00:00I fight for my family every day. Words spoken by Ashraf Hakimi, words delivered on the football pitch.
00:05The images of his mother, Saida, with him during Morocco's 2022 World Cup campaign,
00:10having cleaned houses as his father was a street vendor in Getafe to make ends meet.
00:14This story gives the relentlessness of his game a true origin.
00:18Sometimes when watching Paris Saint-Germain, he looks more like a striker at times,
00:22and that might be what makes him the perfect modern full-back.
00:24His speed has always been extraordinary, but under Luis Enrique, Hakimi has become more
00:29than just a full-back who runs up and down the right wing.
00:32He overlaps, he moves into pockets, he creates chances, and when there's space in the penalty area, he attacks it
00:37directly.
00:37In PSG's historic 24-25 season, Hakimi scored four goals and five assists.
00:42That's nine goal involvements, which equals the most goal involvements for a defender in a single season in the Champions
00:48League.
00:48And when PSG finally reached the moment they've been waiting for,
00:51Hakimi scored the opening goal in a 5-0 victory over Inter Milan to win the club their first ever
00:56Champions League.
00:57That season took him all the way to sixth in the Ballon d’Or last year,
01:00but Hakimi's influence goes beyond back in numbers.
01:03He's become a PSG vice-captain and one of the leaders of a team built around movement,
01:07intelligence, and relentless intensity.
01:09Hakimi can defend like a full-back, run like a winger, create like a midfielder,
01:13and arrive like a striker.
01:15So maybe the question isn't what position Ashraf Hakimi plays,
01:18it's actually how many, because he really is the perfect modern footballer.
01:22here's what we're going to use now.
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