MARK RAMDEEN'S COMEBACK STORY

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Now here's a footballer on the march back up to the top.  SSFL 2018 Most Valuable Player Mark Ramdeen has seen the good and bad sad of life in the past five years. From winning the treble with Naparima College to losing his mother and father in the same year, in this story Ramdeen will share about his journey through these trials as he returns to playing football.

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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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