11-Year-Old Footless Soccer Player Invited to Train With Barcelona

Gabriel Muniz, 11, was born with no feet, but is quite good at soccer. Gabriel has been invited to train at FC Barcelona's facility in his hometown of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This comes after an impressive showing at a summer camp at the facility.

Published

9 months ago

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Sports

People

Patrick Jones

Places

Brazil, Spain, Guinea, Barcelona, Rio De Janeiro, Riyadh

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fc barcelona

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you don't need the need to play soccer and everybody on that jones and it's time not just about sixty eight at least not in the european union leaders who was born without feet he gabriel is getting a lot of media attention lately and rightfully so this story is very inspiring the bbc did this story have been recently telling how he was invited to play at fc barcelona's yes that barcelona's summer camp in guinea is home over rio de janeiro they're looking go but i don't look at this is just some kid who's overcoming his disability just so we can participate in he's really good at the telegraph also did a story on him the reported however in practice the summer camp he was invited to train with the club at their facility in riyadh more permanently so hopefully the other players say they don't focus on his disability and they realize that he's got a break but sixty nine you know that's it