Ghanaian Boy Finds Future in Soccer While Fleeing for his Life

Publisher:
Agence France-Presse
Publication Date:
10 October 2013
Tags:
Ghana, Latin America and Africa, Soccer, Sport

Following the murder of his parents, Bayan Mahmud fled from his country in Ghana and ended up in Argentina, where he began his career as a soccer player in the youth division of Argentina's most famous football team, the Boca Juniors.

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