How to Become a Pro Footballer with Gabriel Cabral- Ep. 86

How to Become a Professional Footballer

In this episode, Gabriel Cabral (Pro Footballer for Tormenta FC) joins me to talk about his career and how he signed his first professional contract. Here is his Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabriel.cabral8/

Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 2:07 From Brazil to the U.S 5:40 Training style in Brazil vs U.S 9:43 Why Brazilian players tend to be more individual with the game 14:50 Difference between D1 & D2 17:25 What attracted foreign elite footballers to West Virginia? 20:24 Cabral's story 25:31 Opportunities come when you least expect them. 28:17 Football is a game of opinions 29:35 What keeps you going when you don't have a team? 33:17 The harder you work, the harder it is to quit 34:23 Warm-up with the basics, then you can start playing risky. 36:24 A day in the life of Gabriel Cabral 46:11 Becoming a vegetarian 50:59 Learning with podcasts 52:52 How to deal with nerves during game day 57:51 If you could go back to yourself at any age with the knowledge you have now, what age would you go to? And what would you tell yourself? 1:03:39 Outro