I nearly quit football after mum died but fell in love with the game again in -5C Slovakian second tier, says Evanilson

AS EVANILSON thawed his freezing hands in warm water in a small town in Slovakia, it hardly felt like a turning point in his career.

Yet it was in the unlikely setting of second-tier club Samorin that the Brazilian teenager would rediscover his love of football after the death of his mother.

Robin Jones / AFC BournemouthEvanilson is enjoying life on the south coast with AFC Bournemouth[/caption] The striker is no stranger to the cold thanks to his time in the Slovakian second...