Life Of A Professional Footballer

Becoming a professional footballer player seems like the most amazing thing in the world and to me it is. But the lifestyle of a professional footballer is not completely glamorous. I have made countless amounts of sacrifices to achieve all that I have. A lot of people think it is easy to sacrifice the little things and I was one of those people who thought I that making sacrifices were easy. Some of the sacrifices I have had to make include giving up living in a country where english is a second language, spending time with friends throughout the week and weekend. But the biggest one of all to me was moving away from home and living without family from the age of 15. I first moved away from home in 2015. As a young boy I was excited at the chance to move away from home and be in an environment where my life was based on football. The first place I went was Auckland, only two hours away from home. Being a young boy at an all boys boarding school, it was easy to interact and stay busy...

12.08.19, the beginning of the journey towards my first professional football contract. But in actual fact the journey began at the age of 4. From the day I was able to obtain the ability to walk and talk I was immediately obsessed with football. The feeling of excitement would rise within my body each time the ball was at my feet. No matter the occasion,  I always took the opportunity to kick the ball around with my parents and friends. I was lucky enough to have qualities passed down through the family genes,  father being a fantastic footballer himself and mother having the ability to be great at anything she does. So be able to have parents like mine has enabled me to possess the ability I have to this day. I started off my football career at the local football club, Blue Rovers FC. Playing and training weekly, the older I got the more established I found myself with the love of the game. At the age of 6, my first day of school banged on the front door. But that wasn't g...