So, I play for a well known football academy 4 times a week. I train on a Monday night, Tuesday night, Thursday night and match day is on Saturday morning. But it has taken me a long time to get where I am now. It has taken a full and dedicated 11 years.

I first got into football at the age of 4 after watching the 1998 World Cup, after then all I used to do was to try and practise in the garden my dribbling shooting and passing, against a wall. At the age of 5 my mum and dad took me to the local football club where I joined and stayed there for 6 years and met loads of people and enhanced my skills a little bit.

This is how I started out

• Started football in 1999, joining my local football club
• Promoted after 2 seasons to the top league
• Top goal scorer each season, once scoring in excess of 100 goals
• Trials at Cambridge and feeder soccer
• Joined another local club for a year
• Winner of 5 cup competitions
• Toured with clubs 3 times
• Trials at 4 different Academies
• Signed for a Championship Academy
• Been at the Academy for 3 years
• Had International trials
• Chosen to represent my country in a squad of 17 for a tournament