LinkedInでスカウトされ、スペイン戦に臨む――ダブリン生まれのカーボベルデ代表スター
ワールドカップに出場する国々の中でも最も小さな国のひとつだが、カーボベルデは高い目標を掲げており、そのメンバーにはダブリン生まれで、かつて銀行に勤めていたディフェンダーも名を連ねている。

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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