Soccer: the New Zealand adventure of Guy-Frank Essomé Penda

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Finding a professional club for the Canadian Men's College Soccer Tour's Player of the Year shouldn't be too complex a task in normal times.

However, it was not easy to find the right team for the recipient of this distinction in 2021, Quebecer Guy-Frank Essomé Penda. However, we must not believe that there was no interest in the product of the Carabins of the University of Montreal, quite the contrary. Rather, it was a very special request from the player that made Marie L'Allier's task more complex.

“He is a very serious athlete with regard to his studies, indicated the agent and co-founder of AMA Sports Management. He did a master's degree [in computer engineering]. It was a bit of a mystery whether he wanted to make the jump to the pros. When I first approached him about it, he told me that his priority was to go to New Zealand!”

But why this country of Oceania? For love! Essomé Penda wanted to settle in the same place as his girlfriend, who will soon be starting a doctorate at the University of Auckland.

“I said to him: “Ok perfect, I'll see how I can t 'to help”. It was still quite a challenge, because I did not have a lot of contacts in this very distant corner of the planet,” said the trained lawyer.

Never mind, Marie L'Allier rose to the challenge brilliantly by finding the perfect place for her client: Auckland United FC.

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