FORMER lifeguard Kieffer Moore knows it is sink or swim for Wales in their crunch World Cup clash against Iran tomorrow.
But life was never a beach for Moore, who has tirelessly worked his way up from non-League to the Premier League.
The striker, who only this season became a topflight player at the age of 29, is definitely up for the challenge in Qatar.
Bournemouth are his 12th club after working as a lifeguard and personal trainer when he was a teenager. Now, Wales manager Rob Page, left, is set to start him in his first World Cup game in Doha after a remarkable rise from Truro to Bournemouth.
Moore, who turned 30 in August, said: “I’m enjoying every moment, every second here.
“My whole career has led to this point. It has taken a lot of dedication and hard work to get to this point.
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