story of Rivaldo

Rivaldo was playing football from the age of 4. When he was 7, he joined a local football club.

He attended the training regularly but never got a chance to play in matches. He was indirectly not given any opportunity because of the few people in the club. When he checked, it was the rift they had with his father.

But the coach had faith him in. He informed Rivaldo, focus your training, one day, you will get the chance.

Rivaldo had no other option but to continue training in the clubs. He was training very hard and focused on improving his game.

Even after two years in the club, he never played in a match. He was not even allowed to travel along with the team.

One day their club had a charity match, where a famous footballer was a chief guest.

While the team was planning to travel, one of the support staff who used to take care of kits got ill. So, they needed someone for this.

The coach thought this should be an opportunity for Rivaldo. So, he told him to travel with the team and take care of the kits. Other support staff objected to it, but he convinced them.

The team reached the stadium. There were a lot of crowds to witness the celebrity footballer.

For Rivaldo, this is his first-time experience in the stadium.

He was helping the other players with the kits for the pre-match training.

While the training was going on, the opposite team coach came for a chat with Rivaldo’s coach.

After some time, he came and told Rivaldo, “You are playing today. Go with him”.

Rivaldo, for a moment, got frozen and asked him why.

He Said, “Some of the players from the opposite team got injured while training. So, they were short of players. They need someone to be in the field to make it 11.

But I know you are more than that. So, go and prove yourself”.

There was resistance from the support staff. Luckily for Rivaldo, the opposite team management, through the organizing committee, convinced Rivaldo’s team management to play him.

When the match started, Rivaldo was running like a Leopard. He was dribbling the ball with ease. His coach and teammates were shocked by Rivaldo’s performance.

He scored a hat trick in the game and won the match for his team 4–2.

Witnessing his performance in the match, the celebrity footballer told Rivaldo to meet him in his club for a training session.

After the session, he got signed for the junior team. Later he went on to represent the senior team and for his country. Rivaldo becomes one of the leading goal scorers for his club.