My Tunisia - Khalil Melliti: ‘My Tunisia is football’

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With the support of his family and friends, a teenager lives out his football dream in post-revolution Tunisia. "Khalil Melliti has always known his future would lead him into the heart of Tunisia’s love of football. “I’ve been mad about football since I was little. Right now I play for the best team in Tunisia, Esperance. My whole life is linked to football,” says the 16-year-old Tunisian, who is the captain of the under-16 team of Esperance, a club that was founded in 1919 and has won the Tunisian league 27 times.

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