At just 21 the El Porvenir youngster has made history in the game, and he is determined to make it at the very top of world football
The bustling commercial centre that surrounds Lanus train station is an unlikely place to meet two budding professional footballers from Romford. The suburb to the south of Buenos Aires is hallowed ground for the sport in Argentina; Diego Maradona juggled his first mandarin in the Villa Fiorito shanty town close by, while ex-Roma and Inter star Daniel Osvaldo also calls the neighbourhood home.
Local club Lanus also captured the hearts of the city this year with an heroic run to their first Copa Libertadores final, although their dreams of the title were shattered by Gremio.