The 2010 FIFA World Cup kicks off in South Africa on June 11, 2010. Radio Netherlands Worldwide brings you a series of video interviews of African soccer players playing in the Eredivisie, the Dutch first division.
The player under the spotlight this week: The Nigerian Ayodele Adeleye.
The young defender (21) plays for Sparta Rotterdam in the Netherlands but has also been selected to compete in the 2010 World Cup with the Nigerian national team, the Super Eagles.
"We can't say much about who is going to win the World Cup. There are big nations like Spain, Brasil etc. But we are working hard. The key is to unite as a team." he says.
He admits he had a hard time learning the Dutch language but says that it comes in handy when you do speak it.
Besides his language and local food, he says it is the sunny and warm weather that he misses most from home.
Check out the previous Profiles: Bernard Parker (South Africa/FC Twente), Eyong Enoh (Cameroon/Ajax), Oluwafemi Ajilore (Nigeria/FC Groningen), Cheik Tioté (Ivory Coast/FC Twente) and Matthew Amoah (Ghana/NAC Breda).
And don't miss out on next Sunday's one: Sekou Cissé (Ivory Coast/Feyenoord)
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