Khalil Popal, a 19 year young Afghan and a citizen of Sydney, Australia is a promising and rising footballer currently enjoying his career in Brazil playing with some big clubs. Known as the "star of tomorrow" in Sydney, his passion and hard work for the world's greatest game has paid great dividends enabling him to play in many provincial and world competitions.re was pure joy in small things.
In his own words
Hi, my name is Khalil Popal; I was born on December 24th 1987 in Kabul, Afghanistan and am a citizen of Australia. I'm 19 years old and a high school graduate from the state of New South Wales, Australia. I have been playing football for 14 years. Football is my life’s dream and passion and I want to make it to the top of the world one day.
I have been playing professional football with the Australian youth squad for the past 3 years. I represent the state of New South Wales at the national level. I have also been part of many Australian national high school championships. I have participated in many outdoor and indoor (FUTSAL) competitions and have traveled to a lot of great places. Current Status
I have been offered a deal to play with a youth Brazilian club for half of 2007. This as you might guess is a golden opportunity for me in order to further excel in the field of football and bring my game to a different level.
Today was my first day in Brazil and let me tell you, I feel great. I find this place very interesting and hopefully I could learn a lot from this ‘football heaven’.
Throughout my life I have sacrificed a great deal to play football because it means everything to me. My ultimate dream is to play in the FIFA World Cup. So far I have been lucky enough to be part of Youth World Cup football in 2006.
