Young and energetic 19-year-old Ghanaian forward Raymond Asante Anokye, leaving no stone unturned to becoming one of the best for club and country. Now ply his trade in Italy league with the Udinese’s youth side.
The skillful, pacy with incredible goals scoring technique this season in the Italian Primavera 2 league, the lad has contributed 12 goals in 14 games, complemented his effort with 4 assists. The poster boy, Raymond is poised to break into Udinese’s first team under the guidance of Andrea Sottil.
Raymond Anokye immense talent should be guided and protected at all cost. His goal tally so far, for this season sit behind Luis Buzi’s 16 goals, just 4 goals to equal the leading goal scorer. He is in the race for the goal king award.
As the saying goes, the best comes from the West, Anokye heil from Bogoso the western region of Ghana making his mark far away from home through hard work and determination categorizing himself as one of the upcoming best youngsters sooner or later to storm the world of football at the highest level.
Before joining Udinese in the Serie A in 2022, Anokye for two seasons was instrumental for Young Apostles Football Club in the division one league.
Just to recall, Anokye’s footballing career did not start at Young Apostles; he was first scouted in Sunyani after an impressive performance at the very first edition of the Baby Jet U-16 tournament and made a move to Scores Academy, a team based in Pokuase – a place where he since made every opportunity count to make the mark for himself just like Emmanuel Yeboah who was also scouted, mentored, and groomed by the able Samuel Anim Addo, the man who had a pivotal role in the life of Asamoah Gyan.
In an interview, Richmond Anokye acknowledges how important it was for him joining the Serie A side Udinese:
For him, joining a club like Udinese two years ago was the best step for his career, and he is relishing his chances. Just like any other foreigner, settling in has not been easy, and for him, his greatest challenge has been the language, but with time, he is catching up with the Italian language and now speaks a bit of it.
For him, living in Udine is not difficult, but since the only language spoken there is Italian, it makes things a tad harder.
Playing in the Primavera, according to Raymond Anokye, is not easy, but he is taking it one step at a time and pacing himself in the system his youth coaches want him to play and then grow in the team.
The 19-year-old aims to be one of the best forwards in the history of football, and at the heart of it, he wants to represent his country at the highest level.