Yesterday's Spain vs Cape Verde has already gained a prime spot in football history.

It's not just about the result, which had the reigning European champions and World Cup favourites held to a 0-0 draw against a tiny archipelago of half a million people.

The game brought to fame a name that most football fans probably never heard before.

His name is Roberto "Pico" Lopes, a Cape Verde defender who plays for Ireland's Shamrock Rovers.

What makes him special? For a start, he wasn't even born in Cape Verde, but in Ireland, to an Irish mother and a Cape Verdean father.