
Piko Lopez
Professional footballer for Shamrock Rovers FC and captain of the Cape Verde national team; born in Dublin, represented Ireland in World Cup 2026 qualification.
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Jun 16, 2026
World Cup Voices Ep.2 - Pico and his parents reflect on Cape Verde heroics
20:36

David SneydHOST
There's people at home comparing your performance to Paul McGrath's in USA '94 with some of those blocks.
Playback - June 13th
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38:45speaker_15UNKNOWN
That must make you feel very proud in itself.

Piko LopezGUEST
I know the, the story has probably got a few spins now at this stage, like, but it's, it really is the stuff of dreams.

Piko LopezGUEST
It's like I've always wanted to be a professional footballer, and I think even the, the journey to get to there, like, is, you have to go through just the probably struggles of, of part-time and, and working and where our league was at, like, a few years ago to how it's, how it's developed.

Piko LopezGUEST
And it really is a story of progression, which makes me a lot happy 'cause every day I want to try and get better as a footballer, like, and these little steps of, of progression, like, where you're 12 is like you're becoming a full-time footballer.

Piko LopezGUEST
You're qualifying for Europa League, uh, competitions, Conference League, Champions League, and then to become an international footballer, uh, albeit through a, a social media message.

Piko LopezGUEST
For me, it's, it's, it's really satisfying to show that, like, progression 'cause it means that, yeah, I continue to try and improve every day.