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From Cameroon to Vancouver and everything in between: Tchani opens up on life in Africa and lessons from a legend

VANCOUVER, BC – In a global game like soccer, and in professional sports as a whole, there are always players with rags to riches stories. Players who came from nothing to achieve stardom. Players who overcame the odds to give themselves, and their families, a better life.

These are real stories. Important ones, too.

Tony Tchani’s story is a little different. And he’s proud to share it.

Born in Bafang, Cameroon, a small city in the southwest part of the country, Tchani said he had everything he needed growing up – thanks largely to his single mom Marceline.