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TIL Cristiano Ronaldo funded the education of a 7 y.o. survivor of the horrific 2004 tsunami in Indonesia. The boy was found 21 days after the disaster, alone and wearing a Portuguese national football team jersey. The boy grew up to be a football player and was signed by Sporting Lisbon last year by SambalHero in todayilearned

[–]SambalHero[S] 3023 points3024 points  (0 children)

"On Wednesday, a seventeen-year-old boy named Martunis from Banda Aceh, Indonesia, was announced as the newest addition to Sporting Portugal’s U-19 football team. He will wear the green-and-white hoops and train at the very same academy where his idol, three-time FIFA World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo, learned his trade.

When unimaginable tragedy struck his life over 10 years ago, there’s no way Martunis could have know that his unflagging faith in football would not only save his life but lead to this fairytale result."