Il principe del gol è pronto per l'incoronazione
by FIFAworldcup.com
Il centravanti ghanese Prince Tagoe ha solo 19 anni, ma può già vantare un numero impressionante di centri e un trasferimento milionario agli arabi dell'Al Ittihad. Ora è a caccia di gloria sul palcoscenico dei Mondiali.
Il giovane attaccante si è ritagliato un posto nella lista dei convocati per Germania 2006 grazie alle quasi 70 reti segnate nelle ultime tre stagioni.
Prima del passaggio alla formazione dell'Al Ittihad, avvenuto alla fine di gennaio, Tagoe è stato il terminale offensivo del Midtjylland, squadra che milita nella seconda divisione ghanese, e dell'Hearts of Oak, one of the biggest clubs in the African country. The transfer has come to crown a brilliant start to the season which also saw his debut in Italy (January 15 in a friendly against Tunisia) and then two appearances in the African Nations Cup, the first in the final minutes of the match against Senegal, the second in the first 45 minutes the embarrassing 2-1 defeat against Zimbabwe.
Before the end of the Africa Cup of Nations Tagoe had already completed his move to Al Ittihad, where he reached the Sierra Leone striker Mohamed Kallon and Cameroonian Joseph Desire-Job, the two strikers who last season guided the team to win the Asian Champions League. "I do not I'm looking forward to play in training the Saudi - said the young -. When you look for a big club, it is impossible to say no. "
Tagoe The 2005 season was an important element of the Hearts and won the title of top scorer with 18 centers. The next international call-up for the Africa Cup of Nations was an important moment, because the top scorer in the Ghanaian league has not often received such recognition.
The last occasion was in 2002 and the protagonist was another of the Hearts striker, Ishmael Addo, convened for the African Nations Cup held in Mali after winning the top scorer for three years in a row. The coach of Ghana Ratomir Dujkovic preferred Tagoe to experts Isaac Boakye, who plays in Germany, and Baffour Gyan, engaged instead in the Russian league. Unlike Tagoe, both took part in the qualifiers for Germany 2006.
"very promising. Will soon become one of the best African players," said Dujkovic. In his old team would agree on this prediction. The Tagoe-dependence was such that during the brief period in the fog of Hearts made a record streak of five races without success.
Despite the lack of experience in national Tagoe has done great things in the years when he wore the shirt of Hearts. During his first season at the top of African football, has achieved a hat-trick 5-1 in which his team has swept Sable de Batie of Cameroon in the African Confederation Cup 2004. At the end was tied for top scorer and Hearts have triumphed in the second most prestigious competition for the African club.
Tagoe was also top scorer of the 2004 championship, won by his team, and ended up on the scoresheet markers also in the African Champions League in 2005, scoring two goals in the match lost against Nigeria's Dolphin FC. Last October he won the title of top scorer and best player in the Four Nations tournament in Accra WAFU Under 20 played and won by Ghana.
Dauda Solomon Luttertodt, Tagoe in Midtjylland coach and later aiuto allenatore degli Hearts, ha rivestito un ruolo fondamentale nella crescita calcistica del giovane fuoriclasse. Lo descrive come un giocatore intelligente, molto disciplinato e umile, e ascrive il suo successo alla volontà di ascoltare e mettere in pratica gli insegnamenti dei suoi allenatori.
Se il suo atteggiamento è un dato di fatto, lo stesso vale per le sue doti naturali. Alto, rapido e dotato di un'eccellente visione di gioco, Tagoe è un cecchino infallibile. Queste qualità gli sono valse il soprannome di "Principe del gol", l'incubo di qualunque retroguardia. Concedetegli un po' di spazio e affonderà nella difesa avversaria come una lama nel burro.
Il prossimo appuntamento per il giovane "principe" Ghana is the World Cup, the ideal stage for its final consecration.
