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Young and restless to become world’s best football players

PHOTO | JUAN MABROMATA | STAN HONDA A combination of two photos showing Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal (left) during practice before a friendly match against the Republic of Ireland on June 10, 2014 at Met Life Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey and Argentina's forward Lionel Messi arriving for a training session at the Independencia Arena in Belo Horizonte on June 11, 2014 ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup football tournament in Brazil.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Neymar. These are the names that often come to mind when anyone speaks of football.

From the age of nine, I began playing football in the hopes of being as good as the professionals and since then, it has given me happiness and the same can be said for any other young football lover.