Levi has high goals
FEATHERBROOKE – Levi Ragovan (9) wants to be the best, and his success in Germany will help him get there.
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Levi Ragovan may only be nine years old but he already has dreams of being the best football player in the world.
It is not an unrealistic dream for such a young boy as he is already making a name for himself in Germany.
![Levi Ragovan (9) hopes to one day play for his country.](https://roodepoortnorthsider.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2016/10/P1_79587.jpg)
Ragovan lives in Featherbrooke and is a Grade 3 pupil at Deutsche Internationale Schule Johannesburg where he plays football. Ragovan developed a love for the game three years ago, and shortly afterwards, his parents arranged for him to train under sports conditioner, Rafique Hassim.
Hassim recognised Ragovan’s potential and developed his skill and technique. Together with Ragovan’s parents, Hassim organised to send Ragovan to the Deutsche Fussball Internat, a football college in Bad Aibling, Germany, in June this year.
![Levi Ragovan (9) aims high in his football career.](https://roodepoortnorthsider.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2016/10/P11_74304.jpg)
The college provides superior training to young players from all over the world, while also furthering their academics.
“I learned a lot there,” said the young central midfielder. “They play differently from us in South Africa. [In Germany] they have more teamwork and use different combinations between players.” The college admired Ragovan’s abilities and invited him to attend again next year, which he plans to. The college also gave him a player’s pass to play at any club in Bavaria.
![Levi Ragovan loves to play as a central attacking midfielder because he can run, pass and score the occasional goal.](https://roodepoortnorthsider.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2016/10/P7_80949.jpg)
“My dream is to be the best and to play for my country,” he said. He does not have a favourite football team, but his favourite player to watch is James Rodríguez, a Colombian attacking midfielder who scored the most goals at the 2014 Fifa World Cup.
Hassim said although it was very early to say it, Ragovan shows great potential. “What he must do is keep the fire burning, keep his own dream alive and he will go very far,” Hassim said.
According to Ragovan, when he started playing football he made the mistake of thinking he was already the best player in town. “But I learned I need to work hard and be humble,” he said.