Tammy Abraham 's Life and Career Journey in Football "Nigerian man who migrated to England in search of fortune"
Kevin Oghenetega Tamaraebi Bakumo-Abraham or also known as Tammy Abraham, was born on October 2, 1997 in Camberwell, London, England. Abraham is the son of Oghenetega Tamaraebi. Nigerian man who migrated to England in search of fortune.
After settling in England, Abraham's family life improved. His family belongs to the middle class. He also has a younger brother named Timmy Abraham, who also works as a footballer.
Abraham is a boy who loves football from an early age. At only 7 years old, Abraham has joined the Chelsea U8 club. The inspiration for playing football itself is Didier Drogba. Abraham admits that he really admires Drogba and wants to be a goal-hungry striker like the Ivory Coast striker.
Tammy Abraham was part of the Chelsea youth team which recorded consecutive victories in the UEFA Youth League and FA Youth Cup in 2015 and 2016. In the 2015/16 edition of the UEFA Youth League, Abraham scored eight goals in nine games, making him the second highest scorer. tournament behind Roberto Nunez.
He also brought his brilliant performance to the FA Youth Cup and scored a goal in Chelsea's win over Manchester City in the final. During the 2014/15 and 2015/16 seasons, Abraham scored 74 goals in 98 games in all competitions for the Chelsea youth team.
His youthful form caught the attention of Chelsea interim manager Guus Hiddink, who invited him to train with the senior team at the end of the 2015/16 season. On 11 May 2016, Hiddink gave Abraham his Chelsea debut in a 1-1 draw in the Premier League against Liverpool. Abraham replaced Bertrand Traore in the 74th minute. After that, he made his home debut at Stamford Bridge the following week. And once again, Abraham came on as a second-half substitute in a 1-1 draw against Premier League champions Leicester City.
Apart from playing professional matches at Chelsea, Abraham himself has also represented England at U-18 and U-19 level. He scored his first goal at U-18 level for England in March 2015, where he scored two goals at once when England U-18 beat Switzerland 6-1.
On 5 August 2016, Abraham signed a contract with Championship club Bristol City on a season-long loan from Chelsea. He made his debut against Wigan after replacing Josh Brownhill. In the second match, Abraham managed to score the only goal in the match against Wycombe Wanderers. This goal at the same time brought victory and helped Bristol City qualify for the EFL second round.
On 31 January 2017, Abraham scored his 16th goal in a 2-2 draw against Sheffield Wednesday. The goal saw him break the record for former Fulham striker, Moussa Dembele, as the young player with the most goals in the Championship.
In the 2016/17 season, Abraham scored a total of 23 goals. He is in second place after Chris Wood of Leeds United. His brilliant performances in that season also managed to make him the best player, best young player and top scorer for Bristol City.
With these three awards, Tammy Abraham managed to set a record with the most number of awards in one season.
During his career at Bristol, Abraham had an accident. He was involved in a car accident, and was accused of driving without a license, causing him to be summoned to court.
After deciding to follow driving procedures, Abraham got his license that same year.
In the 2017/18 season, Chelsea announced that Abraham had signed a five-year contract with Swansea City. His loan spell at the club nicknamed The Swans was formalized on 4 July 2017. He made his debut for the club on 12 August, against Southampton which ended in a draw. Ten days later, Abraham scored his first goal for Swansea City.
But after that, Abraham experienced a goal drought. Until finally after playing 825 minutes without a goal, Abraham returned to the scoresheet when he scored two goals and helped his team win against Notts County in the FA Cup competition with a score of 8-1. The win was recorded as the biggest in the history of Swansea City in all competitions.
Playing for Swansea, Abraham scored eight goals in 39 appearances in all competitions. In the following season, he returned to the loan period. This time, Aston Villa is entitled to the services of this young Chelsea player.
On his debut against Balckburn Rovers, Abraham made his first appearance for The Villans in a 1-1 draw.
Playing for Aston Villa, Abraham appeared sensational when the club he defended against Nottingham Forrest. In the match which ended with a score of 5-5, Abraham successfully scored four goals at once. With this notch, Abraham became the first player in club history to score four goals in one game in the new millennium.
Thanks to his neat appearance, Abraham was approached by Wolverhampton. But Chelsea did not just stand there. They have already detected the talent of the young striker and intend to send him back to Stamford Bridge.
In his season with Aston Villa, Abraham became the first Villa player to score 25 goals in one season after Andy Gray in 1977.
After officially returning to Chelsea, Abraham decided to wear the number 9. He felt that the number nine was often used by first-class strikers. He is determined to become a mainstay of Chelsea and of course remove the curse which says that number 9 at Chelsea is bad luck.
His determination also reaped the rewards. Despite having experienced difficulties in front of goal, Abraham was able to appear consistent and become a mainstay for Chelsea in attack. He often scores goals and often determines the victory of The Roman Emperor.
Due to playing well at Chelsea, his citizenship status has begun to be questioned by Nigeria as the player's birthplace. Abraham then stated that he preferred to defend the England national team. Abraham stated that there was never any desire to defend Nigeria.
Abraham did not deny that Nigeria is trying very hard to get himself to defend the African team. But again he has declared himself primarily focused on England and he feels that belief 100 per cent.
As has been told, Abraham has strengthened the England national team since U-18 and U-19. Since then, Abraham's appearance has been continuously monitored. On 29 September 2016, he also received a call-up from the England U-21 national team for the first time.
The following year, he was included in the England senior national team squad. In the end, Abraham officially could no longer defend Nigeria because the attacker played for three minutes when England lost 1-2 to Czech Republic in the 2020 European Cup Qualifying.
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