Such a story is not heard every day, week or month. Eva Alida-Eliasson, A 15-year-old Swedish footballer has managed to reach the girls’ team in Sweden, and the use of the phrase “against all odds” will not accurately describe her case story. It would be more correct to say “against any rational professional explanation.”
Compared to the other players who came to the team when they played in the most senior clubs in the country from a young age, Allison started her career in football completely independently. Growing up in a small, remote village in the north of the country called Kraswondo (15 hours drive from Stockholm) with only 300 residents, Allison began playing at age 12. Because there was no organized group in the village, Allison played independently, learning the rules of the game by watching YouTube videos and practicing Would use house doors as an alternative to gates.
Now that she is 15, Eliasson is playing in the uniform of Kiruna PP, a team from the third division in Sweden, and to get to the team’s training facility she has to travel two hours in each direction. Although she did not receive professional tools at the beginning of her professional career, when she reached the girls’ team she listed the professional team members, who without knowing her professional background believed it was another player who came from one of the top clubs in the country.
15-year old Eva-Alida Eliasson is from Karesuando that has a population of 300. She grew up playing football without a team and learned the rules from YouTube. She now plays for Kiruna FF in Division 3 and has been at the regional national team camp for players born in 2006. pic.twitter.com/2aBzTpPu6t
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