Axel Kei is a forward born on December 30, 2007, born in the Ivory Coast. For some time in his life he grew up in Brazil, where his father played football. The whole family moved to San Diego in 2017. Then Axel Kei joined the youth cooperating with.
Major League Soccer with a new record. Kei 153 days younger
The last days must have been special for the player. Axel Kei signed his first professional contract in his career, which means that in the future we will be able to see him on the pitch. At the same time, he reports that he broke the league record by hiring a 14-year-old 15-day-old footballer. He is a player 153 days younger than Freddy Adu, who in 2004 became involved with. The current Keia contract is valid for two years.
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“His goal-scoring propensity far exceeds his age and, coupled with his elite athleticism, is predicted to become a goal-scoring force in our league for years to come,” Elliot Fall underlined after signing the contract.
In the past, Axel Kei has appeared on the Real Salt Lake youth teams. In the summer of 2020, he contributed to the U-15 team winning the first-ever Next Cup championship. He scored five goals in five matches, three of them against Southern California’s Total Futbol Academy. Kei also became the tournament’s most goalscorer.
Achieving success with the U-15 team, Kei made his way very quickly. He started playing for the U-17 class and then got the chance to play for Real Monarchs SLC. It is true that he did not appear in the first team, but in October last year he made his debut for the team. Back then, he was only 13 years, 8 months and 9 days old. Real Salt Lake prides itself on the fact that no player under the age of 15 has ever played in one of the top five European leagues, including Bundesliga, La Liga, Ligue 1, and Serie A.
Axel Kei is the youngest, but not the only youth footballer, who made it to the first squad. Real Salt Lake signed contracts with four other players this week.
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