Nasief Morris is one of the last great South African footballers to ply their trade in Europe for the majority of their career, having played for the likes of Greek giants Panathinaikos and Spanish club Racing Santander. The former no-nonsense defender spoke with Soccer Laduma about his career abroad, including coming up against Lionel Messi.
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The late 1990s and early 2000s saw a prodigious exodus of South African football talent from home soil.