From the brink of death to head in Russia 2018

Last update 20 March, 2025 by Alberto Llopis

Football leaves us epics that are magnified when the World Cup held. Some time ago, we tell the story Zanetti's goal in France 98 who saved a life, now Russia 2018 brings another of those personal stories worth remembering. Specifically the Brazilian side Fágner who not only came late in the list for the Russian World Cup after injury to Dani Alves, but nearly died a few years ago when he was a child.

According to account 'Marca', with only six years old, one glass door could have ended the life of the Brazilian. Fágner glass broke his arm after an accident and this caused a serious cut. His parents were not home where he lost a lot of blood. He was taken to hospital where he was operated and managed to miraculously save life, and arm.

“They told my father that if he had arrived a little later, with the amount of blood he was losing, He has died” Now she explained the right side of the Brazilian team. years later, Fágner got the dream of being a footballer not only elite but also play in a World Cup no less than Brazil.