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"I had to make a decision. I love soccer but I also wanted to go to university and see the wider world."
His higher studies finally led him to the fashion business, and the job also fulfilled his dream of seeing the world.
He worked with Giorgio Armani for eight years, and then spent four with Dirk Bikkembergs, moving from Japan to India to New Zealand.
The job even helped him find his wife, whom he met at a fashion show in Milan, where she worked as a model.