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Extended Clip - Udinese Striker Beto On Working In KFC Before Becoming A Professional Footballer
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Part of exclusive interview with The Italian Football Podcast, where Udinese striker Beto tells Nima Tavallaey and Carlo Garganese how he worked at KFC before becoming a professional footballer.
This is an extended clip from this weeks free interview episode of The Italian Football Podcast which is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google podcasts.
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Transcript
00:00:02
Speaker
Welcome
Introduction to the Podcast
00:00:03
Speaker
to the Italian football podcast.
Journey to Professional Footballer
00:00:05
Speaker
I just want to talk a little bit about your journey to becoming a professional footballer, because it's an amazing story. I read that you were released as a teenager by Ben Fica. And then, if I read correctly, you worked in KFC for a year. Is that correct?
A Turning Point: From Ben Fica to KFC
00:00:23
Speaker
Yeah, I was released with Ubi Fica 2011-12.
00:00:31
Speaker
I played 2011 job, then I was released. But a few years after I work, I finish the school and I don't want to go to the university. I told my mom, I'm going to work because I need to pay my drive license. Because if I wait my mom, I will never have my drive license. So to have my drive license and to help her at home,
Life Lessons from KFC
00:01:00
Speaker
I go to, I work in KFC, but for me, it's not everybody see this like, wow, we work in KFC, but I'm not a wonder kid. So I know my life is not all football. Now is all everything football. But before, no, we, my friends also work.
00:01:26
Speaker
We worked together, some friends worked together. And for me, it was a blessing to see how it is to be on the other side. So now I'm here. I'm grateful to be here, but for me, it wasn't a sacrifice to work and play football. I was happy.
00:01:52
Speaker
Yeah. Well, you were happy. That's the most important thing. What was your exact job at KFC? I was a tender. I was in the front, speak with the clients and everything. When the months passed, they put me to do everything all around. I do the chicken and everything. What was your favorite food, your favorite meal at KFC?
Balancing Dreams and Reality
00:02:23
Speaker
and it's a box master. It's like a wrap with everything inside. I ended every day. And you're still healthy, you're still becoming a great footballer. When you were working at KFC, you said that it was no big deal for you, you were just a normal person, and now you appreciate it. Did you think then that your chances of being a professional was over, or were you not really thinking?
00:02:52
Speaker
No, for me, it was like a temporary thing because my objective was football. My first objective was... The first and only objective always was football. I never had the second objective, second goal, to be precise. I just wanted to help my mom and get my driver's license, but I knew that I'm going to be professional.
00:03:22
Speaker
I didn't know that I will be here now in the USA, but I know I will be professional. So that goal never set you for me.