Everton takes
14-year old Liberian Abraham Donzo
The Ottawa Fury Soccer Club is delighted to announce that 14-year old
striker Abraham Donzo has been invited to pay a second visit to the
Academy program of English Premier League side Everton Football Club.
Abraham who spent two weeks late last year training with the academy
players of the English Premier League side will spend his March Break
in Liverpool, England.
Abraham, a Grade 9 student at Colonel By High School arrived in Canada
in September 2005 from the African nation of Liberia. Now in his third
season with the Fury, Abraham has played for the U15, U16 and U17 Boys
Super Y-League squads under coaches Jason Whiting, Steve Spence and
currently Klaus Linnenbruegger. He was previously a member of the
Eastern Ontario Regional and Ontario Provincial squads
“We have all been pleased and excited by the progress that Abraham has
made over the past year. As a talented young player he still has
aspects of the game he has to continue to develop, and the opportunity
to train at the Everton academy will certainly improve his skill
sets.”, commented Fury Technical Director, Colin McCurdy. “Ray Hall,
the Everton Academy Director, was pleased with Abraham’s performance
and arranged for this second opportunity for Abraham to be evaluated
by the Everton staff. We are all delighted to see one of our talented
young Fury players being given this chance and that Everton are keen
to develop an ongoing relationship with the Fury.”
While with Everton last year, Abraham trained daily with players from
the Everton academy and had the opportunity to participate in two
games against academy sides from Manchester United and Bolton
Wanderers.When asked about the opportunity at Everton, Abraham
replied, “I really enjoyed the chance to play with some of the best
young players in England every day and am looking forward to showing
them that I can compete at their level”.
The most famous graduate of the Everton FC youth academy is Wayne
Rooney, the England star who was transferred from Everton to
Manchester United. Rooney was signed by Everton shortly before his
11th birthday and gained national prominence when he became the
youngest goal scorer in the history of the English Premier League at
16 years and 360 days. Rooney was transferred to United in a deal
worth more than $60 million dollars. In recent years, the Everton
academy has produced a stream of players who have gone onto to play in
the Premier League for the club.
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