5 ball boys who went on to become famous footballers

#2 Philipp Lahm

Philipp Lahm is now a World Cup winner

Very few footballers can claim to have won the Bundesliga, World Cup and the UEFA Champions League during the careers. However, Philipp Lahm can. The former Germany and Bayern Munich captain is the perfect example to point to when it comes to hard work, service and humility.

Having joined Bayern as an 11-year-old, Lahm finally made his first team debut for the Bavarians in 2002 at the age of 19. But before then, he had to serve as a ball boy when he was at the club’s academy. It is the kind of service that made him grow to embody everything the club represents.

Indeed, the player himself later admitted to enjoying how close he always was to his senior colleagues. According to Lahm, he loved serving as a ball boy because it brought him close to the real action on the pitch.

Just after announcing his retirement, he cleared the air on his days as a ball boy, saying:

"That's how Bayern tempted me a little bit. It was just amazing to be so close to all the action."