The power of the sheer determination of the human mind cannot be underestimated, and for Ammeer Auwal Suleiman, it is no different, Soccernet.ng reports. The 18-year-old, popularly referred to as ‘Kaka’, was born on the 10th of February, 2006 in the Tarauni area of Kano State, Nigeria.
Able to play across any position in midfield, the teenage prodigy was a part of the Ojodu City team that reached the semi-final of the Viareggio Cup in Italy. Remo Stars Youth Academy, Beyond Limits, won the competition . Ammeer, like Ojodu City’s Hafiz Umar Ibrahim , and Yahya Subair , caught the eye of several scouts on their tour in Italy.
In February, the midfielder joined second-tier Croatian side, NK Radoboj, alongside his teammate, Bruno Alekwe. Ammeer started playing football at a very young age. He feels he was born to play the beautiful game, but the journey to becoming professional was tumultuous.
At the tender age of four, the midfielder lost his father, which plunged his family into financial struggles. “My father died when I was four, and I was told I went to play football the next day. Obviously, I didn’t know how much it meant then, but as I got older, it hurts more.
I just want to play football to help my family,” Ammeer told Soccernet.ng . His mother remarried into a larger family, raising Ammeer’s number of siblings from one to ten.
After a while, the family’s financial issues forced the former Ojodu City midfielder to make a difficult choice. He had always ge.
