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‘They will break your leg’

When I went to play in Switzerland, it was an extremely difficult experience. I’m a black man who went to a white country, at a white club and I was the first black player – I think – to move there.

There were lots of challenges I encountered because I was about to take someone else’s position. This problem is not just a local South African problem, it happens everywhere.

My teammates used to go out clubbing together and they

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