“Since my birth, I haven’t known freedom,” said Farouque, one of the refugees who runs the Rohingya Football Club in Kuala Lumpur. “We want to show the world the Rohingya can achieve something great,” added the 23-year-old as he took a break during a match with another Rohingya team from Malaysia’s central state of Malacca. ‘We live under the same roof’The Rohingya Football Club was set up in 2015 and its players are aged between 18 and 30. As for Farouque, his ambitions have entered a whole new league after seeing the first ever Refugee Team at the Rio Olympics this year. “Inshallah (God willing) we will be playing at the Olympics one day like the Refugee Team,” he said.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 26, 2016 03:00 UTC