The fullback joined Palace in January from Genk.
I think it's a merit," he told Palace's website. I give myself the compliment, because it's not easy, much less for us from South America, to leave our countries and make a step as big as the Premier League.
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I think that's worth celebrating. But more than celebrating it, it's important that I know where I am today, and that I keep working day in, day out. It's not that I've arrived and I want to stand still and be satisfied with what I have. It's that I've arrived and I want to keep moving forward.
When you work hard, with discipline and humility, I believe that, in the end, you always get your reward."