Buoyed by receiving the Young Australian of the Year award, Socceroos winger Awer Mabil hopes he can bring greater awareness to the plight of refugees as he looks to rediscover his love for football at a new club, Sparta Prague.
Mabil arrived in the Czech capital earlier this month, reuniting with his former coach Brian Priske after struggling for game time with Spanish outfit Cadiz.
The 27-year-old was recognised in the Australian of the Year honours for the work of his foundation—Barefoot to Boots—which provides sports footwear and medical equipment for the South Sudanese refugee camp in Kenya where he was born….