Born to boot: meet China's tiniest soccer star
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A 19-month-old boy from Yanji, Northeast China's Jilin Province shows off self-taught soccer skills in a video posted on June 13, 2026. His mother says he started kicking a ball on his own at 14 months – no training, no matches watched, just natural talent. (Video source: Douyin account-Xiaodudu11130405; Compiled by Xia Lehan and Liu Xinru)