Yatma Toure He arrived in Spain by boat eight months ago. His first destination was The ironpassing through four different cities in our country. Now, in Palenciamay have found a future after being signed as a professional player by Club Baloncesto Palencia.
In a centre in Palencia, he shares his life with 89 other people who, like him, fled their country in search of a better life. “I studied physical and sports sciences. There, in Senegal, I also played basketball,” he tells LaSexta. This has served him well for this new start, within a team with which he trains three days a week, which he considers “lucky”.
Ricardo, sports technician of Center of San Juan de DiosHe was the one who discovered him, seeing that he was “good” at basketball, with the aim of having fun and socializing. Today, Palencia Basketball Club has signed him. Its captain, Jaime Fernández, recognizes that Yatma is “good” at basketball.
“If it helps you, as a bridge so that you can settle in Spain or another country… We in the labor market will also try to help you,” says Fernández. This is your main job, integration, so that your relationships go beyond the center where you live.
Yatma has already announced the news to his family, his mother and his brother, still in Senegal.She is very happy“, he admits to us. A story of surpassing oneself and an exceptional case that he shares with his 90 other colleagues, with whom he lives and seeks a future.
