Hello all,, i realy need your matured opinion and elderly guidance.
Am 17 years old (boy) based in kwara.
I love football and my dream is to be a professional footballer. But there's something bothering me real bad concerning my dream being a footballer.
As i said, am 17, but i look realy smallish and tiny in size. Someone who sees me will think am 14 or 15yrs of age!. For this reason (size) am having second thought. Have gotten alot of discouragement from friends and teammates. Even my family said am too tiny to be a footballer.
They said football is meant for strong and able body people who are tall and big.
Alot of people say am pretty good at it (playing soccer), they complement me alot! But people also underate me bcuss am small in size.
Sometimes i begin to feel that football is'nt meant for me and i somtimes feel like i wana quit!.. But am confused.. This is what i want. (to be a professional footballer). I want the crowd to cheer my name whenever i play for my country.. But my size keeps me wondering if i can archieve this dream.
Pls uncles/aunties, what do you advise me to do?.