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Why I chose football – Zainab Kelani

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By Saheed Afolabi

 

Nakamura FA product, Zainab Kelani has revealed why she chose to play football.

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Kelani has got great reflexes as a young goalkeeper. She has caught the eye of football personalities with her great performances.

Speaking to Echonews.ng exclusively, Kelani said she chose football because it gives her peace of mind and doesn’t have any problem with it.

The young goalkeeper disclosed that she had to let her mother know that she will progress while playing the round leather game because her parents didn’t support her career at first and it took the attention of her coach to convince her parents before they gave her the green light to choose and play football as a career.

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“I chose football because it gives me peace of mind, it ease my affairs and doesn’t give me problem,” Kelani told Echonews.ng exclusively.

“My mother doesn’t want me to play football but I always tell her to leave me and let me do what I want because I saw progress in playing football and wants to continue, so that’s how I chose to continue playing football and I’m happy with it.”

Zainab added that, she chose to be a goalkeeper because of the non activeness of her school team goalkeeper, so she was advised to stay between the sticks and since then, she has mastered the art of goalkeeping.

She stated that, Mendy is her role model in goalkeeping because of how commands his defense and good communication skills.

“When I was in secondary school, I do play as a player so when our goalkeeper that use to be in post for us wasn’t living up to expectations, I was asked to be the goalkeeper and since then I’ve been a goalkeeper. So when they noticed i was good at goalkeeping, I was given more training in the position.

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“When I started football, my parents weren’t in support but I was focused on it. My coach, Rotimi Diego will always meet my parents to allow me play and concentrate on football and I’m glad he was able to convince them to give me the green light to play football.

“Edouard Mendy is my role model in goalkeeping because of the way he assembles his defense and his great reflexes.

“The reason I chose Nakamura FA is because I saw my future there and I’m convinced I will be successful and I will experience great things there.”

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