Once a little child with dreams of playing football to the highest level, Kevin Weidlich has now become an inspirational figure looking to make others realize their goals.

Born in Hamburg, Kevin has lived almost all of his life in Germany despite boasting Ghanaian roots.

The 35-year-old began his senior career with VfL 93 Hamburg, a football club from the city of Hamburg but Kevin barely had the chances as he managed eight appearances for the club with one goal to his name between July 2007 and July 2008.

His lack of minutes led to him sealing a move to USC Paloma in 2008 and eventually to FC Sylt, all on free transfers.

TSG Neustrelitz, BFC Dynamo, Energie Cottbus, Fortuna Köln and Teutonia 05 were among some of the clubs he went on to play for with the latter being his last team.

Kevin’s most product time in Germany came on the field was with Energie Cottbus where he netted 20 times in 114 appearances across all competitions racking up 12 assists in the period.

Since the summer of 2024, Kevin has been acting more as a Sporting Director Teutonia 05 as he seeks to hang up his boots.

Kevin lived his dream but his regret would be not accomplishing it at the highest level.

Even while he was playing, he had others in mind.

Kevin set up the Write the Future Academy with his partner, Kusi Kwame. The institution is based in Hamburg.

The academy aims at training talented kids from the age of 10 as well as shaping up professional players and helping their fitness ahead of preseason.

One of the players who has come through and trained at the club is Black Stars forward Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer.

While in Germany, Kevin never forgets his Ghanaian roots. “It’s very important to us to support football in Ghana as our roots are there,” he told Joy Sports.

Every year, he and Kwame, through the academy, travel to Ghana to support two clubs with training equipment and football kits.

In his own words, Kevin says, “We are in close contact with them and see it as our responsibility to help wherever we can so the players have the opportunity to develop further.”

Just like its name, the Write the Future Academy, will be a source of good things for the Ghanaian community as Kevin is committed to seeing its success.

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