Rudiger Pays Courtesy Visit to SLFA President and Executive Committee

Germany and Real Madrid defender Antonio Rรผdiger, whose roots trace back to Sierra Leone, today Monday December 22, paid a courtesy visit to ๐’๐‹๐…๐€ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐š๐›๐š๐๐ข ๐Š๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐š and members of the ๐„๐ฑ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž at the SLFA Secretariat in Kingtom, Freetown. President Kamara praised Rรผdigerโ€™s continued love and support for Sierra Leone, particularly his consistent display of the ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง, ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐›๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐š๐  on global football stages, describing it as a source of immense national pride.

President Kamara, in a light-hearted remark, said it was an honour to meet a ๐”๐„๐…๐€ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ ๐ฎ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ซ, while reaffirming the SLFAโ€™s belief in the countryโ€™s ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ. He emphasized the Associationโ€™s commitment to identifying, nurturing and developing young players and expressed readiness to๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‘รผ๐๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ซ on initiatives to advance football development in Sierra Leone.

esponding, ๐‘รผ๐๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ at visiting the SLFA Secretariat, noting that although he was born in Germany, his roots are firmly in Sierra Leone, which is why he proudly carries the national flag. He revealed his dream of establishing a football academy in Sierra Leone, stressing that its realization would require the ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐‹๐…๐€ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ, as the meeting was attended by the full Executive Committee.