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Minoungou, the one-eyed player playing in the Club World Cup: Do better than those who have two

2025-06-20 17:09:48Sport SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Minoungou, the one-eyed player playing in the Club World Cup: Do better than
Georgi Minoungou

Georgi Minoungou is blind in one eye, his left eye. He lost part of his sight due to an infection: he never thought that the discomfort he felt during a friendly match with the Seattle Sounders would have such devastating consequences. He underwent surgery, but the intervention was not worth it.

"It was one of the most difficult moments of my life," explained the 23-year-old winger from Ivory Coast. "At that moment I was hoping to win a contract with the first team." And the world fell on his shoulders. "I don't know how to explain what happened. What I know is that my eye, little by little, stopped working."

An absence that has not stopped him from continuing to play and now, in the Club World Cup, he is also in the ranks of the team that on the Italian night faces Atletico Madrid and next Monday plays against Paris Saint-Germain. And today, when someone asks him how he manages to play, he answers without hesitation: "I only have one eye, but I can do better than those who have two."

A dream come true for Minoungou

In 2024, he signed a contract and was linked to the American club until 2028 (with an option to renew for the following year). The Major League has known him on the field: in 35 games played, he has scored 1 goal and provided 5 assists. The rest is part of the “additional equipment” of a winger who excels in individual duels thanks to his propensity for dribbling. Being in the World Cup (even for clubs) is a beautiful achievement. MFK Vyskov and Tacoma Defiance are the teams with which he became known before the transfer to Seattle. “I wanted to reach the highest levels – he admitted to Diario Marca – I worked hard and I succeeded.”

He made it, even though life had dealt him a severe blow with blindness in his left eye. The vision problem was not the only “mountain” he had to climb. Minoungou had difficulty adapting to the tactical rules, the movements and the discipline of the team. He was not (and is not) a “hothead”, but the environment he came from was completely different. “I grew up in Africa and there they played on the streets. We trained on the streets. And in such contexts, football has no rules, so when Tacoma took me I was terrible from a tactical point of view”. He was used to physical duels on the asphalt: you win them and you move forward, straight with the ball at your feet. You lose them and you are out. “I just liked to get the ball one on one and then explode to score.”


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