- Awer Mabil will complete a remarkable journey from a refugee camp to the planet’s biggest sporting spectacle when he lines up for Australia at the World Cup, overcoming personal tragedy along the way.
- Mabil was born in a refugee camp in Kenya after his parents fled conflict in Sudan, surviving on one meal a day as a child and kicking around a ball — usually a sock filled with plastic bags — barefoot to pass the time.
- After being resettled in Australia in 2006, with the help of his uncle, he developed his football enough to join A-League club Adelaide United, becoming one of their youngest debutants at 17 years and 118 days.
Australia’s Mabil completes journey from refugee camp to World Cup
