Young African Players Chase Football 'Dream' In Brazil

Young African footballers like Santos FC's Angolan forward Osvaldo Yamba Kinanga, are playing in Brazil, a country known as the biggest producer and exporter of footballers in the world (Credit: AFP)

For King Faisal, a 20-year-old winger from Ghana, the invitation to move to Brazil to play football is easily summed up: "It was a dream."

"I believed when I came here, it would help me change the life of my family and many other people," he told AFP in Sao Paulo.