00:00 Mark Ramdeen is known for his dribbling skills on the football field. His skills
00:04 were displayed during the 2018 Secondary Schools Football League season
00:08 where he was named the most valuable player playing for Naparima College.
00:12 During that season Naps captured the treble, Premier Division, South Zone
00:17 Intercol and National Intercol titles and now he's hoping to reproduce such
00:22 success at Heritage Point Fort in Civic as he makes another transition. To me
00:27 it's been the same I don't think it's anything different as football. I just
00:32 came out here to play the sport and enjoy the game. However Ramdeen's road
00:35 back to the sport he loves has not been an easy one. In 2021 he lost both his
00:40 parents to COVID-19 a few weeks apart. It shattered him. It's hard you know
00:45 because I lost my parents probably like two years ago. It's been a rough path
00:53 going forward because I mean without that support there it's not really easy
00:58 to keep doing the things that I love you know without the support. But I think I
01:03 have some family that's there for me my brothers my aunties my grandparents
01:08 whoever is still there supporting me. I really appreciate it and I think it's
01:14 good for me that I'm still playing the game and still moving forward. With
01:19 family support and club support the 23-year-old believes he is the man once
01:24 more for the job on the field. I do I do I see myself as one of the star players
01:29 I would say not really star player but one of the outperforming players in the
01:33 team and really wanted to do my best for this team this year. The midfielder was
01:38 also involved with the national under-20 team and also got a look in on the
01:43 senior national football team. Yeah I was invited for a few training sessions I
01:47 don't know what it is really to be on a team but I think I just have to keep on
01:54 performing well and try to put my best foot forward all the time.
01:57 Ramdene hopes to reunite with former Naparima coach now national football team
02:02 head coach Angus Eve in the near future. He believes that that vision could be
02:06 realized if he finds his footing in the TT professional football league.
02:11 Sergio Dufour, TV6 Sport
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