Ajara Samba
born on 26th June 1998 in Banjul is a Red Scorpions forward player who started
playing football since 2003.
She was inspired into the game of football by her
elder brother who used to go with him to training.
She first
played for City Girls FC in 2006 in which she made 13 appearances for the team
and scored 18 goals. The sensational attacker moved to Old Jeshwang-based Red
Scorpion FC in 2009 where she is currently playing for. She has made 34
appearances for Red Scorpions and scored 25 goals for the club so far.
Ajara Samba
became a FIFA Live Your Goal Initiative Ambassador in 2015 and she is aspiring
to play for the national female team one day.
The
highly-fancied striker is one of the best female footballers in Gambian
football. Her intelligence, smartness and respect have earned her admiration
from many.
Just like
many, Samba said she has been receiving discouraging comments from her mother
who believed football is a game for men. “But I kept convincing her that it is
not the case.”
As to what
challenges she faces as a footballer, she replied, “Some of the challenges I
faced was when going to play football my mother at first did not like me play
the game because they said it is a game meant for men.”
She however
revealed that her father and brother were always encouraging and supporting
her, citing that the father would always buy her football boots.
“Sometimes I use to sit and cry because I don’t have anyone to play [football]
with, but my father always encourages me to have faith in the game saying that
someday I will be someone in the game.”
A graduate
of Gambia Senior Secondary School, Ajara Samba who also works with the Ministry
of Health as a procurement clerk, is now calling on the football authorities to
give much attention to women football in order to inspire more girls into the
game.
Source: Arfang MS Camara
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