Jamal Lowe, from Kindergarten Teacher to Premier League Player
- SportBible
"It's a must for me. I have to meet my needs. At first, I only taught two days a week. But as time went on, I was offered to become a full-time teacher. I was very excited." Jamal Lowe recounted.
“In the beginning, talking to the thirty children who might not want to listen to the teacher was quite scary. But when I get more experience in this job, it pays off.”
"It seemed my dream to play professionally was over. But then I went to Hampton & Richmond, which is a club in another league. It was seen as a step back but that's when I started enjoying football again." He added.
There, Lowe broke into the first-team regular he had longed for. He also paid the trust of manager Alan Dowson by scoring 29 goals in 48 games.
"It changed everything," Lowe said.
Since then, his career began to climb. In 2017, he joined League One club Portsmouth. After two years, he played for the Championship club Wigan Athletic in 2019. Then in 2020, he joined Swansea City.
When he moved to AFC Bournemouth, it was the pinnacle of his early career. Here, he was promoted to play in the Premier League this season.
After helping Bournemouth to the Premier League with several goals scored, the 28-year-old made his debut as a substitute against Manchester City in August 2022.
"I remember looking around and seeing De Bruyne and Haaland on the pitch. It's still unreal to me. Sometimes, I just feel like I'm a spectator, a child watching all these star players. But I have to understand that this is where I am now. I have to be able to compete with these guys," Jamal Lowe explained.
Currently, Lowe earns £ 670,000 or around Rp 11,680 billion per year.
A month later, Lowe lined up with Lionel Messi while playing for the Jamaica National Team in an international friendly against the Argentine National Team. Lowe's story is like a fairy tale where he finally achieves his dream after a long hopeless.
