The first and most important thing to know about me is that I play for my family. They are my motivation and my inspiration. My football journey began when I started watching my older brother Cedric play. That day I fell in love with soccer. Cedric would go on to become a pro basketball player while my younger brother, Didier, became a footballer like me.
Didier, who is one year younger than I am, is the person I played with the most growing up. It was so much fun, but we also made each other better. Ronaldo Nazario, the famous Brazilian number 9, was my favorite player growing up. He is the reason I played striker as a kid.
Soon, though, I was shifted to the side because I was really small and number 9s tend to be larger and stronger. Since then, I have always played as a winger. Soccer was not my only athletic pursuit growing up.
I was really into break dancing. I preferred soccer anyway, so I chose soccer. Breaking still lives on within my football, though. I realized I wanted to become a professional footballer when I was at the 14U level.
There was no single moment when I realized I wanted to make football my career. I had a lot to overcome when I was a kid. I went to Le Mans FC four or five years later.
