I started my journey as a footballer at West Ryde Rovers FC (WRR). I was introduced to football here by my cousin where we played together in U6’s. I played here season after season in the same team until my age group reached grading level. In my U10’s season, I was graded into a division 3 team where I scored 30+ goals. The following year I made the division one side where I played with and against the best in my league for my age group up until U12’s which was my last season. In this team I played as a winger or midfielder and was often asked to play up for the U15/3’s team.

In U13’s, I was selected for my association’s youth representative team, North West Sydney Football Football Association (NWSF FA). I originally started as a striker but played most of the season as a centreback. We were unable to finish our season due to COVID-19 and ended in second place. The following season was also heavily impacted by COVID-19 in which the majority was unplayable. My third and final season in this team (playing as an U15) proved to be much more successful than the previous two. I was able to captain this team into first place and then to win the grand final. It was in this season where my coach was worked with me to adapt and develop into being a player that would be considered to be a part of the NPL Youth side for my association which would provide more quality and more opportunity.