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By Chen Hao & Zha Jiaming<\/p>\n

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H<\/span>eavy rain, Wong Chuk Hang, Aberdeen Stadium. In the 60th minute of the 22nd round of the Hong Kong Premier League, Kwun Chung Southern District played against Standard Rovers. Mahama Awal took the ball on the left, ran through the dense rain, dribbled past the opposing defender, and sent the ball into the Rovers’ net with a powerful shot, tying the score to 2-2.<\/p>\n

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He is one of hundreds of African athletes who came to Hong Kong to develop their football careers. Although they come from different countries of Africa and speak different languages, their common language – football – gave them the opportunity to gather in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

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The situation for our other 2 main interviewees-Micke Sam and Ugo Destiny- are quite similar but also have their own uniqueness. Both as retired footballers, they tried to develop their own post-career lifestyle working as coaches and living in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

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M<\/span>ahama Awal, 33, now plays for Southern District in the Hong Kong Premier League and the Hong Kong national team. He started his career at AJ Auxerre B team, and was then discovered by his brother\u2019s agent, who introduced him to Guangdong Sunray Cave for a trial, which offered him a formal contract. He spent six years playing in Mainland China and was praised as \u201cBlack Panther\u201d due to his amazing speed.<\/span><\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Times New Roman||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ custom_padding=”||0px|||” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]At the end of 2014, Sunray Cave was acquired by a consortium and the team was relocated to Shaanxi and renamed Shaanxi Wuzhou. However, due to the arrears of wages, Sunray Cave was eventually disqualified from participating in the competition, and Awal also fell into an embarrassing situation of having no ball to play. <\/span>
\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Times New Roman||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ custom_padding=”||0px|||” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]In 2015, Hong Kong club South China extended a branch to him, and he accepted the invitation and began his journey in Hong Kong football.<\/span>
\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Times New Roman||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ custom_padding=”||0px|||” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]After sevne years living in Hong Kong, in March 2023, Awal officially obtained the status of a local player. After completing the formalities at the Immigration Department, he was immediately recruited by the Hong Kong team coach Anderson to participate in the Hong Kong team training that afternoon.<\/span>
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Awal makes a victory sign during the game.\u00a0 \u00a0Source: Mahama Awal<\/p>\n

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