The former Al-Jazira player and Al Wasl, Brazilian Ricardo Oliveira, confirmed that he had lived a very difficult life in his childhood, pointing out that he was poor and eating garbage before he became a footballer, and his life turned to the best.
Oliveira told the Brazilian newspaper Conte that he had lived a childhood life in the poor neighborhood of Karandeiro, Brazil, explaining: “It was difficult for any good person to get out of this place, because of the life of humiliation, hunger and drugs, while I was watching my friends go on twisting paths and end up with them The matter to death ».
He added, "When I was 11 years old, I used to collect cardboard from the street to help my mother, while I was eating food from the garbage so that I would not steal."
He continued: «I went to the church, and because of my commitment, they encouraged me to be a preacher, before I started another life with professional football, and started a march by playing in Spain and then Italy, while at the time I was experiencing difficult moments because of the kidnapping of my sister Maria de Lourdes Silva, for five "Half and a half months ago, I received a gift from the Lord to send me to a prosperous life in the Emirates."
The player, who contributed to achieving Al-Jazira League title for the first time in its history in 2011, indicated that he lived a good period of his life in the Emirates, and said: «Life in general in the Emirates, whether for my career as a football player or at a personal level».
It is noteworthy that Ricardo Oliveira, who is 39 years old, has a bus career in Brazilian and European stadiums, as he played in the ranks of Santos, Sao Paulo and Portaga in Samba, and starred in Spanish stadiums with Valencia, Real Betis and Real Zaragoza, and also played two seasons in the Italian giant A. C Milan, while playing five seasons with the island, and one season with Al Wasl, before returning to Brazil and playing two seasons with Santos from 2015 to 2017, while playing since 2018 with Atletico Mineiro, as he participated in the current season in only one match for six minutes.