Cassandra Forsuh will on Wednesday 20 April 2022 lead Vision Sport FC Bamenda offiaiclly as captain for the first time during their season's opener against Eclair FC in Yaounde. The graduate from the University of Bamenda, College of Technology (COLTECH) department of Food Science and Technology was presented to the press in Bamenda during a press conference as the new captain of the team.
The native of Mankon in Mezam Division is amongst the rare footballers in the region who prioritised her education while practicing the beautiful game. In an interview with www.hilltopvoices.com, she shares her story, motivation, outlines her ambitions, and talks about the season's opener this Wednesday in Yaounde and more. She spoke to our editor Bakah Derick
Cassandra Forsuh enjoying nature (picture from her Facebook page)
Hilltopvoices: What motivated you into women's soccer?
Cassandra: I was born into a sports family with my dad ( Mr. Vincent Forsuh) being a football player who played for the Cameroon national team and his younger sister a hand baller (Perpetual Forsuh RIP) who took the family name as high as being national handball team coach. All my elder brothers followed in the same path and i always carried their boots to the field being the Benjamin in the family and little by little my love for the game grew into what it is now.
Hilltopvoices: How did your family take your decision to be a footballer?
Cassandra: Well with everyone playing mum initially wasn't in support of me playing due to the challenges she watched my dad face and the injuries my brothers came back home with but as I persuaded and had my bothers to support me she became light on me.
Hilltopvoices: You just finished a first degree program, how did you manage school and football?
Cassandra: It used to be a very tough ride skipping classes for me training and leaving school sometimes for weeks for competitions but I knew the task ahead so the time I spent in school I always put in my best and had many sleepless nights trying to catch up on lectures I had missed.
Hilltopvoices: What does it mean for you being captain of Vision Sport FC?
Cassandra: For bearing playing in vision for two sessions and given the task to spear head is a very big responsibility. It takes me to being very diciplined in and out of pitch and its a very big task which comes with lots of challenges and I try each day to excel for the betterment of my team
Hilltopvoices: What are your ambitions?
Cassandra: Every footballer aims for greener heights and fresher pastures. To get there my main ambition is to be better than yesterday I know the future is bright and I'm working to get there.
Hilltopvoices: How prepared are you for your first match of the season?
Cassandra: We are 100 ready to face our opening game for the session bearing in mind it will determine and affect our performance through out the session. So if we do all what the coaches have instructed we will definitely come out victorious
Hilltopvoices: Thank you for taking off time on the eve of yoir game to talk to us...