Incredible story of Chelsea’s Victor Moses revealed
Football
By
Game Yetu
| Dec 21, 2016
Victor Moses is the Premier League’s most remarkable star… an orphaned refugee who had to rebuild his life before he could follow his dream of becoming a professional footballer, according to the Sun.
The Chelsea star switched from striker to wing-back clearly showing how versatile he can be.
Be that as it may, it is nothing contrasted with his genuine story, which incorporates coping with his parents’ murder when he was 11 and moving from Nigeria to England as an orphaned person.
This helpful triumph over difficulty additionally contains a stunning occurrence, as Moses was once trained by former Chelsea captain Colin Pates.
Pates, a games instructor who shaped Moses' raw ability at Whitgift School in Croydon, said it is awesome to see his former protege playing so magnificently as Chelsea top the Premier League.
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Pates said: “He’s having a fantastic season, is playing really well and it really suits him.
“I would never in a million years have said he would be a wing-back. You just didn’t think that was the role he would have taken up and enjoyed.
“But he has developed, he’s proved a lot of people wrong and it looks like he’s absolutely loving it to me.”
Moses was born in Lagos, Nigeria, the son of a Christian pastor. When he was 11, his parents were killed. A week later, with his travel being paid for by relatives, Moses came to Britain as an asylum seeker.
He attended Stanley Technical High School (now known as the Harris Academy) in South Norwood. Scouted playing football in the local Tandridge League for Cosmos 90 FC, Crystal Palace approached him, with the club's Selhurst Park stadium just streets away from his school.
Offered a place in the Eagles' academy, Palace recommended him to the fee-paying Whitgift School in Croydon.
Moses first came to prominence at 14 after scoring 50 goals for Palace's under-14s side. Playing for three years at both Whitgift and Palace, Moses scored over 100 goals as well as helping Whitgift win many School Cups, including a National Cup where Moses scored all five goals in the final against Healing School of Grimsby at the Walkers Stadium, Leicester.