Recruté sur LinkedIn, il s'apprête à affronter l'Espagne : la star capverdienne née à Dublin
C'est l'un des plus petits pays à participer à une Coupe du monde, mais le Cap-Vert vise haut, avec dans ses rangs un défenseur né à Dublin qui travaillait autrefois dans une banque.
Lopes (left) celebrates Cape Verde's World Cup qualification with Deroy Duarte
He was recruited on social media to play for a tiny island nation 3,000 miles from where he was born, and now a former Dublin bank worker looks set to face Spain at the World Cup.
Roberto Lopes' story sounds so far fetched even Hollywood scriptwriters might consider it implausible.
"I was not enjoying the work," says the 33-year-old about his desk job as he reflects on a wild, inspirational journey, from being a white-collar worker in the Republic of Ireland to playing for Cape Verde at their first World Cup.
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