Guthenberg. A horrific injury hit Rosa Kavaji, but the 19-year-old has recovered.
BK Häcken has hired one of Europe’s best unproven talents and after a severe leg fracture he has got a talented athlete back.
– You paid such hard things. In the meantime, I felt like crap, but then I felt good, she says.
Rosa Kavaji Move with light steps between exercises in a Thursday training session. She has two balls rolling in front of her. One per foot.
The promising teenager, who graduated this summer, is back in earnest. With five scars on the right leg and internal images of horrific damage to the retina every now and then. But she is more than ready.
He was selected and back in Robert Villahamn’s squad against Umeå on Friday night and secured playing time next week in the cup match against Jetex.
– finally. it’s a wonderful feeling. It’s incredibly fun and something I’ve been looking forward to for a very long time,” she says.
The 19-year-old’s love for football was strong even before the serious injury, after which she no longer takes the hours on the pitch for granted and dedicates herself to every moment.
I know that things can go very quickly, they can change, and I will make use of my time when I play football. I will enjoy. My goal is to participate and give everything in every training and every match, she says when we meet at the Gothia Park Academy training facility in Hisingen and Häcken.
It was only six minutes from the start with BK Hackenwhere she was recruited from AIK, on January 29 when both the fibula and tibia broke in her lower leg.
Rosa Kavaji leans forward, strokes her lower leg, and indicates that the bolts that have been operated can be felt from the outside.
– It’s metal. She jokes: If someone kicks her, they break themselves.
She remembers Lidkoping’s injury in detail, can see for herself and feel the pain.
When you talk about the accident, it is in the present tense. Everything happens again, it plays like a movie inside.
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I run and get a good ball in the penalty area and put it in the wide side. I have a defender close to me from behind and the goalkeeper comes out. It was like a pancake, I was in the middle and had nowhere to go. So I crashed, she says, and took a breath before continuing:
Oh my God, you hurt so much. That’s why I cried. When the situation happened, I felt like I didn’t have enough adrenaline. It was only six minutes into the match. I really felt something break, I panicked because I felt it right away.
– I was hurt, I was angry, I was afraid. He is very sick. What are the possibilities really?
After the accident, Rosa Kajavi spent time at home on the sofa with her mother in Stockholm. The days were slow and difficult, but the support of the family embraced them. She had to have injections into her stomach against the risk of blood clots and barely got off the couch. For companionship, she’s had loved ones, TV series, and social media, but she’s also had tremendous anger.
– I was angry. I thought how that could happen. Rosa Kvaje says: Why did I get into a situation like the Champions League final?
Maybe because it’s that hallmark in the penalty area that makes you a player?
Rosa smiles in response.
He can dodge but not run
After two weeks, I was able to leave hibernation. It wasn’t long before she was standing on crutches and hitting a ball into the apartment wall with her good leg.
– I told myself it was time to stop myself and go to school, she notes.
The trip back was arduous. Movement training at the start, cycling, training in the pool, first steps – all stages have been increased.
Muscle memory helped her.
– I could dodge before I could run… They laughed at her at first, but that’s how it was. There are other steps when dribbling smaller. It was a bit strange. Then she was very happy just to feel able to pass the ball, she says.
Goal magazine named her the 11th most promising talent in the world.
Rosa Kvaji, 19, is still promising. Huge talent. But during the period of severe infection, a development occurred. Rosa Kavaji was shaped to become an athlete. A big player is stronger and more physically stable.
The leadership team at BK Häcken put together a detailed plan and subjected their promising new acquisition to training and discipline which strengthened them both physiologically and mentally.
Before her injury, we have already done the analysis we need to help her improve her fitness. Then the injury came and we felt we had a chance to do it fully. We wanted her to finish her studies in Stockholm, so she started working there. After she got back to us, she worked really hard and we connected across the board. It’s fun seeing her, coach Robert Villahamn says, she looks more athletic.
Rosa Kavaji shares photos from some of her summer sessions. Not liking it all, she opposed at first but realized the importance of undergoing heavy intermittent doses, which harden in the presence of lactic acid in the legs and strengthen the muscles with heavy strength exercises.
– You paid such hard things. Meanwhile, Rosa Kavaji says, I felt awful, but then I felt relief, a beautiful feeling.
Part of the last stretch before the comeback was grueling sessions with breaks on the pitch and slithering in the aisle outside the changing rooms.
– I’ve put that cart. Oh my God, it was so hard. I like to push it forward 30 metres, then pull it back 30 metres, and then push it again. After that I didn’t feel well, Rosa says and notes:
– I built myself up physically and sped up in a different way. I feel like I’ve matured at my game.
BK Häcken’s Rosa Kvaje has been recruited as an important part of the puzzle in building coach Robert Villahamn’s squad, as his perfect ten.
He’s looking forward to getting his new signature on the team for real, but he’s proud to give Rosa the time.
You won’t succeed at everything at first, we want her to try to do what she’s good at and not be sad or angry if she fails. She will be allowed to do so with us as long as she dares.
Rosa dares and wants.
Will you come back as a better footballer?
– We’ll see… I’ve hardly played a match yet.
