AC Milan winger Rafael Leao has shared a new advert with Adidas in which he discusses what he was like as a child in Portugal and what drives him to be successful.
The winger shared the video on his Instagram account and it shows him wearing Adidas Originals shoes whilst playing with a football and talking about his roots.
Leao comes from Almada which is an area across the river in Lisbon, Portugal. The Setubal district has birthed a number of superb Portuguese footballers and Leao is one of them.
He explained that he was a shy boy as a child but he still did everything with a smile on his face, which is evident from how he plays football and how he reacts to scoring goals.
“I have always been an introverted boy, quite shy, always with a big smile on my face, with the drive to win and never give up, and transmit positive energy to the people around me,” Leao said.
He also talked his desire to be a role model and an inspiration to his family and the people that he grew up with.
“I wanted to be an important person in the world of football, a role model, an image, for the people I grew up with and my family.”
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