Every professional soccer player is chasing the dream of becoming the best, and for much of his career, Konrad De La Fuente was the rare performer who seemed poised to live them out at the very highest level. He joined La Masia, the famed academy of Barcelona, when he was just 12, and gradually kept rising through the ranks towards the hope of a place in the first-team squad.
Until he didn't. Granted, De La Fuente made it further than most, garnering three first-team appearances -- two in the UEFA Champions League -- as well as extensive time with Barcelona B in Spain's second tier.