At the age of 17 and with precious little first-team experience, he left his native Brazil to play for FC Vilnius in Lithuania, hoping to use the move as a stepping-stone to a career in one of Europe's bigger leagues. But things didn't work out as expected, with Paulinho the target of abuse both on and off the pitch. "We'd be going to the town centre and people would just come over and make racist comments," he told Globo earlier this year. "Then they'd start making monkey noises. It was so sad."
Read the rest of this profile of Paulinho on the Unibet blog.
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It takes guts and passion to succeed in the fast lane of any sport...Bale was once the clown of White Hart Lane and now with perseverance and focus, he is now the king. Paulinho has traveled the same road in his own way. Put them together with the rest of Spurs's gems and you have not only top 4 contention but League top spot contention too...COYS
ReplyDeleteNot beyond the realms of possibility odds going down already on prem COYS
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