Ali Fuseini

Ali Fuseini

Personal information
Full name	Ali Fuseini
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Millwall
Number	22
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–	Millwall	74	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:19, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

Ali Fuseini (born December 7, 1988) is a Ghanaian football midfielder currently playing for Millwall F.C..

Early Life

Fuseini was born in Accra, and moved to England with his mother and two brothers.

Career

He joined Millwall from Sunday league football and made his first-team debut against Gillingham on September 12, 2006. Although he was an unused sub on that occasion, the quick-thinking, attacking midfielder will be hoping to follow in the footsteps of former youth team prospects such as Paul Robinson and establish himself as a first team regular. He has since gone on to make several more appearances for the first team.

Fuseini was born and brought up in Accra, the capital of Ghana, but followed his mum Mariam, a nurse, to Catford South-East London, in 2000. Once at St Joseph's School, Lee Terrace,Lewisham, he discovered he had a talent for football, and was soon playing in midfield for Sunday league team Dulmore Albion, based in Brockley Rise. It was there he was seen by Millwall scout Jamie Martin, who signed him up for a scholarship aged 16.

"It felt very different coming to a professional club,after just playing Sunday football," said Fuseini. He soon signed YTS forms,to his mum's relief.

His first competitive game for the club was a rude awakening - a 6-0 defeat by Arsenal. "I was confident going into the game, though," he said. "I wanted to impress. It needed to be all about me focussing on my game - and that is what I did."

Fuseini tore a medial knee ligament in his first season as an U18, and missed almost two months of football. But when Joe Little was made head of the Millwall youth academy in August, he put him back in the position he loves best. And soon the move paid dividends.

A senior appearance for Millwall in the pre-season friendly at Crawley on August 15 followed, with Fuseini earning praise from then-boss Nigel Spackman, who watched the game. The teenager then played the first three reserve games of the season, scoring against Wycombe.

And when Millwall's opening few results went badly, Spackman asked Little if Fuseini was ready for the first team.

"I was nervous, but I always am very nervous before I go out on the pitch. But as soon as you go out on the pitch, you have to just concentrate on your own game, and that's what I tried to do. I thought I did okay and I was really pleased with myself."

Spackman, and now caretaker Willie Donachie, must have agreed, because they continued to select him.

In the 2007-08 season, Fuseini scored his first goal for the Lions, in a 2-1 defeat at Bristol Rovers, but has recently been out of favour with the Lions during the following season.

ali then also promised ibrahim that he would also link him to the millwall football club and i wonder if he has kept to his promise

External links

• Profile at Millwall official website
• Ali Fuseini at Soccerbase