Sad to hear but we have to accept our lot in life and still give it all our best shot. Hopefully, he finds something he truly loves doing and has a talent for. He wouldn't be the first to succeed in football if he hit the big time with such a disadvantage.

Garrincha of Brazil won a world cup on two occasions with one leg longer than the other, I seem to recall (though I have no idea how the severity compares in these two cases).