“The honor is to be in the round of 16 of a world Cup“Remarked the 28-year-old defender, who has a unique life story.
his life story
Degenek born in Croatia in 1994in the middle of the war, and at barely a year and a half he escaped with his family to Serbian.
He stayed there until he was 7 years old when he finally settled in Australia fleeing from the war Kosovo.
At 16 he went to Germany to start your professional career in stuttgart but the adaptation to the European winter was not easy. “I didn’t have the money to buy a jacket,” she recalled in an interview with The Guardian.
His international experience began in the Australian sub 17, then he defended the Serbian national team in the sub 19 but since 2016 he decided to represent the “Socceros”.
After the victory against Tunisiafor the second date, Degenek posted a heartfelt message on his account Twitter.
“It is not a political post or about any war. This is to show that life is the most beautiful thing there is. From absolutely nothing to winning a game in a World Cup representing the country that gave me everything. Never stop believing in yourselves “wrote the player Columbus Crew, of the American MLSalong with his photo crying on the substitute bench and another from the Croatian War of Independence.
Australia It has a squad with several players who were born abroad and even from different countries. Others grew up in Australia but they have other roots like Ajdin Hrusticwho is of Romanian and Bosnian ancestry.
The front Awer Mabil was playing in a refugee camp in Kenya after fleeing the civil war in South Sudanlike Thomas Deng.
Fran Karacic (Croatia), Harry Souttar and Jason Cummings (Scotland), Keanu Baccus (South Africa) and Garang Kuolwho was born in Egypt but has South Sudanese parents, round out the diversity of the Australian squad.
Australia already made history in Qatar 2022 since for the first time they won two games in the group stage and in the round of 16 they dream of giving the hit against Argentina.
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