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Our story with Daegu FC started in 2011. It was close to the end of the year when my father received a phone call. After some minutes on the phone, his face expressions were getting happier and happier. It was a job offer to work in South Korea, in a soccer club called Daegu FC. And the offer was not only for my father, but for the whole family. The club was creating a new team with a new "Brazilian Philosophy": 4 Brazilian coaches leading the team + 3 Brazilian players. It seemed such a great idea. They also promised us a house and a car to use, an Interpreter to help us with the language, Medical Insurance for the whole family and the International School for my sister (freshman in High School at that time), all paid by the club. It was more than we could imagine. Our situation in Brazil was not that good, we always thought about living abroad, always dreamed with an opportunity like that... it was such a chance we couldn't miss!
After some weeks in Brazil looking for a new job, my father was indicated to a Chinese team that liked his curriculum and decided to hire him. Back to Asia, but living alone in one of the coldest cities of China. And so it goes for some months... and then, all of sudden, we received a message from Daegu FC in May, saying that they wanted to bring my father back. Different than 2012, the team was not having a good performance at the championship. They were at the bottom of the table and had not won a single game in the whole year. Even though the situation was ok in China, my father had a conversation with the Chinese directors, explained that he wanted to stay close to his son in Korea, and they agreed to put an end to his contract. Then, he was free to come to Korea. And so he did, even with pay cut. At first, he signed a 1-year contract (from June 3, 2013 to June 2, 2014), with 3 airplane tickets for the family (go and back) to visit him, and the promise of a renewal for a longer period contract.| The three tickets we have never seen. Two years without seeing my mother and sister because of this. |
The months passed by and, even with some victories and a clear reaction from the team, they could not make it and Daegu was relegated to the Second Division and its last game at home. Such a cold and sad day for everybody. It was already December and time to start thinking for the new year's challenges and obstacles, all the preparation to go back to the First Division.

We got crazy with this situation and tried to solve it through all the possible ways. As I was the only one living in Korea at that time, I went a couple of times with my girlfriend to their office in order to talk and solve the situation. Bad news. They just ignored my father's contract, pretended he didn't exist. We looked for our rights, but the lawyer was too expensive and would take too much time. But, wait, what about his belongings he was asked to keep at his apartment in Daegu? Oh, at least ONE good news. They said to me that they would send it to him in Brazil. Everything was there: his clothes, accessories, some documents.... And then, I went to the office one more time to check everything and help them to send it. Arriving there, received the kind words: "Do you want to send your father's belonging to Brazil? Good, we will do it for you. Just sign here, please". They wanted me to sign a paper ending my father's contract. That was the deal. We send the things, and you forget about his contract. NEVER! Really, I don't know what I felt that day, but I'm pretty sure that was one of, if not the, worst feelings in my whole life. I was upset, mad, angry, crazy, hopeless... Picked all the boxes and put them at my girlfriend's house. Realized that was no way to solve that in good way. It was me and my family, 4 Brazilians, against a Korean Soccer Club, with a whole city and politicians behind them (Daegu FC is funded by the city of Daegu).
Our dream was over. Our dream became our nightmare. I was living in Korea, my father "unemployed", and my mother and sister unpacking their bags.| Daegu FC, thank you so much! |
DEUS é Amor, e Deus tem transformado a minha vida e a minha família! ALELUIA! Tem sido um tempo novo para nós, tempo de mudança, tempo de família, de relacionamento com Deus, tempo de uma paz que nunca vivemos antes. "Eu e a minha casa serviremos ao Senhor." (Josué 24.15). Senhor Jesus, muito obrigado por tudo o que Tu tens feito, por tudo o que estás fazendo, e por tudo o que ainda irás fazer. E eu vou lutar, com tudo o que eu tenho, com tudo o que eu sou, contra qualquer coisa, ou qualquer pessoa que se levante contra isso. Não com a minha força ou com armas humanas, afinal, eu não sou nada, nada além de um jovem pecador que precisa das misericórdias de Deus todos os dias para continuar vivo, mas vou lutar com o poder daquele que vive em mim, o único Deus vivo, o Deus do impossível, o Deus que me amou primeiro e que enviou o seu único Filho para morrer em meu lugar. O Deus da minha salvação!