Former Nat. U-20 Captain Jobe Caesar relishing maiden opportunity to represent SMNT

Mar 25, 2021 Sports

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By Franklin Wilson in the Dominican Republic, compliments of Secure Innovations & Concepts, Industrial Safety Supplies Inc., Fazia’s Motor Spares and GFF

“I’ve endured some challenges in life but I have lifted my head up high and I have come again.” The words of National midfielder Jobe Caesar who has earned his maiden call up with the Senior Men’s National Team (SMNT) ‘Golden Jaguars’ here in the Dominican Republic for the start of Guyana’s quest to qualify for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.
The former Santos FC player who is now a member of the Guyana Defence Force FC would have endured some challenges in his life but is on a path to show that those challenges would not define who he is but will prove to one and all that he is worthy of being given a chance to attain his true potential.
Caesar sat down with Kaieteur Sport to share a bit of his story. He said that he started playing the beautiful game around the age of eight (8) and it was at Santos FC that his skills were honed and fine-tuned before moving on to Fruta Conquerors for a brief period a few years ago.
It was back to Santos once again before he recently made another move, this time, to the GDF FC. His love for the game came naturally as a resident of Bent Street, Wortmanville where he played with the likes of fellow ‘Golden Jaguar’ Daniel Wilson as a youngster.

“We used to go opposite Cuffy Square at that small field which was there to play with Daniel Wilson and a small group in the afternoons and evenings.”
He attended the St. Sidewell’s Primary School which is situated opposite the field where he started playing the sport. Later he attended St. Mary’s Secondary and later Chase’ Academy after securing a football scholarship to attend the latter learning institution.
“I consider myself a very talented and good footballer who has come through the various junior levels and also playing for Guyana. I just have to keep working hard at my game and seek to get better all the time as well as being disciplined which is one of the main things.”
Caesar further shared his thoughts on being selected to represent the Golden Arrowhead in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualifiers: “I feel very jubilant about my selection, it’s an honour to represent your country and being an ambassador for your country. You just have to lift your head up high because it’s an entire nation you are representing so it’s an honour for me and I feel very excited among the international players who have been sharing their experience with a youth like me.”
It’s human to make mistakes and Jobe is no different; he fell along the way and paid the price not only by the law but his football career was also hampered. Now, he is totally refocused and on a path to prove that his pitfall will not define his future in a negative way.
“Things do happen in life that you regret and I have regretted making a mistake and paying the price for it by the law. Everyone do make mistakes, no one is perfect and I would just like to say that I’ve come back to everyone that it is a stepping stone in life for me, I will lift my head up high and go again and continue because life has ups and downs pertaining to anything. I have gotten up and am going again to be even better than before.”
Jobe, a former National Under-20 Captain who also represented Guyana at the Under-17 level, informed that after overcoming that speed bump in life, he met with GFF President Wayne Forde and following a good conversation, he promised Forde that he would be a different individual and Forde committed the GFF to meeting him {Caesar} halfway in terms of assisting him to reach his true and full potential.
“My promise to Mr. Forde, the President of the GFF was that I’ll be coming and show the GFF that I made a mistake and I just want to get over it and make them proud and do what I have to do to represent my country once again at the highest level.”
The confident midfielder who has been putting in the hard work here in the Dominican Republic along with his colleagues and looking forward to the two matches against Trinidad and Tobago and Bahamas, noted that lots of youngsters would get caught up in situations that can set them back in life but they shouldn’t allow that to keep them down.
“There are a lot of youngsters out there that get themselves caught up in things like me too; I would like to encourage the youths with talent to rise up and look at me as a stepping stone. I went through some challenges but I have lift my head up high and just come again. I would assure the nation, the federation and all who support me that I am a different person in life and with my football. I will make the GFF and my family and country proud.”

 

 

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