Ghana and Linares Deportivo goalkeeper Razak Brimah reflects on flying career abroad

In Ghana hides talents that come to dazzle in the world of football. This week in our Bronze story we have to talk about one of them.Razak Brimah (Acra, Ghana, 1987)is a goalkeeper forLinaresDeportivo, a team that competes in Second B, but to reach that point the goal has had to overcome many barriers.One of the moments that marked his career was when a scout from the Poli Ejido discovered him in Germany: “It all started inWolfsburg, in an Academy I came to from Ghana, they saw me and signed me. It was for the Poli Ejido. Then I arrived I went to Spain and due to paper problems, I was in Portugal for two years, at theage of 18, very young. “A boy who fulfilled his dream of being a footballer from his native Ghana and who always had the support of his family.”My mother was a seamstress and did athletics as a hobby. I will be very grateful to her all my life. When I went to Germany, she was very sad, she supported me a lot, along with my uncle.My mother told me not to forget where I come from, it is what I do until now”, points Razak to MARCA.His uncle, his best scout”My first memory of soccer was in my neighborhood. I always skipped class to play soccer. My mother didn’t know it, I was 8 years old. One day my uncle saw me and I came home with dirty clothes … my uncle He told my mother that he played quite well and from that day on he has always supported me. I can say that thanks to my uncle, who has passed away, I am where I am. They are two people who arefundamentalin my career, “adds the Linares goalkeeper.A short period in Portugal and 10 years in Spain were enough to win the hearts of many fans.After his assignments at Chaves and Unin de Madeira, Razak arrived in Spain and Ejido, Betis or Tenerife continued to form a raw pearl.”I arrived in Ejido and I remember that we scored five against Villarrealin the Cup. From there I went to Betis B and my substitute was Adrin, who is now in Liverpool. I was also able to be in the first team with Pepe Mel. It was the year that he joined First and I shared a dressing room withRubn Castro, Jorge Molina… “, adds Razak.Without many opportunities, but at 23 he learned a lot from his peers: “It was an incredible year. Arzu, Caas, Eman, Castro, Molina … there were people who only learned from living with them day by day. I will not forget a talk. with Arzu who told me that life is very short and that you have to take advantage of any moment in football. You have to know how to separate your personal life with football. “The importance of Carlos TerrazasIn Tenerife Razak arrived to compete with Sergio Aragoneses and ended up going to a Guadalajara that would suffer defaults and an administrative decline: “I had a two-year contract in Tenerife, but I was competing with a great goalkeeper, Sergio Aragoneses. I didn’t end up playing much and I left. to Guadalajara. They were last at Christmas and we saved the team. My debut was against Numancia and winning 5-1. That was the year in which they dropped us economically … We had a very bad time, we had many level players. “The stage inGuadalajarawith Carlos Terrazas made him mature beyond football and Razak headed to Crdoba to gain momentum and reach Second with Mirands:”Carlos Terrazas went to Mirands and that year he called me. Someone who has helped me If he asks for my hand and I give him head, and that’s Terrazas “.Yaya Tour’s penalty shoot-out against the Ivory CoastRazak arrived at the2015 Africa Cupas the goalkeeper of his national team.A moment that he will always remember even though he did not take the title.A historic final that reached the penalty shoot-out against Ivory Coast and in the 18th shot Razak was in charge of launching: “I missed the decisive penalty and it was very tough. That year we beat South Africa, Nigeria, semi-final against Equatorial Guinea. .. It might be one of the worst moments in my career. We got to the hotel, I spoke with my mother and she told me that worse things have happened,that there were people worse than me. “After a brief stage inCrdobawith a playoffs for promotion to FirstDivisionagainstGirona, our Bronze protagonist headed to South Africa after10 years in Spain: “I wanted to try something new. LaLiga there and the team spoke to me very well, the The truth is that he issuper professional, I did not expect it. The team is like Madrid or Bara there. After an injury I was left without a team in 2019 and I did not play for up to 18 months and when I recovered, Linares Deportivo called me in Third.Logros also called methat year, I decided to stay here. “From that time in South Africa, Razak remembers with special affection a friendly match against Bara.This is how he explains it toMARCA:”With my team we played against Bara, after the game I saw Iniestawalking barefoot on the pitch. I’ll stay with that conversation, it was a very special moment, very humble. He’s a 10-year-old guy.”OnLinares Deportivo, his current team in Second B and with which he has risen from Third: “The truth is that the club is very familiar, humble, hard-working. It’s nice to play here. Miguel Linares, sports director, president, coach … they are very hard-working people. The club is humble, but it pays at the end of the month and that is very important. “Black goalkeeper with a huge heart.Razak explains an episode of racism, but his words show little importance that he wants to give the matter.”I did have something, at first I had a lot of insults for racism, they even threw bananas at me … and after many years in Europe I understood that people go to football to vent. From then on I realized that the less I pay them do better. Thank God lately it’s not like it used to be, I hope that no more happens from now on. “In Segunda B we see this season black goalkeepers such as Badiashile de Las Rozas or Mapisa del Zamora.”I’m so glad you’ve ever goalkeepers black. Ihonestly think we are better than white goalkeepers. There are those who fail more than we do. We are improving and we are becoming more. Before itwas Kameni and little more …Me It makes a lot of it that black goalkeepers are titled”, he affirms to MARCA.Their idolsAdjei,Ghanagoalkeeper, who is remembered for that U20 World Cup final between Ghana and Spain by Casillas or Xavi.Buffon: “I like him a lot. He is a goalkeeper who is always attentive and focused.””I likedSanti Caizares alot as Spaniardsand then a lot, a lotSergio Asenjo,Villarreal goalkeeper. And from Second B I really like Isma Falcn, he was my partner in Crdoba.Razakconcludes.Although his biggest idols are at home: “My sonNasser and my daughter Atu. They are my life.”Source: Marca.com