Njdavera 'feels dead inside'The right back is worried about his teammates Talented Romario Ndjavera thought his football career was well under way until the 2016/17 premier league season failed to start. Tigers FC right back Romario Ndjavera says he feels dead inside because he cannot play football this season.Ndjavera, who burst onto the scene in the 2015/16 season, was tipped by many coaches as an amazing football talent that can go places.
Just like the rest of the players in the Namibia Premier League, Ndjavera''s football career is on hold after the league failed to kick off in time because of financial problems.
Namibian Sun met with Ndjavera this week to find out what he feels and what the future holds for him.
“To be honest with you, I am a dead man because I lived and loved football with all my heart.
“The situation has left me distraught with so many questions as to why this could have happened to us.
“I am now just focusing on my school work because education will be the only option that most of the players must turn to now,” Ndjavera said.
The player believes that the 2016/17 season could have been his breakthrough season because of the way he played for the league champions last season.
He said he had hoped to attract big-money foreign clubs this season.
The 21-year-old admitted that he sometimes hangs out in bars because of the depression that caught up with him after it was announced that the league would not kick off.
“I am however trying to learn to live without the game for now by controlling my emotions.
“I am not only affected by the fact that I can''t play, but I feel for so many players for whom football was the only source of income they had.
“Some of the guys never went to school and it is also hard for them to get a job anywhere because the only thing on their CV is football,” Ndjavera said.
He played for Namib Colts and Kaizen FC before joining Tigers FC at the beginning of the 2015/16 season. Ndjavera is a third-year accounting student at the University of Namibia.
JESSE JACKSON KAURAISA