Legends of the World Cup
Legends of the World Cup
Ten nations. Ten players. Ten stories that go far beyond football. In Legends of the World Cup, we trace the lives of the greatest players from each national team at the 2026 World Cup: where they come from, what they had to overcome, and why their stories deserve to be told. Because behind every goal, there is a childhood, a sacrifice, a dream. This is the World Cup podcast that talks about human…Social links:
The Captain of the New America
In the tenth and final episode of Legends of the World Cup, we travel to Hershey, Pennsylvania, to tell the story of Christian Pulisic: the boy who at sixteen crossed the ocean to play for Borussia Dortmund in Germany, who resisted years of injuries and doubt at Chelsea, and who was reborn at AC Mi…
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The Chaco's Son
In the ninth episode of Legends of the World Cup, we tell the story of Santiago Giménez: son of a footballer, born in Mexico City, who crossed the Atlantic to become the most feared striker in Europe and the number nine Mexico waited for over decades. An episode about the weight of a surname, the f…
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The Samurai of La Masía
In the eighth episode of Legends of the World Cup, we travel between Tokyo and Barcelona to tell the story of Takefusa Kubo: the first Japanese player to train at FC Barcelona's La Masía academy, expelled from it due to an administrative error by his club, who crossed half of Europe before finding …
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The Roar of Lagos
In the seventh episode of Legends of the World Cup, we travel to Lagos, Nigeria, to tell the story of Victor Osimhen: the boy who lost his mother as a child, who grew up selling water in the streets to help his family, who learned to play football on impossible surfaces and became the most feared s…
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The Madrid Boy Who Chose the Atlas
In the sixth episode of Legends of the World Cup, we tell the story of Achraf Hakimi: born in Madrid, son of Moroccan immigrants, trained at Real Madrid and turned into one of the best fullbacks in the world. A player who grew up between two cultures and chose to represent the one he carried in his…
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The Machine That Built Itself
In the fifth episode of Legends of the World Cup, we travel to Funchal, on the island of Madeira, to tell the story of Cristiano Ronaldo: the boy who cried because he was not put in the lineup, who had heart surgery at twelve, who crossed the ocean to arrive at Manchester United at seventeen, and w…
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The Boy Who Brought Germany Back
In the fourth episode of Legends of the World Cup, we travel to Pulheim, a quiet town near Cologne, to tell the story of Florian Wirtz: the boy who debuted in the Bundesliga at seventeen, who suffered a torn ligament at the peak of his explosion and came back brighter than ever to become the engine…
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The Son of Bondy
In the third episode of Legends of the World Cup, we travel to Bondy, a suburb northeast of Paris, to tell the story of Kylian Mbappé: the boy who grew up dreaming of being Cristiano Ronaldo, who debuted in elite football at sixteen, who won a World Cup at nineteen, and who carried for years the we…
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The Boy Who Ran Barefoot
In the second episode of Legends of the World Cup, we travel to São Gonçalo, on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, to discover the story of Vinicius Júnior: the boy who grew up between street football and the violence of a tough neighborhood, who was sold for 45 million euros before turning 18, and w…
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The Napkin Boy
In the first episode of Legends of the World Cup, we travel to Rosario, Argentina, to discover the story of Lionel Messi: the boy with a condition that stunted his growth, whose contract with Barcelona was signed on a napkin, and who waited twenty years to win the one thing he was missing. An episo…
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