From Grace to Grass: meet a one-time football star, Adriano, whose career went down
No one knows tomorrow, everything maybe falling in place at the moment but it may end up crushing to dust the very next moment, so life's uncertainty is very certain. This is the grace to Grass story of a one-time football star, Adriano Leite Ribeiro. Adriano was born on the 17th of February, 1982 in Rio de Janiero. At an early age, he showed profound interest in football and literally grew up playing football. His passion for the sport and excellent performances earned him a spot in Flamengo in 1999, young Adriano was officially signed into it's youth squad. He performed for the first time in the Senior squad in the year 2000 and had his first goal just few days later into the competition. A year later, Adriano caught the attention of Inter Milan through his impressive performances with Flamengo. This boosted his career and he was transferred at a value of €9.75 million. He was later loaned to Florentina and then moved to Parma where he performed impressively again. He scored ...