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Thursday, 1 September 2016

Legless Bangladeshi stir excitement with football skills


  • Mohammad Abdullah, 22, from Dhaka, lost both his legs ten years ago
  • Now the young Bangladeshi man works as a porter at a ferry station
  • He said: 'I never thought I'd be able to walk, never mind play football' 
  • Abdullah was abandoned by his mother when he was just seven-years-old 
A Bangladeshi football fan who lost both his legs in a horror train accident has dreams of competing professionally like his idol Cristiano Ronaldo, reported www.dailymail.co.uk.

Mohammad Abdullah, 22, from Dhaka, lost both his legs on a speeding train ten years ago.

But now the young man, who also works as a luggage porter at a ferry station, is making a name for himself with his football skills.

He said: 'I never thought I'd be able to walk, never mind play football.

'When I was bound to that wheelchair I feared I might have to spend the rest of my life trapped.