A garbage carrier is one who walks around the streets in most dirty places to pick what many refer to as waste.
This job can only be done by one who is either a slave, orphan, or one who is battling just for survival.
This was what Chelsea star N’golo Kante was doing before venturing into football as a profession.
“My parents called me N’golo because it is the name of an ancient king in Mali. A King who started from below to conquer a kingdom. I used to collect garbage before. Today I play football and they watch me on TV. My story is also beautiful because I started from below.” Kante said.
Born in Paris to Malian parents, Kanté began his career at the age of eight at JS Suresnes, in the western suburbs of the capital, remaining there for a decade.
According to assistant manager Pierre Ville, Kanté remained outside the radar of big teams because of his small stature and selfless styles of play.
In 2010, he was rejected by then Arsenal Boss Arsene Wenger but was accepted reserve team of Boulogne, and made his professional debut in the last game of the Ligue 2 season on 18 May 2012, a 1–2 home defeat for his already relegated team to Monaco.
2013, he joined Ligue 2 side Caen and played all 38 games in his first season as they came third in Ligue 2, earning them promotion to Ligue 1.
The following season, Kanté played 37 games as Caen remained in the top flight.
Kanté was scouted for Premier League club Leicester City to succeed Estebian Cambiasso by Steve Walsh, who had previously facilitated the transfers of Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez to the team.
On August 3, 2015, he joined Leicester on a four-year contract, for an undisclosed fee reported to be worth €8 million (£5.6 million).[19][20] He made his debut five days later by replacing Vardy for the final eight minutes of a 4–2 home win over Sunderland.
In the 2015/2016 season, the Frenchman helped his side Leicester City to win the English Premier League and was one of Leicester’s four players to make it to the PFA team of the season.
The match continued in 2016 as he joined Chelsea for a reported paid £32 million fee.
He went on to win the league with Chelsea that year and Kanté was nominated for the Ballon d’Or in October 2017.
In later September 2021, Kanté tested positive for COVID-19 amid its pandemic, and was required to self-isolate for 10 days.
On 8 October, Kanté was one of five Chelsea players included in the final 30-man shortlist for the 2021 Ballon d’Or and is not looking tiring.
