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Udgivet den 25/03/2013
Fat, fifty and an internet football star: Unemployed fisherman who practises his amazing ball skills in a car park becomes online hit

An overweight man with a knack for keeping a football in the air has become the latest internet sensation after footage showing him playing keepy-uppy were posted online.

The 46-second clip, apparently taken on a mobile phone, shows the man uses his head, knees and shoulders to keep the football up in the air as he practises on a rain-soaked patch of tarmac near the docks in Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.

And today the man, who was identified as Andrew Cassidy, 50, said he had been invited to Dubai to take part in the World Freestyle Football Championships after the footage was spotted online.

Mr Cassidy has been a well-known figure in the Welsh town for more than a decade, but when new footage showing him keeping the ball up for nearly a minute was posted on the Spotted: Milford Haven Facebook page at the weekend, his reputation went global as football fans the world over marvelled at his skills.


The clip shows him giving an impressive display likened by one website to that of footballing legend Diego Maradona, rolling the ball around his neck and shoulders without touching it.


The footage, which is set to Rihanna singing We Found Love, was filmed near the docks in Milford Haven by some passers-by who spotted him from their car.

Initially people assumed it was a hoax or a clever marketing stunt, but this afternoon Mr Cassidy spoke out about his hidden talent.

He said: 'It's crazy to think that so many people have seen my skills - this is just what I do. Sometimes kids will have a kick around with me but they always leave after I've shown them up.'

He said he started kicking the ball around after he lost his job as a fisherman in 2002, and now spends two hours a day practising in the car park.