Raphinha's hardest confession about his childhood

Raphinha Did not have a simple beginning. Before beginning to despuntar in France or that went recognised in his country, Brazil, the footballer lived a lot of calamities during his infancy. It was born in a very humble neighbourhood in which it could have diverted to the 'bad' way, but his dream to triumph in the football allowed him give a jump that neither he imagined . A few years afterwards, fulfilled his dream to play in the FC Barcelona.

In a recent interview that has conceded to 'UOL Esporte', the right extreme of 25 years has confessed and left clear that did not have a simple infancy. It signalled that "it would be unfair to say that I have been hungry in my life and to my parents never was missing them eaten home", but that sometime arrived to ask food in the street after the trainings, when had 12 or 14 years.

"After the training, stopped me in the street and asked him to the people that bought me something to eat or a refrigerio. Some people helped me, others called me vagrant in no uncertain terms", confessed Raphinha in the interview, adding later that "and there was not at all that do, was to expect to that it arrived the bus home to be able to eat something. I had between 12 and 14 years in this moment".

The Brazilian, of the same way, confessed that it did a lot of efforts to fulfil his dream to play to the football: "the memories of my beginnings are hard, but wanted to fulfil my dream. It had to go to train to a place far of house. I was to 8-9 hours of house. Hardly it had sufficient money for the bus, did not eat at all during 8-9 hours. It did not have at all to eat".

The fortress of Raphinha

On the place where grew, stood out that it was a place that loaned for the 'development' of criminal and in which the traffic of drug was too common. His dream and win to work to be footballer helped him to keep in the line indicated: "I Grew in a community where the crime and the traffic of drugs were common, but was strong to keep my approach: be footballer. Attain this aim when going out of a community is a big sacrifice. But my ambition was still greater. This chicho surpassed all this in his way to the big stage. I did not divert me. If today they speak of my 'magic' in the football, say... This is the true magic".

This yes, stood out that it was not simple to refuse the temptations: "During my adolescence, in my neighbourhood, appeared opportunities, and there were many. They promise an easier form to make money. And here it is where the people loses . I knew to people that did not have a big approach, a family for sustentarse, were lost. In moments like these, lost a lot of friends in the world of the crime, in the drug trafficking... Friends that were a lot of better that I in the football, that could have been in a big club".