An old acquaintance of mine has written a book and I am incredibly proud of her. As a caring mother, Lita Gunter has not only given her son the space to develop his talent, she has also kept up with his career from the beginning and on top of that, she has also written a book.
An old acquaintance of mine has written a book and I am incredibly proud of her. As a caring mother, Lita Gunter has not only given her son the space to develop his talent, she has also kept up with his career from the beginning and on top of that, she has also written a book.
Wonderful to look through the eyes of a mother with a growing son at a male dominated football world. Top of the list to be read. Maybe also nice to give as a gift.
Published by Tirion Sport on October 15, 2011
And now he plays for a top club
by Lita Gunther
The inspiring story of a mother of a scouted football talent
The Netherlands is fortunate to have a great many young football talents.
Bert Koomen, born in 1997, is such a great talent and has been playing for Feyenoord for six years.
But a lot preceded his selection.
Since the day the 'man in the raincoat' – a scout – turned up at his local club, his mother Lita Gunther has kept a record of his career from the beginning.
And now he plays for a top club gives a unique description of the world of scouting and what playing football for a professional football club, with all its highlights and disappointments, means for the whole family. It is a recognizable and sometimes moving, but above all positive story.
Imagine this happening to you. Your child is a pretty good football player and then you are suddenly approached by someone from a Premier League club. Whether he wants to come and train. Of course he wants to! What proud parent doesn't want that! But what not everyone realizes at that moment: from that day on, a completely different life begins for the football talent and his family members. What it's like to grow up as a football talent What it's like to have to prove yourself all the time, because every year a professional club assesses whether they consider your son good enough to be allowed to stay in the youth academy.
Lita Gunther shows what it is like to guide your child through the highs and lows. All this from the moment Bert started at Ter-leede in Sassenheim until now, when he plays for Feyenoord.
With a foreword by Gaston Taument
And now he plays for a top club, Lita Gunther, publisher Tirion Sport, paperback, ISBN 9789043901055, 192 pages, price € 14.95, October 2011
This book is available;
• through all major bookstores, otherwise it can be ordered.
• Selexcy Donner bookstore in Rotterdam
• Via the internet: http://sport.defonteintirion.nl/lita-gunther-en-nu-speelt-hij-bij-een-topclub-194025.html
• Via bol.com: And now he plays for a top club
On October 15, the first copy was presented to former professional footballer Regi Blinker.
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