Tevez: From misery to mega-money

Boca Juniors' forward Carlos Tevez celebrates after scoring against Argentinos Juniors during their Argentina First Division football match at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium in Buenos Aires, on September 19, 2015. AFP PHOTO /

From the violent streets of Buenos Aires’ notorious Fort Apache, the son of an alcoholic mother and without money to even buy a pair of boots, Carlos Tevez is now football’s biggest earner.
The fiery Argentine striker, who will bank a mind-boggling 38 million euros a year with Chinese super club Shanghai Shenhua, has come a long way in his 32 years.

Abandoned by his parents, Tevez was adopted by his uncle Segundo Tevez who he quickly learned to call ‘papa’.