TAMMY ABRAHAM: FOCUS AND FUN FACTS

On the final day of a protracted switch window, the AC Milan household welcomed Kevin Oghenetega Tamaraebi Bakumo-Abraham, extra merely often called Tammy Abraham. The fifth new addition of the Rossoneri summer time is a participant acquainted to our followers from quite a few matches in current seasons in opposition to Roma. Regardless of being simply 26 years previous, turning 27 on 2 October, the English ahead already boasts intensive expertise on the high and possesses qualities that might make him a key participant in Coach Fonseca’s plans. Standing at 6’3″, Abraham is notable not just for his lengthy limbs and imposing physique but additionally for his good technical expertise. The brand new quantity 90 for AC Milan is a nice workforce participant, combining ending talents with a knack for contributing successfully to build-up play via hold-up play and linking passes.

Tammy was born within the London borough of Camberwell, and on the age of eight, he joined Chelsea‘s youth academy. He went via the complete academy system with the Blues, profitable the FA Youth Cup and the UEFA Youth League in consecutive seasons, 2014/15 and 2015/16. His performances caught the eye of Guus Hiddink, the first-team supervisor, and in Could 2016, he made his Premier League debut in opposition to Liverpool. His first skilled expertise got here within the 2016/17 season with a extremely profitable mortgage spell at Bristol Metropolis within the Championship, the place he ended the season with 26 objectives in 48 matches, ending because the second-top scorer within the English second tier. The next 12 months, he was with Swansea, the place he gained Premier League expertise and scored his first objectives within the high flight. His third mortgage spell was a season of breakthrough: with 26 objectives in 40 appearances throughout all competitions, he was a key participant in Aston Villa‘s promotion again to the Premier League.

These three mortgage spells satisfied Chelsea to put money into him, and between 2019 and 2021, he repaid the membership’s belief with 30 objectives in 82 appearances, contributing to their victories within the 2021 Champions League and UEFA Tremendous Cup. In the summertime of 2021, he joined Roma, the place in his first 12 months within the Italian capital, he led the Giallorossi to victory within the Convention League, scoring 27 objectives in 53 official appearances. Nonetheless, the next seasons have been much less lucky, partly as a consequence of a critical damage in June 2023.

Let’s get to know Tammy higher with some information about him.

FAMILY, ORIGINS, AND FOOTBALL
Tammy has Nigerian roots, along with his father, Mr. Tamaraebi Bakumo, hailing from Bayelsa, one in every of Nigeria‘s 36 states. Tammy’s father can be his agent. Soccer runs within the household; his youthful brother Timmy grew up in Fulham‘s youth system and, after some expertise in League One and Two, now performs within the sixth tier with Tonbridge Angels.

INSPIRATIONS AND ROLE MODELS
Though he grew up inside Chelsea’s ranks, Tammy Abraham revealed in a 2017 interview that he was an Arsenal fan as a baby, with Thierry Henry being one in every of his childhood idols. One other important function mannequin for him is Didier Drogba, whom he first met at Cobham throughout his time in Chelsea’s academy.

FRIENDS REUNITED
At AC Milan, Abraham reunites with three former Chelsea teammates: Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Christian Pulisic and Fikayo Tomori. In reality, Tomori is one in every of Tammy’s greatest pals off the pitch, and so they usually go on trip collectively in the course of the summer time. With Ruben and Fikayo, Abraham achieved success in Chelsea’s youth groups, together with profitable the UEFA Youth League and the FA Youth Cup.

TAMMY’S RECORDS
Tammy Abraham has achieved a number of notable milestones all through his profession. At Bristol Metropolis, he grew to become the primary participant to win Participant of the Yr, Younger Participant of the Yr, and Prime Scorer awards in the identical season. At Aston Villa, he was the primary participant in over 40 years to attain 25 objectives in a single season. With Chelsea, in 2019, he grew to become the youngest participant to attain a hat-trick within the Premier League period and was the primary Chelsea academy product to attain double figures in objectives for 2 consecutive seasons since 1983. At Roma, Tammy set the file for probably the most objectives scored by an English participant in a single Serie A season, netting 17 objectives in 2021/22.

ENGLAND AND NIGERIA
Attributable to his heritage, Abraham was eligible to signify each Nigeria and England. After that includes for varied English youth groups (Beneath-18, Beneath-19, and Beneath-21) and collaborating within the 2019 U21 European Championship in Italy, he made his preliminary senior appearances for England in friendlies, together with his debut in opposition to Germany at Wembley in November 2017. For a number of months, he was undecided between the 2 nationwide groups. In October 2019, he finally selected to signify England, making his official debut within the Euro 2020 qualifiers. A month later, on 14 November, he scored his first purpose in a 7-0 win over Montenegro.

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