- 2024 Highlights #2
Personal Statement
For as long as I can remember I was five, I started playing football and my dream has always been and still is to be a professional football player. Before I continue, I was raised and lived all my childhood in Africa. As I grew older, I got so passionate about this dream that I found myself waiting for the school day to finish so I would dive into the football field and hours pass by enjoying football - I would always skip occasions and parties and think that instead I would spend this time playing football.
The field is my home! and playing football makes me feel alive. That's when I started attending football summer camps in different countries. As I got older, I got faster and stronger. I attended Arsenal football camp in London when I was 11 years old and I won the player of the week award. This gave me high hopes of playing professional football. However,I feel I grew the most as a football player, when I played in La Masia (F.C Barcelona's football camp) when I was 15. I learned the meaning and value of playing football with teamwork, sacrifice and respect towards others.
This was the turning point for me, when my parents decided to send me to Kaptiva sports academy in Spain to learn more football and finish my high school studies. Being an “A”student in my school in Sierra Leone “Africa” and playing football at the same time, helped me to be accepted at an academy. I am so grateful to be here now, at Kaptiva sports academy in Spain for I have been taught new techniques and skills.
Competing in the league makes me enthusiastic, especially when I feel that adrenaline rush while dribbling. I'm a left footed player but also very good with my right foot. I'm also very competitive but show sportsmanship. Back in Africa, I would realize how hard I would need to work to accomplish this dream and what I want.
