When I was 19 years old, I quit football completely. For about a month, I stayed at home in a depression. This was in the summer of 2008.

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I promise hard work and I will do everything to help my team mates.

I've played football my entire life, all over the world, and the one thing I've learned is that the important thing is to enjoy your work.

You have to go to sleep at night staring at the wall, thinking, 'Damn, I can't wait for it to be morning so I can have the ball at my feet again!' You can only play your best football in these conditions.

I left Brazil at 17 years old in order to give my family a better life, but when I returned home two years later, I was completely disillusioned with football.

Ever since I was five years old, running around the streets of Zona Norte with a football, my mother has been by my side in every situation.

When I was a kid, I used to love playing football so much that I genuinely wouldn't be able to fall asleep at night.

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