Few World Cup journeys have begun with a LinkedIn message. Fewer still have started with a message that went unread for nine months. Yet that unlikely sequence of events would ultimately change the life of Roberto “Pico” Lopes and help shape one of Cape Verde’s greatest football stories. Roberto “Pico” Lopes was born in Crumlin, Ireland to a Cape […]
THE LINKEDIN MESSAGE THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING: How an Overlooked DM Led Pico Lopes from Banking in Ireland to the FIFA World Cup
