60-Year-Old Vice President of Top Country Captains Club He Owns to a Football Game, Plays 54 Minutes
- Ronnie Brunswijk was in action for his Inter Moengotapoe club during their crucial CONCACAF encounter with Hunduras side Olimpia
- The 60-year-old Suriname club owner is the current vice-president of the country having assumed office in 2020
- His side were walloped 6-0 in the match he personally captained having played up to 54 minutes before being substituted
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The vice-president of Suriname Ronnie Brunswijk was in action in a CONCACAF league game having captained his Inter Moengotapoe side for 54minutes against Olimpia of Honduras.
SPORTbible are reporting that Brunswijk has been a political office holder since 2020 and featured in the CONCACAF match, which is Caribbean's version of the Europa League.
Club owners are believed to be one of the busiest persons, but Brunswijk took time out to play for his side but they lost 6-0.
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Reports say the politician completed 14 of his 17 attempted passes during the game.
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Famous outlet New York Times profile the 60-year-old as "an elite paratrooper, a soccer player, a wanted bank robber, a guerrilla leader, a gold baron and a father to at least 50 children during his lifetime."
It was gathered that before he became the vice-president of Suriname, Brunswijk who helped the country to democracy was chased away by president Chan Santokhi in the 80s, when Santokhi was a police officer, before joining forces, GOAL reports.
The club owner is however said to be a generous man as he hands out money to the poor, a reputation he maintained while in the changing room after the game.
There's still a second leg to be played a week on Wednesday, but it's unlikely that the 60-year-old will play, perhaps he'll let son Damian be captain next time, with the striker also starting the first leg.
11-year-old features for fourth division side
Back in April this year, a young boy was spotted running across the pitch with men far older than he is in the Liberian fourth division.
11-year-old Eric Marshall defied the odds as he featured for FC Gar'ou in their match against Mondee Lions.
Marshall's jersey was far beyond his size and his shirt was tucked-in in his shorts, which was rolled above slightly above his knees.
His thin legs could not hold his socks up to protect his skin on his right leg and his boot size would be bought from a children's store.
Nigerian man sponsors orphan for football trials
Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh earlier reported that a Nigerian man, Yusuf Yahaya-Kwande, has melted hearts on social media following his numerous kind deeds to people including sponsoring an orphan for football trials abroad.
The business consultant had shared on LinkedIn the appreciative message an Abuja sachet water hawker named Musa Muhammed had sent him.
In the lengthy appreciative read, Musa went on to highlight some of the kind gestures Yusuf showed to him, his family and a poor orphan Ibrahim Rahj who he sent to Turkey and Serbia for football trials.
Source: YEN.com.gh
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