neighborhoods of displacement, up to the greatest stadiums of the world.
In the following lines, we review 5 stars in football.
Luka Modric .. went from ash
Luka Modric grew up in the horror of the Croatian Independence War, after his grandfather was killed and his family’s house was burned, to live inside shelters in the city of Zadar, and there he refined his skills in parking lots.
The refugee boy turned to one of the greatest players in the history of the game, as it was crowned the award for the best player in the world from FIFA in 2018, and led Croatia in the same year to the World Cup final in Russia.
Alfonso Davis .. from the Ghana camps to Bayern Munich
Alfonso Davis was born in a refugee camp in Bagna, after his parents fled from the civil war in Liberia.
At the age of five, Davis moved to Canada, where he joined a free league for children who are unable to withstand football costs.
A few years later, Alfonso has become the youngest player to represent Canada internationally, and today, he is famous for his supernatural talent in Bayern Munich, and he became the first Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), announcing his donation of his World Cup charitable World Cup.
Eduardo Kamavinga .. Miracle refugee
Kamavinga was born in a refugee camp in Angola for a family of Democratic Congo, who moved to France, and there his star emerged at an early age, and he became the youngest player to score for France for more than 100 years.
The Real Madrid player is currently one of the most prominent talents in world football, and he proudly stated, “I am a former refugee, and I carry my message to everyone who dreams of among the camps.”
Victor Moses .. The child of war that fascinated the Premier League
Victor Moses was only 11 years old when he lost his parents during religious riots in Nigeria, leaving to Britain on his own, where a sponsor family received him in London.
The Museum of Crystal Palace was launched, later sparkled with Chelsea and contributed to the Corporate Premier League in 2017.
Despite the absence of Nigeria from the 2022 World Cup, Moses remain an inspiration for refugees and young people around the world.
Air Mabel .. socks instead of the ball
In the Kakoma refugee camp in Kenya, Air Mabel was born, after his parents fled the horrors of the Sudanese civil war.
Mapel began playing football with wrapped socks, and upon moving to Australia, his talent was quickly discovered, to join the “Kanagaru” team, where he scored the goal of qualifying for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, and expressed his gratitude, saying, “This is the least I can offer to Australia in the name of my family.”
These stars, their stories are not just athletic epics, but rather testimonies on the ability of a person to turn the suffering into an achievement, and tears into glory.