Savidan is a retired footballer who made his only appearance for the French national team in 2008 while aged 30. In what was the culmination of the ultimate rags-to-riches story, Savidan was the best performer for France in this match against Uruguay, delighting the crowd with his stylish footwork and two bicycle kicks.
The rest of Savidan’s career was spent in more obscurity than would allow him to even dream of appearing in French colours. At 24 years of age, Savidan was plying his trade in the third division of the French football league. Although he was his team’s star performer, Savidan was a trash collector and a bartender at different times to make ends meet.
"I am proof that the system doesn't always work," said the Frenchman at the centre of this moving story. His travails were not over though, a move to Monaco at a very late stage of his career was interrupted by a failed medical that diagnosed that his heart was not strong enough to allow him to play football any longer.
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