The Brazilian, 30, battled a troubled upbringing in a poverty-stricken neighbourhood called Sao Jose Dos Campos just outside of São Paulo.
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His father abandoned him, his two siblings and their mother Maria – who was forced to juggle numerous jobs to make ends meet.
Casemiro, as the eldest child, bravely stepped up to be the man of the house and it shaped him into the great leader he is today.
In 2018 the midfielder said: “If I see him on the street today, I won’t recognise him,
“He had a serious fight with my mother when I was five and left the family for my mother to manage.