In a complicated and a competitive world, there is a phase in almost every teenager’s life when they tend to panic about their aims and goals in life. They feel broke, worthless and disappointed with themselves.
There are people who falls in the trap and can’t get out of it in the end while there are people who don’t give up their dreams and keeps pushing themselves to work for it. The 24-year old Liverpool player Andrew Robertson is the prime example of it.
Five-and-half years ago an unemployed footballer named Andrew Robertson was feeling broken and looking for a job.
It was August 18, 2012 – Andrew was 18. He was been released by Celtic three years earlier because he was “too small” and was on the brink of starting university at undergraduate degree level.
Six months later his dream came true. He had a job, at Queens Park, a Renault Clio car, which was sadly “getting repaired” and a simple ambition of where he would like to be in five years’ time.
Andrew began his senior career with Queen’s Park in 2012 before joining Dundee United a year later. His form in his first season as a professional led to him being named SPFA Young Player of the Year and also making his international debut.
He joined Hull City in July 2014 for a fee of £2.85 million. But the biggest achievement was yet pending for the Scottish left back. He joined the 5-time European champions Liverpool in July 2017 for an undisclosed fee, believed to be an initial £8 million.
In an interview five years ago, the little kid said: “IN FIVE YEARS I’LL BE… Its simple really. I hope to be a professional footballer at as high a level as possible – playing week in, week out.”
Five years after aiming to be playing at as high a level as possible, Robertson is set to walk out in a Champions League final. And, that’s how a 24-year old guy became an inspiration to many jobless people around the world.