Football with Sam

Aleksandra Mitrovic was b orn on 16 th September 1994 in Smederevo, Serbia. He joined the Partizan youth system in 2005 at the age of ten and spent the next six years polishing and perfecting his skills. He then made his senior debut with affiliated side Teleoptik, where he scored seven times in 25 league outings during the 2011/12 season. In the summer of 2012, Mitrovic secured his first professional contract with Partizan, signing a four-year deal. He made 28 league appearances in the 2012/13 campaign, scoring 13 goals, which convinced Anderlecht to pay a club-record transfer fee of €5 million for his services During his first year in Belgium, Mitrovic scored16 goals in 32 league appearances, and also registered six assists. In the 2014-2015 seasons, he was even more prolific, netting 20 times in 37 league outings making him the competition's top scorer , while the Serbian also provided four assists, and scored two goals in five Champions League appearances, including a lat...

Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the seventh most populous country in the world. It has the third-largest youth population in the world, after India and China, with more than 90 million  of its population under the age of 18. It is a surprise that with the large talent pool, football development in the country is still lagging behind. It is quite unfortunate that the development of football in this beautiful country has been truncated by gross corruption, mismanagement and lack of accountability. These factors have negatively affected the development of football in Nigeria and Africa as a whole. The game of football has become a billionaire dollar industry worldwide but Nigeria and Africa remain at the periphery of this lucrative system. It is an open secret that most football coaches and administrators in Nigeria collect a form of bribe or gratification from Parents or wards of Players under them. It is usually given different names; “...