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The visit of Cameroonian football legend Roger Milla to Samuel Umtiti at the end of 2015 is useless: the central defender decided to be "Blue". He was not mistaken: he is the new French hero with the goal of putting the Gauls in the final of Russia-2018 on Tuesday.
Umtiti was born 24 years ago in Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon. Affected by needs and looking for a better life, the Umtiti family, their parents and four young children, Samuel being the youngest, left for France and settled in Lyon.
With only two innocent years, Samuel grew up as a Frenchman by keeping, yes, certain African roots, and at the same time his love for football accompanied him in his short journey in life.
The Olympique de Lyon discovers him at the age of 8 years, and after all the positions on the ground, little Samuel discovered his vocation as a central defender. At the age of 19, he embarked on professionalism in 2012 and since then he has begun writing an interesting career with the "Lions", playing 170 games and scoring five goals.
His projection was so remarkable that his name came to the office of FC Barcelona. Luis Enrique, in his last season with the Blaugranas, hosted him in the world of Barca in June 2016. A transfer of about 25 million euros for five seasons.
Born for the & # 39; Blues & # 39;
It was undoubtedly the year of Umtiti, because a month before the French coach Didier Deschamps had quoted him to dress in Blue at the 39; Eurocopa-2016 to replace his teammate Jeremy Mathieu, injured and who fell from the official list of called
He made his debut in the senior team against Iceland, in quarterfinals, in the 5-2 win at the Stade de France. From this strong performance, Umtiti convinced Deschamps to stay behind, but not only in Euro, also in European qualifying for the Russian World Cup.
The fame of Umtiti began to be coveted in Europe. Barca noticed rumors that they were talking about a house hunt by the French center and announced in early June of this year, a few days before the World Cup, its renewal until the end of the year. in 2023 with an impressive cancellation clause of 500 million euros. " Without Samuel, this team would not be the same ," said Barcelona President Josep María Bartomeu, signing the extension of the French contract. Umtiti is France's new hero with the goal that scored Belgium in the 1-0 of the first semifinal of the 2018-Russia World Cup and which left the "Blue" behind. installed in the final next Sunday in Moscow. ] I am very happy with the victory, this goal, but especially the qualification for the World Cup final
