Bakary Meite's story of volunteering at a Paris hospital during the coronavirus pandemic has been seen, heard and read across the world, but the Ivory Coast back-rower remains humble about his efforts.
Meite, 36, has been helping out cleaning wards in the west of the city where he was born since late-March and has been interviewed by the BBC, numerous national radio and television stations as well as newspapers.
More than 20,000 people have died from COVID-19 in France and over 30,000 are in hospital across the country as of Monday with the capital's larger region the worst hit.
"My acts have been brought to the fore in the media but it's the personnel involved every day in the hospitals that you have to praise," he told AFP.
"It's the carers, the nurses, the cleaners... those with which I work now and who will still be there when I've stopped," he added.
After returning from holiday in Brazil the Parisian who plays for second-tier side Carcassonne and qualifies for the Ivory Coast due to his family answered a relative's request.
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"My sister's brother-in-law works for a cleaning company contracted by Sainte-Perrine hospital," Meite said.
"He called my sister, because they were looking for someone, my nephew offered himself spontaneously and I followed suit," he added.
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