Spider’s Lessons Learnt At AC Milan

Zeljko Kalac. Spider. It was a great time as a junior goalkeeper to have trained with and watched him terrorize the old NSL with his freaky height. To me Zeljko epitomizes the best of Croatian goalkeeping…namely a fiery attitude mixed with enormous presence, hard work and freaky agility. But you think that life as a goalkeeper can be tough. Imagine life as a goalkeeper moving to the Serie B of Italy. Spider shares his thoughts about agents in this awesome little video, and I’ll give you an overview of my own opinion.

 

Zeljko’s honesty and realism is something that every young goalkeeper can take and learn immensely from. It resonates my own experience with agents, and countless other aspiring soccer professionals around the globe. Take this away from Spider’s words if you will, God (whichever you pray to), family and hard work ethic are what you need to succeed when everything in your aspiring soccer career seems to throw obstacles toward you. There is no Jerry Macguire relationships when it comes to business…in fact, keep family and business completely separated, and when you need further information in regards to a contract or proposed contract always seek solid legal advice.

Zeljko now has a great opportunity with AC Milan now Dida’s recent injury has gifted him a solid opportunity at one of the worlds largest clubs, I’m sure he will succeed. Good luck Spider!