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Brit Joe Jennings Joins São Cristóvão

By Doug Gray, Contributing Reporter

RIO DE JANEIRO – Joe Jennings is something of an anomaly in Rio's football culture. In a country boasting more professional footballers than anywhere in the world, thousands pursue the golden egg of football leagues as far afield as Europe, Japan and increasingly the Middle East.

The emphasis on playing for national teams makes it all the more unusual to find a young Brit trying out in the lower leagues of Rio State Football. Previously an amateur footballer in the UK and Spain, a love for Rio brought him to these shores. With a film . . .

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