#4 Carlos Tevez (Argentina)
Carlos Tevez was born in Fuerte Apache, an extremely tough neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The young Tevez grew up among violence, drugs and poverty, and could have easily ended up living a life of crime if it had not been for soccer. Tevez has always claimed to be proud of his origins and refuses to get rid of the visual remainders of his deprived childhood: a scar on his face caused by an accident when he was just ten months old and his broken and crooked teeth from a street fight. His football skills and stamina brought him from a local team to Boca Juniors and then on to England. He later went on to become one of the most prolific goal scorers in the premier league playing for top clubs like Manchester United and Manchester City.
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