India, June 14 -- Nestory Irankunda's football journey is nothing short of a dream. He scored Australia's opener in the 2026 FIFA World Cup against Turkiye on Sunday [India time] to become a global superstar. But it wasn't an overnight success. First, he had to leave his country of birth, Tanzania, and later Bayern Munich to be where he is today. He is actually Burundian, born in a refugee camp in Tanzania. His parents had to flee Burundi on account of a civil war there in the noughties. In 2006, Irankunda was born.

Irankunda, still a child, then moved to Australia with his family, where he found his love for football. At Adelaide United in the A-League, he made his name. He had shown so much potential there that German giants Bayern Mun...