The Twists and Turns of Achraf Hakimi’s Football Career Journey

DBasia.news – A steep path has been traversed by Achraf Hakimi to be able to tread his current position. In fact, when brought in by Real Madrid, Hakimi was only exchanged for a few balls.

Inter Milan is said to have made a brilliant transfer by bringing Achraf Hakimi for 40 million euros plus a bonus of 5 million euros. In fact, Real Madrid as the owner of Hakimi received an offer of 60 million euros from Manchester City and Bayern Munich.

Hakimi is reported to have signed a five-year contract. Hakimi will receive a salary of 5 million euros per season.

The ability of Hakimi as a right back is indeed undoubted. Although only 21 years old, he has become the backbone of Borussia Dortmund this season. Hakimi scored nine goals plus 10 assists from 45 matches.

Achraf Hakimi is predicted as the best right-back for now with Trent-Alexander Arnold. His young age has made his ability continue to climb.

Before defending Real Madrid, Hakimi began his career with a local club in Getafe called Colonia Ofigevi. Hakimi joined after being brought directly by his father, Hassan.

Hakimi came from an unwealthy family. He lives a simple environment dominated by migrants.

Hakimi spent much of his childhood playing football on dirt. However, Hassan who was aware of his son’s potential did not want to waste it.

In September 2005, Hassan brought Hakimi with his brother, Nabil, to the office of Colonia Ofigevi. Hakimi was accepted by the approval of Ofigevi’s sporting director at the time, Juan Jose Mayor.

Starting from there, Hakimi amazed the people in Ofigevi. Hakimi was placed as a spearhead.

“I do not believe it. He trained with players who were two years older than him. We made the tournament and everyone was amazed by him,” Juan Jose Mayor said as reported by Gianluca Di Marzio.

“We didn’t do it for money. Our goal is to give hope to the children at La Margaritas. Hakimi only needs one chance,” added Juan Jose Mayor.

“He plays as an attacker with us. He has an impressive pace. He is able to gain goals,” explained Juan Jose Mayor.

In the middle of the season, Real Madrid’s talent guide, Maniel Alcaide, was on the Juan de la Cierva pitch. He was looking for talented players to be brought to Real Madrid.

Alcaide’s attention was on Hakimi. After watching a few exercises, he decided to take Hakimi to Valdebebas.

“My father was worried. The Real Madrid training center is very far from Las Margatitas. He had to make many sacrifices to bring him to training and follow him to the match,” explained Juan Jose Mayor.

Interestingly, no money was involved in the process of moving Hakimi from Colonia Ofigevi to Real Madrid. Los Blancos only sent a few balls to Colonia Ofigevi a few days ago.

“When he left, we did not ask Real Madrid anything. If a child has talent, we will not close the door.”

“We are a small club. We just need equipment to stay afloat. From Madrid, they sent us a few balls. At that time, Hakimi was only seven years old,” he stated.

There is no regret from Colonia Ofigevi releasing Achraf Hakimi to Real Madrid. Hakimi is the only Ofigevi dropout who is able to penetrate Real Madrid Castilla.

“Hakimi is relatively short for player his age. However, he has a different physique from the others. He is fast and strong,” Juan Jose Mayor commented.

“During my years there, he was the only kid who went to Real Madrid. Their standards are very high. Only Hakimi managed to impress Madrid.”

According to Juan Jose Mayor, the Moroccan national team player took the right step by choosing Inter Milan. In addition to playing more minutes than Madrid, Italian football will also increase the ability to defend Hakimi.

“He is no longer an attacker, but has these characteristics. He has improved in many ways in recent years. At Inter, he will also get a lot of knowledge about defense which is his weakness. However, for assists and goals, it is a guarantee,” said Juan Jose Mayor.

“I think he wants to try new experiences. At present, in the 4-3-3 formation of Zinedine Zidane, there will be no room for him. Even if the coach knows him well in 2017 when he debuted in the first team,” added Juan Jose Mayor .

Achraf Hakimi may have only been exchanged with a ball when heading to Real Madrid. But now, Hakimi has made Inter Milan spend a total of 45 million euros after his performance skyrocketed.