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Ashraf Hakimi.. How he rebelled against poverty and became the first Arab to accompany Messi and Ronaldo

The legend of Moroccan football, Ashraf Hakimi, grabbed the attention in the African Nations Championship currently being held in Cameroon, when he saved his country's team from a loss against Gabon, and scored the most beautiful goal in the tournament from a fixed kick, kidnapping a 2-2 draw.

Ashraf Hakimi is the first Arab player in history to play alongside two world football legends, the Argentine Lionel Messi and the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo.

Hakimi, like most international stars, suffered a very poor life that almost kept him away from playing football to help his family face a difficult life.

Ashraf Hakimi's family immigrated to the Spanish city of Getafe, where he was born to a family of five, as his father worked as a street vendor and his mother as a cleaner.

Since his childhood, his mother had hoped that he would go to the sport of swimming, but Ashraf Hakimi loved football, convinced that it was the means that could improve the standard of living of his family, so he joined Deportivo Cologne and starred in its ranks at an early age, only to be discovered by Real Madrid and included in the club’s academy while he was At the age of eight years.

French coach Zinedine Zidane, who was then coach of the Royal Club, was convinced to be promoted to the first team in 2017, playing alongside Cristiano Ronaldo and winning the Champions League with Real.

Suddenly, Real Madrid decided to loan "Hakimi" to Borussia Dortmund, who spent two seasons with him before moving to Inter Milan, with whom he won the Italian league title last season.

Achraf Hakimi moved to Paris Saint-Germain last summer, in a deal amounting to 60 million euros, to play alongside Messi.

The Moroccan player enjoys great respect among Arab circles, after he rejected the attempts of some European countries to obtain their nationality and defend their colors in international forums, and the player adhered to his Arab identity and preferred to play for the Moroccan national team.

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