cupini Archives - Mission89 https://mission89.org Protecting young athletes from trafficking in the name of sport Sun, 04 Feb 2018 17:01:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.14 https://mission89.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mission-89-new-02-1-e1499906751996-100x100.jpg cupini Archives - Mission89 https://mission89.org 32 32 The 10-year-old social media star signed by AS Roma https://mission89.org/the-10-year-old-social-media-star-signed-up-by-as-roma/ Fri, 03 Nov 2017 21:12:34 +0000 https://mission89.org/?p=1064 A 10-year-old social media star from Kansas City is moving to Rome – with his entire family. How? An application for dual citizenship gets him around FIFA Article 19. In the south of Kansas City on a corner of 43rd Avenue there is an Italian restaurant called Cupini’s. Eddie Cupini and his father, Franco, have […]

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]]> A 10-year-old social media star from Kansas City is moving to Rome – with his entire family. How? An application for dual citizenship gets him around FIFA Article 19.

In the south of Kansas City on a corner of 43rd Avenue there is an Italian restaurant called Cupini’s. Eddie Cupini and his father, Franco, have dedicated nearly 15 years to serving the best pasta in town – “Just like my mom used to make,” says Franco – and earning a few awards along the way. But soon they will be leaving behind the restaurant and the life they have built in America.

Eddie’s 10-year-old son, Alessandro, has signed up to Roma’s esteemed academy. Alessandro is something of a social media sensation with more than 40,000 followers on Instagram and a dedicated YouTube channel showcasing his prodigious talent, all managed by his father. He even has a nickname: The Wolf. “A lion and a tiger are mean but you can’t take a wolf to the circus,” Eddie explains.

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