Italian media in suspension of Ryan Flamingo, the scoring defender from Amsterdam | Foreign football
Phone from Italy. Again Italian journalists. Can we tell you a little more about Ryan Flamingo? Who? Ryan Flamingo? A 19-year-old Amsterdammer who is working on an invisible advance at Sassuolo in Italy.
Still hidden from the general public, the central defender is one of the top scorers in Italy’s Under19 league. A defender who has scored so much, once fourteen times and also in six games in a row, that is striking. What do we think about it in the Netherlands, is the question. We must remain the answer.
The defender laughs when we call him. ,,Yes, it stands out here”, he says. “People talk about it a lot.”
A defender who is excellent at preventing goals, but also holds his ground when it comes to attacking. How did it get to Sassuolo? Almere City include Flamingo, as a 16-year-old he signed his first professional contract. But joining the first team was not yet an option. ,,It has not yet come to a debut in the main squad of Sassuolo, but of course I hope for that. This season is going very well”, says Flamingo.
If my debut doesn’t come this season, I’ll fight and make sure the next season will happen
Sassuolo hired the Dutchman first, but the purchase option was soon removed. Against the great talents of AS Roma, AC Milan, Juventus, Napoli and Internazionale, Flamingo shows himself week in, week out. The club hardly concedes goals and Flamingo joins the attack when the opportunity arises. “I have made great strides. First the amateurs of BFC, then Almere City and now here at Sassuolo. If I don’t make my debut this season, I will fight and make sure that next season will happen”, says Flamingo.
And the interest of the Italian press, which in the Netherlands not many people can find know Flamingo very well as a player. ,,They write a lot about competitions and my name is mentioned”, says Flamingo with a laugh. The modest defender does not know that they already have an idea in Zeist at the KNVB that a player is making a name in Italy. “Keep fighting and make sure you get better,” he says. “When that happens, you won’t go unnoticed.”
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