De Sousa has great inspiration: 'Started with steel tip darts because of Van Barneveld'

José de Sousa has become one of the best players in the world in just two years. The Portuguese is a real late bloomer.

De Sousa conquered a PDC Tour Card in early 2019 for the first time in his career. "Before that I was mainly active in soft tip darts. I live in Spain and here that is much more popular than steel tip darts," said De Sousa on the Not So Late Night Darts Show.

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"Actually, it's because of Raymond van Barneveld that I switched to steel tip darts. I saw him on television playing against other top players and then I realised I wanted to be there too. Then I started training really hard and that has brought me to where I am now", concludes the 47-year-old Portuguese.