Gambian international Alieu Fadera has scored his fourth goal for Zulte Wareham as the Belgian top flight takes a six-week break for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
According to Gambia Football Federation, it was the attacking midfielder’s fourth goal in the 17 matches played for Zulte Wareham this seasonWaregam this season, according to Gambia Football Federation.
Fadera, 21 a graduate of the famed Real de Banjul youth system has begun to mature into the player that many touted him to while playing for the youth set-up of the Gambian national team.
He left his boyhood club for Slovak side FK Pohronie in March 2020 and made his belated debut in the 2020/21 season due to the postponement of the previous league as a result of the devastating consequences of the Coronavirus pandemic.
He finished as the club’s top scorer with five goals and after just a solitary season with Pohronie, he moved to Belgium in August 2021 after it was announced that he had signed a four-year deal with Zulte.
Known for his athleticism and imposing physically, Fadera is one of the many versatile players who can play in different positions in attack. He is set to make his senior debut for the Scorpions when Tom Saintfiet’s charges play the Taifa Stars of Tanzania on November 20. Fadera had received call-ups in the past, especially when he was denied a previous appearance by Pohronie against DR Congo and Angola in the last AFCON qualifiers in line with FIFA regulations in terms of quarantine rules at the height of the global pandemic.
Though belated, a skillful and disciplined footballer, born in Fajara and turned 21 only this month, the former Real de Banjul protégé is footballer, born in Fajara and who turned 21 only this month, the former Real de Banjul protégé if finally living the dream of a professional footballer.
Though they say delay can sometimes be frustrating, for Fadera, even that is never going to hold him back as he is eventually on the verge of fulfilling those boyhood dreams of playing for his national team.
