

I grew up in Santos in Brazil. I played for my school in many regional tournaments. It wasn’t anything particularly organised but it was just to have fun.

I have very nice memories from that time. We were great friends and we used to go to school all together. It was very close to our homes and any time we had the opportunity we would all go and play five-a-side together. Even today I still speak to some of my friends that grew up with me. I will always have them in my heart.

We didn’t really train properly. We just used to meet a couple of days a week and play football between us. What I remember the most were the tournaments we played. One we won and it was very important for the school because they had never won it before.