Santos, Brazil, Nov 8, 2024 (AFP) - Young African players chase football 'dream' in Brazil

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2024-11-08

For King Faisal, a 20-year-old winger from Ghana, the invitation to move to Brazil to play football is easily summed up: "It was a dream." "I believed when I came here, it would help me change the life of my family and many other people," he told AFP in Sao Paulo. For the past year and a half, he has been playing on the under-20s squad for Sao Paulo FC, one of South America's most prominent clubs. He and a small number of other Africans are today......

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