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Luck, Life and Football

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By Rebecca Corbett Verified
| Homeless World Cup
“If I had known about the welfare system earlier, I would have never slept on the streets.” After football training one day, Yoshi Hiro Hirakawa walked into The Big Issue Japan office in Osaka. A staff member turned to him and asked, “Can you get a passport?” Just like that he secured the final place on the team. Finally, some luck - life for Hirakawa hadn’t always been so lucky. He left home at 15 and got a job in Osaka at one of the many Pachinko parlours in the city.
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From Homeless World Cup goalkeeper to professional player

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By Rebecca Corbett Verified
| Homeless World Cup
Masizakhe Myataza represented South Africa with Oasis at the Amsterdam 2015 Homeless World Cup. We caught up with him more than ten years later to hear about how life had been since the tournament. "Since 2015, my life has changed completely, after the tournament I was lucky enough to secure a professional contract in one of the top flight teams in South Africa.
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The greatest football come back: The japanese player who came back to life

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By Rebecca Corbett Verified
| Homeless World Cup
With the help from his sister, Yoshi-Hiro was officially registered again and his Japanese passport arrived in time for him to travel to Paris for the 2011 Homeless World Cup with his team. Leading them as captain, Yoshi-Hiro explained, “The Homeless World Cup was a very big chance to start a new life.” However the tournament didn’t exactly go to plan. During their first game he broke his arm and as the team’s goalkeeper this didn’t help their chances as the tournament went on.
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