Desperate for Glory: Moroccan Footballer Risks Life Swimming to Spain for Shot at Real Madrid

Issa Achour undertook this sea crossing at the peril of his life, after learning that his club had decided to part ways with him. The footballer swam for more than three hours, in unfavorable weather conditions, before reaching the coast of Ceuta, completely exhausted.

Achour is staying in the Ceuta migrant center, where his former teammate, Mohamed Zitouni, who had also joined the autonomous city by swimming a few weeks earlier, was welcomed. The young man hopes to relaunch his professional career at Real Madrid or Malaga FC.