SANTOS (Brazil), Nov 12 — 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...
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“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. The agent said the young African players — usually strikers — are frequently not of interest to the European clubs, and are seen as contributing to offset what he called a “decline” in Brazilian lower-division teams.
Since 2023, at least a dozen have been signed by or tried out for youth squads, ranging from first- and second-division teams to those that compete only in state championships, according to an AFP tally. For those taking up the call, the reality of moving to Brazil — the country with the biggest population of African descendants outside Africa — has its problems.
Osvaldo Yamba Kinanga, who arrived in Sao Paulo nine years ago from Angola with his family and now plays in Santos’ under-15s, said he was initially buffeted by the racism directed at him.“I’m proud of being African — we’re more competitive. I don’t want to speak badly of the Brazilians, but some just relax because they’re born with the ability to play football.
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