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[navi]

Are these sentences correct:

1-In his youth, he had been a professional football player, of which he was very proud.
2-Years ago, he had a soldier, of which he never spoke.

[Natalka]

Hello. I think that they are not correct because "which" doesn't use whe you are talking about people. Insted of "which" you should use "who".

[Lucretia]

Hello,

Both sentences look fine to me.
I'm afraid Natalka is mistaken.
1-In his youth, he had been a professional football player, of which he was very proud.
which refers not to a person, but to the fact of being a professional football player. He was very proud that he had been a professional football player.

2-Years ago, he had a soldier, of which he never spoke.
which refers not to the soldier but to the fact of having a soldier. He never told anybody he had a soldier.

Best wishes.