Campeonato de Portugal: the so-called league of opportunities. It’s not where the dream is born, but it’s where it’s closest to reach. It is where pure talent lives. These are some of the players who started at the base of professional football in Portugal and are now at the top of the game. And it takes less and less time to get there.

In the following weeks we’ll delve more closely to each one of these players whose stories aptly demonstrate the hidden talent in this league.

Here’s the first one: Nélson Semedo.