Vozinha's father says the World Cup was the Cape Verde goalkeeper's 'childhood dream'

"It's a child's dream come true", says goalkeeper Vozinha's father
"It's a child's dream come true": this is how José Pedro Dias, father of goalkeeper Vozinha, from the Cape Verde national team, said when talking about his son's participation in the World Cup. global prominence. He saved all of Spain's shots on goal in a historic draw, and went from 50,000 followers to millions in just a few hours.
The father says that, like many children in Brazil, Vozinha loved playing ball with his friends:
"He always liked football, since childhood. He always had balls and always played with his friends in the neighborhood barefoot, on a dirt field."
José Pedro Dias, father of goalkeeper Vozinha, from the Cape Verde national team
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Vozinha is one of the oldest players on the Cape Verde national team. He has been playing for the national team for 14 years and his game against Spain was game number 90.
And, of course, his father also told us why Josimar Dias' nickname is that.
"The name Vozinha came up among his friends. Because he was always playing football and because he was the youngest, his teammates beat him because he wouldn't let them score goals for him. He would go home and tell the 'little voice', which was my grandmother and, in his case, his great-grandmother. Then, his colleagues started to make fun of him, they made fun of him, that he was 'very frivolous' and that he always ran into the arms of his 'grandmother', and he got upset about that, and we know how it happens in Cape Verde, if a person gets upset about a nickname that is given, it soon sticks", he detailed.
The father thinks that Vozinha can still bring a lot of joy to Cape Verde, which is competing in the World Cup for the first time:
"It's national pride. Therefore, as a father, I expect the best from him."
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