Cape Verde centre back Roberto 'Pico' Lopes has spent his entire career in Ireland, ignored a LinkedIn message from Cape Verde FA asking him to play for them because it was in Portuguese. A year later, they sent it in English. He accepted. An all-time great World Cup story.
40-year-old Vozinha heavily emotional after keeping a clean sheet against Spain 🥹
Imagine playing in Portugal’s second tier and keeping a clean sheet on your World Cup debut with a world-class performance like that 🤯
The craziest thing: Vozinha was not a professional footballer until he turned 25 😳
At 25, he started his career in Angola after spending years in amateur football.
Now he is Man of the Match on his World Cup debut, keeping a clean sheet against the favourites.
𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗔 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬.
Okunyaga was there before we were born , it is here with us, it will be there long after we are gone so, Kankunyaga, Hon. @KamuntuProf , accept it and Merry Christmas ! 😂
Btw @NBSportUg , @ErnestAkor and the entire NBS Sport team we see the good work you guys have done in terms of media and PR since the sudden fall of one of the Sport’s Icon in the country.
Credit where due 👏