FCK is 5th station for 23-year-olds
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At the age of 23, Faride Alidou got around properly. The 1. FC Kaiserslautern became the fifth professional station of the 23 -year -old attacker this winter. Alidou, who went to the Palatinate free of charge from Eintracht Frankfurt, was once trained at Hamburger SV and succumbed to the advances of the SGE in spring 2022. In retrospect, the offensive man would have decided differently, as he now revealed.
“You only have this one career, one life,” said Alidou in an interview with the “Mopo”. “To be honest: I could have turned the time back, I would have done it two years after I said goodbye to the HSV. In between, I regretted having left the HSV. But you have to make decisions. Sometimes you are right, sometimes wrong. And it could have run in the wrong direction if I had stayed in Hamburg. In retrospect, it is always easier to evaluate which way you have taken. “
Alidou did not cost the Frankfurter a transfer because his contract had expired on the Elbe. However, the right foot could not permanently prevail after its early departure from HSV: neither in Frankfurt nor at his loan clubs 1. FC Köln or Hellas Verona. His stay in Serie A was canceled in January after only three missions.
“Maybe I underestimated the step abroad a little. I moved to Verona all by myself and it wasn’t as easy as I thought. If it doesn’t work in sports, you may fall into a hole, ”said Alidou. Nevertheless, he “learned a lot in Italy, also for my life – and I am glad to have had this experience. At the FCK I just want to have fun again. “
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This Friday evening (6:30 p.m.), Kaiserslautern and Alidou (three FCK short missions) in the second division top game will be dealing with the outdoor hurdle Hamburger SV. “I know that the HSV fans were a bit angry before my farewell,” said the professional, who had only made the decision shortly after his professional debut. “I hope that the HSV fans do not resent anything and handle me carefully on Friday.” At that time he had to take criticism for his early election. In addition to Eintracht, Bayer Leverkusen, Union Berlin, SC Freiburg and 1. FC Köln were also associated with the fast attacker. At the beginning of 2022, Alidou was estimated at a market value of EUR 1.5 million, and it is currently 2 million euros. For Eintracht and Cologne, he comes to 41 Bundesliga games, four goals and one template.