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Ex-LASK footballer celebrates Olympic debut on his birthday

Mom Luisa, dad Thomas and girlfriend Lea cheered on their Thomas in Paris' Prinzenpark.(Bild: Zur Verfügung gestellt)

On his 19th birthday, a footballer from Steyr celebrated his Olympic debut for the Dominican Republic's national soccer team, who signed him via Instagram. The story of Thomas Jungbauer, who didn't get many minutes in the LASK youth team.

A special gift! Thomas Jungbauer from Steyr celebrated his Olympic debut for the Dominican Republic, home of his mother Luisa, on his 19th birthday on Tuesday in front of 30,000 spectators at the Prinzenpark in Paris after suffering a groin injury.