After a drastic career change, a former youth player at Southampton FC now happens to be Britain's highest-paid porn star.
Meet Danny Mountain, who looked to have a bright career in football ahead of him before he embarked on a very different path.
Despite clubs like Chelsea, Spurs and West Ham keeping an eye on him at the tender age of nine years old, Danny signed for the Saints.
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The south coast club is known for bringing through great youth players - Gareth Bale, Luke Shaw and Theo Walcott to name a few. Although it's now impossible to say how he would ultimately have fared, coaches tripped him to play at a high level.
However, aged 16, his dream of making it as a professional footballer came to a stand-still. Danny suffered a horrific knee injury while going in for a tackle. Although the club were happy to pay for treatment and therapy, his playing days seemed to be over.
As well as training to become a carpenter, he tried various different jobs.
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The one that seemed to stick with him, however, came straight out of left-field - he decided to give it a go in the porn industry.
Fast forward to today, Danny is said to have starred in almost 600 adult films, according to The Daily Star.
According to Scorum, Danny broke into the top ten for the highest-paid adult film stars in the world and has more than £1 million in earnings.
He told The Star: "I was dating a Page Three girl. Her agent wanted her to get into porn. She wasn't keen but he gave her the details of an audition in London and I went along.
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"I didn't know what to expect but I was full of confidence.
"I wasn't at all nervous about the sexual part. I was worried about talking on camera - I couldn't control my face I was so nervous.
"When I told my mum she was a bit shocked. She had the same mentality as a lot of people - she thought it was going to be sleazy.
"But we had a serious talk about it and after a few months she didn't worry at all.
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"She was worried that I was OK because I was only 19, but I was having a great time and flying all around the world and she realised how happy I was.
"My dad's a big kid. When I told him he was like, 'Go on my son!'"
Since then, he's moved to LA, been married twice - to Eva Angelina and Mia Malkova - and rubbed shoulders with celebs such as Vinnie Jones and Jason Statham.
Danny added: "Unfortunately, I will never score for England, but it did not stop me from being successful."
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