Solomon is a passionate and talented football player and coach. His vision is to become a professional
football player and later on a football coach. Solomon has been a player with Lengo from its
inception in 2012 and has been coaching for the past three years. He is currently coaching the U14 boys
team at Lengo Football Academy. He also plays football as part of the Lengo senior team and is a talented defender.
Solomon has been trained on football coaching by Lengo’s founder, Emanuel Saakai. Emanuel is a Football Federation Australia and Asia Football Confederation qualified coach and is employed at a number of clubs and academies in Australia. He has a wealth of experience in Africa, Australia and Europe.
Solomon is very passionate about giving back to Lengo and the disadvantaged youth in the village. He lives in line with the Lengo values and is happy to give back where he can.
The highlight of his day is coaching at Lengo in the afternoon and working with the young
players.
Solomon has a Diploma in Mechanics, with cars and football being his two passions. His
team is Chelsea F.C.