{"id":610699,"date":"2019-04-27T08:14:02","date_gmt":"2019-04-27T08:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Saturday, 27 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>footballghana.com<\/p>\n2019-04-27\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/04\/8748"},"modified":"2019-04-27T08:14:02","modified_gmt":"2019-04-27T08:14:02","slug":"sporting-gijon-star-isaac-cofie-reveals-how-he-nearly-quit-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/27\/sporting-gijon-star-isaac-cofie-reveals-how-he-nearly-quit-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Sporting Gijon star Isaac Cofie reveals how he nearly quit football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Saturday, 27 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>footballghana.com<\/p>\n<p>2019-04-27<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/87486972.295.jpg\" alt=\"Isaac Cofie Gijon Debut\" title=\"Isaac Cofie Gijon Debut\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Midfielder, Isaac Cofie<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Ghanaian midfielder Isaac Cofie has disclosed how he nearly quit football during his formative years at Genoa.<\/p>\n<p>Cofie made the limelight through the Genoa Youth team (Primavera) to make a good point for himself as an important member of the first team.<\/p>\n<p>He later left the Rossoblu after ten seasons with the club to sign for Spanish second-tier side Sporting Gijon after the end of his contract last summer.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old has narrated how he almost quit the beautiful game and return to Ghana during his time at Genoa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe truth is that some nights I thought about leaving everything, throwing in the towel. I missed Accra a lot. There, I had my friends and the family.\u201d Cofie told Commercio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the worst moments I knew I had to make myself strong. It was a unique opportunity. I needed to try, not to give up. I said to myself that I had to continue. To be a professional player, I had to put up with it. And I endured.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was part of the Generation at Genoa, we had a great team. In the post was Mattia Perin (now in Juventus), I played in midfield with Dejan Lazarevic (NK Domzale). The strikers we had Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma) and my compatriot Richmond Boakye (Star Red). We won the domestic youth Cup, League, Super Cup and European Cup for youth.\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Cofie having proved his worth, is a key figure in Gijon now, making 19 games appearance in all competitions and scoring once.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Saturday, 27 April 2019 Source: footballghana.com 2019-04-27 Midfielder, Isaac Cofie Ghanaian midfielder Isaac Cofie has disclosed how he nearly quit football during his formative years at Genoa. Cofie made the limelight through the Genoa Youth team (Primavera) to make a good point for himself as an important member of the first team. 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