Sport as redemption. Tik Tok as a showcase. “They sold me as one slave in Libya, I was in prison and almost died. But my life is a fairy tale.” The words are of Gilbert Nana, 26 years old and professional striker. He plays at Lipomoa town in the Como area of just over 6 thousand inhabitants. But it is only the last stage of a voyage incredible, which hides suffering, tears, determination. And also a world record. The data is this: 20,400 (twenty thousand four hundred) dribbles in 2 hours and 15 minutes. All in the head. All recorded and published on Tik Tokwhere he became a star. Guinness World Record for Nana, and a popularity that the player exploits not only, or not much, for earn. But to tell a life story with a precise objective: to believe and fight for a dream. The of him was to be a man libero.
First stop: the Cameroon. “I escaped from there seven years ago. I was just over 17 years old: I was without family, without food, it wasn’t easy,” she says in a long interview with SerieD24.com. A terrible crossing, passing through the desert of Saharato Niger, then from Morocco and Algeria. Up to Libya. A journey far and wide “where I have saw so many people die”. Second stop: Libya. “I was literally sold as one schiavo, to work in the countryside on the borders of the state,” he says. He talks about “lager”, with shining eyes. A suffering unspeakable, which he survived “thanks to fate. I don’t think I was saved because he was stronger than the others. It was a very hard experience. I wondered why I had to suffer so much, what I had done to have such a life.”
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Third and final stage: theItalia. He got there on one of many boats left Libya: 142 people travelling, 52 survivors. “The boat kept going boarding water”, is the dramatic story. “AND I didn’t know how to swim. I still remember the gesture: I raised my eyes to heaven and promised myself that I would be baptized if I was saved.” Destiny and faith. And the arrival at Lampedusa like unfortunately many others. Without knowing Italian, without knowing where to go. “I slept in the station, on the street, everywhere,” she recalls. Taking 20 euro a day jobs as a farmer to survive. Then he starts to play football in the minor leagues, and integration begins. But again, the dream of a peaceful life risks being shattered. Why the February 14, 2021 comes a very serious injury, which forces him to sit out for 8 months and to think that he would never be able to play football again. Nana has meanwhile moved to Verbania, convinced that he had left the worst behind him. “The world collapsed around me”, again. “But then I had an idea: I told myself to use my head”, literally. “If I couldn’t use my feet anymore, why not try dribble Like this?”. And it begins: for fun, as a pastime. Until a friend of his from Turin tells him: “But why don’t you put your videos on Tik Tok?”. Gilbert doesn’t know what it is: he downloads and opens the app for fun, the videos of him begin to appear become viralso much so that in the comments he is asked to perform live.
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Last (metaphorical) stage: the turning point. In less than two weeks since she opened the profile, Nana reaches the 1500 follower. And the more he performs live, the more the audience grows. By chance, during a live broadcast, he invites Khaby Lame who is looking at him. He is the biggest TikToker in the world, the one who, with irony, presents with simple and banal actions what many creators pass off as incredible and difficult gestures. Khaby accepts, his profile explodes, Nana finds himself incredibly famous. So much to know players of A leaguefind yourself dribbling with Lion or seeing a request from the former Juventus player Barzagli on your own Instagram profile: “You are an idol for my son: could you send him a video greeting?”. From this year, Nana plays for Comasco – in Asd Valbasca Lipomo – and takes advantage of his still growing popularity to tell his story both on social media and in schools. A project that he carries out with passion and with a objective Very necessary: “I want young people, but also older people, to understand: it shouldn’t be done escape dreams. They must always be pursued, putting all possible effort into it. Why dream it’s nice. But living that dream is the best thing.”
2024-03-06 16:35:24
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