Player Profile of Freddy Adu

Freddy Adu (Freddy Adu, June 2, 1989-) is an American professional football player born in Tema, Ghana. He immigrated to the United States with his family at the age of 8 in February 2003. Officially become a U.S. citizen. He once played for Real Salt Lake City Football Club in the United States Major League Soccer and is regarded as a young player with great potential.

Adu, a young black player born in 1989, has already shown in the 2003 World Youth Cup that he is a "prodigy with brilliant performance." He likes to control the ball with his feet and use his speed and footwork to challenge opponents. He can use either his left foot or his right foot with ease. Whether it is dribbling, passing or hitting the goal, he is very capable and eye-catching. Bright. Excellent skills and young age are the reasons why major European football clubs, such as Manchester United and Inter Milan, want to recruit this "prodigy with brilliant performance".

Freddy's position on the field is on the left, usually playing the role of left winger, similar to Manchester United's Ryan Giggs. But in addition to breakthroughs, his desire and ability to attack the goal are very surprising. His speed, awareness and physical ball-handling skills all have the conditions to become a superstar. Many people have even begun to compare this African-born black boy with the ball king Pele. He was only 17 years old by then, and the world champion Pele also made his World Cup debut at the age of 17. The 15-year-old Pele is the main player of the youth team, youth team and adult team in Brazil's Santos team.

U.S. U17 national team coach John Ellinger commented on him this way: He's blessed with breakneck speed, amazing acceleration, the field vision of an NFL quarterback and deceptive strength for a 5-foot-7, 140-pounder. And he possesses that critical ability to keep the ball on his foot, even under intense pressure, as if it were dangling from a string

Following Donovan and Kang After Wei and other young players in the United States emerged, little Freddy became the new hope of American football. He is currently the youngest player in the U.S. U17 representative team. In 1999, the U.S. team led by Donovan reached the semi-finals of the World U17 Championship. In the new U17 World Championships in 2003, Freddie hopes to lead the US team to another peak!

In 2003, during a training camp in Italy with the U.S. Olympic team, Freddy Adu was discovered by a well-informed Inter Milan scout. Inter Milan wanted to buy the future player for US$750,000. Star, but his family believed that little Freddie was not suitable for professional football and declined Inter Milan's offer. For a 13-year-old player, Inter Milan offered a price of US$750,000, which is really unbelievable.

Although Freddy’s parents did not intend to let their children get lost in the business world prematurely, NIKE did not let this genius go. They signed a million-dollar contract with Freddy. Endorsement contract, this is also the highest fee for endorsement of a football player in NIKE history!

『Note: NSCL (National Capital Soccer League) is the general name for all levels of youth leagues in the United States. There are very complete teams at all levels from U9 to U17 and U19. The Potomac Cougars that Freddy plays for is a team A team in Maryland, 12-year-old Freddy led the team to win the U14 championship in 2001. 』

In early 2004, Washington D.C. United signed Adu with an annual salary of US$500,000, making him the highest-paid player in the American Professional Football League. Americans believe that Adu will change the status of American football in the world. They believe that Adu is the Pele of the 21st century. Adu has attracted the attention of European giants such as Manchester United and Chelsea with his outstanding performance. It is reported that Manchester United once wanted to sign Adu to their account, but was limited by the relevant EU orders (if Adu went to Europe, he would have to train in the youth team for three or four years before he could obtain a professional league qualification after reaching the age of 18. Qualification) has been temporarily put on hold. Premier League upstart Chelsea has also offered an olive branch to Adu. Oil tycoon Abramovich plans to invest 3.2 million pounds in Adu, provided that the American prodigy promises to play for Stamford Bridge after completing high school. But the matter fell into disuse after that.

However, the excessive praise from the media made Adu feel a little carried away, and then lost himself.

In 2007, Adu joined Benfica. Adu’s life in Portugal was not as good as expected. He complained about the team’s performance and was full of complaints. His own style was different from that of the team, so he sat on the bench. There is also more time than running around on the court.

In 2008, Adu was loaned to Monaco, a veteran team in Ligue 1, by Benfica, but his performance was still unsatisfactory.

In 2007, he was loaned to the Belenenses team, but the American boy's performance can only be described as "disappointing". Although he is just 20 years old, Adu's career seems to have come to an end.

Since 2013, Adu has played for Bahia in the Brazilian League and Jagodina in the Spanish Super League. In addition, he has also gone to Blackpool, Alkmaar, and the Norwegian team Starbeck for trial training. , even before signing a 1-year contract with Kuopio in the Finnish Super League, he also guest-hosted in a nightclub.

After signing with Kuopio, Adu quoted former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s famous saying on Twitter to express his feelings, “Success is not the end, failure is not fatal, what matters is the courage to keep moving forward. "

It is worth mentioning that since the end of the 2012 Major League Baseball season, Adu, who is known as the "next Pele", has only played 59 minutes of official games.

In November 2013, after Adu terminated his contract with the Brazilian team Bahia, he went to Blackpool for a trial training. Former US national team coach Bradley also gave him a try. Opportunity to try out for Team Starbeck. However, Adu's performance was disappointing, and Bradley ultimately failed to give him a long-term contract. Subsequently, Adu went to Alkmaar for a trial training, but ultimately failed. It was not until July 2014 that he signed with the Serie A team Yagodina.

In March 2015, he signed with the Finnish Super League team Kuopio, which was also the 11th team he played for in his career.

In July 2015, the North American Football League team Tampa Bay Rowdies officially announced that the team signed the former American genius Adu. The details of the contract were not disclosed. The American genius of yesteryear is officially back home.