Matheus Nunes: Inside story of how incoming Man City star used to work at bakery 4 years ago

• New Manchester City signing Matheus Nunes has had a meteoric rise to stardom in recent years
• The 25-year old is now a part of the treble-winning side after City paid Wolves £47million for his services
• As recently as in 2018, Nunes was working at a bakery

To say Brazilian-born Matheus Nunes has had a rapid rise through the football ranks would be an understatement.

After a brief spell with Wolves, Nunes is set to sign for Manchester City for £47million in a move that will bolster Pep Guardiola’s side as they look to defend their title for the third time.

It is easy to argue that the 25-year old’s football career cannot surely get better than this for several reasons.

For one thing, he joins a club that is oozing with talent across all areas on the pitch.

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Secondly, Nunes is now part of a team that dominated football on all fronts last season as they won the famous treble comprising the Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup.

Would Nunes have ever thought he would be at Manchester City? If you asked him this question four years ago, his answer would have likely been “No”.

Working at a bakery

As cited on Sunsport, four years ago, the midfielder was giving smiles to residents near Lisbon through a bakery he worked at.

Further back in time, Nunes lived in Brazil in his childhood but had to move to Portugal with his mother and stepfather when he was 13.

Notably, he grew up at the Campo Grande favela, where he greatly admired Brazil legend Ronaldinho.

Since his biological father was not part of his life, he had to be raised by his mother Catia, who did her best to give him a decent living.

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He once told the Portuguese newspaper Record in the past:

"Sometimes we didn't have anything to eat... although my mother never stopped working,"

"She is a warrior who instilled in me a love of football. With her I got my first touches. If we didn't have the ball, my brother and I played with socks."

About the bakery, Nunes revealed he worked there for several months as it was a family business.

"I came in the morning and the games were in the afternoon. I would stand for five, sometimes six hours on my feet and to train afterwards was not easy.”

Nunes worked at a bakery while mastering his footballing art at the same time, and eventually joined Ericeirenses, a club in the lower leagues of Portugal.

He quickly stood out to the scouts and was eventually taken up by Estoril, who placed him with the Under 23 team.

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