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Sport and Olympics Minister this week before the teenager was taken on a tour of the Chelsea training ground to meet his football heroes.

Caio Ribeiro, a 16 year-old from the city of Ouro Fino in Brazil won the competition organised by the British Council and the Premier League through their programme.

The gave participants the opportunity to apply their English language skills in a creative way by creating a video showing connections between their home town or city and the town or city where the Premier League club they follow is based, with the fantastic prize of getting to see their favourite players in the flesh.

Watch Caio鈥檚 winning entry:

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鈥淔ootball and English are two of the truly global languages of our time, and the we received to this competition shows how popular both the Premier League and learning English are to millions of people around the world鈥� said Michael Houten, Premier Skills English language materials development manager. 鈥淭hrough his winning film Caio amply demonstrates this passion and appetite. Now he will deservedly get to experience the thrill of watching his team Chelsea whilst of course having a chance to brush up on his English language skills!鈥澛�

Speaking after meeting Caio, said; 鈥淭he Premier League has a big global appeal so it鈥檚 no surprise that this competition produced entries from all over the world, with Caio being a particularly appropriate winner given that Brazil will host the next World Cup.

鈥淧remier Skills uses the power of football to help improve young people鈥檚 lives overseas. Not only does it develop their leadership skills, by training them to be community coaches, but it improves their English language skills too. I hope Caio enjoys the rest of his trip to the UK, and meeting his Chelsea heroes and sees Chelsea win on Saturday.鈥�

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