And one fine day the goddess of the wind kisses the foot of man, that mistreated, scorned foot, and from that kiss the soccer idol is born. He is born in a straw crib in a tin-roofed shack and he enters the world clinging to a ball.

Eduardo Galeano
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The great Brazilian poet and humorist Machado de Assis first published his one of his most famous poems, "The Birth of the Football Player", in 1881. Written in the form of a dialogue between a child and his grandfather, the poem describes the birth of the football player, who is born from a kiss of the goddess of the wind. The poem describes how this new-born football player has to struggle to survive and overcome many hardships, but finally ends up becoming a great footballer known throughout Brazil and Europe.

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