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00:00 COMM: The coastal city of Campos dos Goytacazes
in Brazil, is home to eleven year old Gabriel Ferreira Muniz.
00:11 COMM: Like most boys from the soccer mad country,
Gabriel dreams of playing professionally. but unlike most boys, he's already got a European
club showing interest in him, surprisingly enough. But what makes this even more extraordinary,
is that Gabriel has no feet.
00:39 COMM: Gabriel was born with a limb deficiency
known as apodia, which is this case meant that get feet simply did not develop.
00:46 COMM: Gabriel's legs end just below his ankles.
Although untreatable this condition would normally be discovered in a prenatal scan.
But for his mother Sandra is came as a complete shock.
01:21 COMM: Gabriel was just ten months old when
to the surprise of everyone around him, he started to walk.
01:37 COMM: It was only a matter of months before
Gabriel advanced to kicking a ball, and now at the age of eleven as he plays soccer with
his friends, his ability and balance are almost unbelievable.