Kyogo Furuhashi didn't really watch football as a youngster. The Celtic striker - by his own admission - wasn't overly interested in watching the game on TV.
However, that all changed when he first set eyes on Ronaldinho in his prime.
The Celtic fan favourite still holds fond memories of watching the playmaker in action for Barcelona in his homeland for the FIFA Club World Cup in 2007.
Ronaldinho netted against Club America in the tournament before Barcelona lost in the showpiece final to Internacional.
Speaking to FIFA, Kyogo explained: "I didn't really watch professional football as a little kid.
READ MORE: Celtic star Liel Abada refuses to be drawn on contract talks
"But the Club World Cup was held in Japan when I was in grade school.
"I saw Barcelona play a match for the first time and when I saw Ronaldinho, I thought 'Wow, this guy's amazing'.
"I have memories of that."
For Kyogo, football remains an "incredibly fun" career - it's a fact that the Celtic striker never wants to take for granted as he revealed his approach to playing as a professional.
🗣 "I make it a point to never forget that I should enjoy things as much as I can."
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) January 29, 2023
Watching Ronaldinho in the #ClubWC inspired @Kyogo_Furuhashi to become the player he is today 🇯🇵🍀
"For me, football has always been incredibly fun and that hasn't changed to this day," he added.
"If I'm enjoying myself on the pitch, I think that will bring a smile to my team-mates and everyone who cheers me on.
"So I make it a point to never forget that I should enjoy things as much as I can."
Our Celtic Digest newsletter brings exclusive content directly to you rather than solely through the website. You can already find us on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, TikTok and Instagram but we will also send bespoke opinion pieces and special features directly to your email inbox every evening. Not only will you receive this article from Sean Martin, Tony Haggerty or Aidan Macdonald (or, sometimes, from all three) but you will also get easy access to our best content from the last 24 hours too. It’s a great way to keep up to date with what’s happening at Ange Postecoglou’s Scottish champions. To sign up, simply take five seconds to type in your email here. Simple!
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules here