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The Danish women's football star who started in a refugee camp
Nadia Nadim was born in Afghanistan and had to escape with her mother and sisters after the Taliban killed her father.
She started playing football in a refugee camp in Denmark.
Now she is the first immigrant to be part of the Danish national team and plays for Manchester City - all while studying to become doctor.
Production: Irene Caselli and Mariangela Maturi
Filiming and editing: Claudia Jardim
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