From ball boys to stars – AS.com

Brahim Diaz

Brahim Díaz, a Real Madrid player on loan at Milan, was a ball boy at the Rosaleda when Isco played for Málaga.

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Nigel De Jong

Born in Amsterdam, his father was also a footballer although he was not at Ajax. Nigel takes a photo with his 1995 Ajax idol, Clarence Seedorf.

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Arda Turan

Galatasaray youth squad would make his debut for the Turkish club in 2005.

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Dani Carvajal

The current Madrid side was also in charge of representing the quarry during the laying of the first stone in the Ciudad Deportiva de Valdebebas.

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Ángel D´Alessandro

River Plate youth player, in the photo he appears with River’s idol in the 90s, Enzo Francescoli

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Iago Aspas

Moaña attends a UEFA Cup match between Celta and Roma in amazement

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Patrick Kluivert

A young Kluivert poses with Ajax striker Marco Van Basten.

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Koke

The rojiblanco youth squad poses with his teammates from the alevín team with their idol, Fernando Torres.

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Kovacic

A young Mateo Kovacic took advantage of Liverpool’s visit to Zagreb to ask Steven Gerrard for a shirt but was rejected by the English player.

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Neymar

The Brazilian took advantage of Maradona’s visit to Santos for a party and took a picture with him.

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Raúl

When he was a promise of Atlético, he was photographed next to the mattress striker of the time, Manolo. Later, the rojiblanco club closed the lower categories and Raúl went to Real Madrid where he made history.

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Pep Guardiola

Guardiola was a ball boy at the Camp Nou the day the culé team came from behind by 3 goals against Goteborg in 1986. Guardiola asked Víctor Muñoz for the shirt

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Pep Guardiola

Guardiola was a ball boy at the Camp Nou the day the culé team came from behind by 3 goals against Goteborg in 1986. Little Pep applauded coach Terry Venables on the shoulders of captain Migueli.

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Wesley Snejder

Frank Rijkaard had a complete career and returned to Ajax to enjoy his last years of football. A young Wesley Snejder took the opportunity to be photographed with his idol

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Carlos Tevez

The “Apache” before being an idol in Boca Juniors collected balls in the Bombonera. In the photo he appears with Juan Román Riquelme with whom he would coincide for a year in the first team of Boca.

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Harry Kane

The boy with the shaved hair next to David Beckham. Although for the current Tottenham striker the most important person in the photo is not Becks but the red-haired girl, Katie Goodland, whom he married in 2019 and they have 2 daughters in common.

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Kylian Mbappé

The current PSG striker was in Madrid doing some tests for Real Madrid and was able to take a photo with his idol, Cristiano Ronaldo.

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Matthijs de Ligt

The central defender of Juventus, Ajax youth squad, took a photo in 2010 with the top scorer at that time of the ajacied team, Luis Suárez.

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Neymar

A youth squad of Santos, Neymar approached his reference in the São Paulo club, Robinho, to take a photo with him

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Mateo Kovacic

It was 2008 when a young Kovacic approached Dinamo Zagreb first team star Luka Modric to take a photo with him. Years later they would share a dressing room in the national team and in Real Madrid.

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Andres Iniesta

In a delivery of trophies to youth squads of Barcelona. Andrés Iniesta receives a trophy from the captain of Barcelona that year, Pep Guardiola. Years later, Iniesta would be trained by Guardiola at Barça between 2008 and 2012.

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Riqui Puig

A young Riqui Puig approached his idol at Barcelona, ​​Leo Messi. Years later Riqui arrived at the Blaugrana first team where he shared minutes with his idol.

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Rodrygo

Remembering the illusion that made Neymar that his idol took a photo with him. When he was the star of Santos, he was photographed with the youth squad of the São Paulo club, one of those children was Rodrygo, current Real Madrid striker.

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