Shekaru biyu da rabi da suka wuce, Miguel Freckleton yana buga wa ƙungiyar da ba ta ƙwararru ba a matakin bakwai na ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingila. A yau, ɗan wasan kare wanda aka haifa a Bristol yana shirye-shiryen buga UEFA Champions League tare da zakarun Austriya, LASK — tare da tafiye-tafiye da za su kai zuwa Anfield don fafata da Liverpool da kuma Bernabeu don fafata da Real Madrid.

"Abin mamaki ne ƙwarai. Yana da wuya ƙwarai a bayyana da kalmomi," ɗan wasan mai shekara 23 ya faɗa wa BBC Sport.

Farawa mai wahala a wasanni

Hanya ta Freckleton zuwa sama ba ta kai kai ba. Ya bar Bristol Rovers yana da shekara 14 bayan wani wakili ya yi masa alƙawarin samun kwantiragin a Wolverhampton Wanderers ko Stoke City, kasancewar kulake da yawa suna sha'awar sa tare da kudin diyya na £50,000 da ke ɗaure da sunansa. Wannan canja-wuri bai taba faruwa ba — rashin lafiya da ya kama shi yayin gwaje-gwaje a Wolves ya bar shi ba tare da kulaki ba kuma, kamar yadda yake faɗa, "shekara babu komai."

Ya yi ɗan lokaci a Bristol Inner City Academy sannan daga baya a South Gloucestershire and Stroud College, inda Antoine Semenyo — wanda yanzu yake wasa wa Manchester City — shi ma ya kasance ɗalibi. Ya fara wasansa na farko da tsofaffi a ƙungiyar gida ta Mangotsfield United, wacce a lokacin tana yin gogayya a matakin bakwai.

"Ko a wannan shekarun, ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin 'yan wasan da suka fi tsayi kuma suka fi sauri," in ji Matt Curry, wanda ya horar da Freckleton a Bristol Inner City Academy kuma yanzu shi ne mataimakin manaja a Mangotsfield. "Na kasance da yakinin cewa zai ci gaba da samun sana'a a wannan wasan."

Aro huɗu da taken league

Freckleton ya dawo wa ƙwallon ƙafa na ƙwararru a watan Disamba 2021 sa'ad da ya shiga Sheffield United. Shekara uku da rabi a Bramall Lane ya ƙunshi aro huɗu maimakon ya kutsawa cikin ƙungiyar ta farko. Ya wasa wa Wealdstone, Yeovil Town, da Chesterfield a National League — na ƙarshe ya ƙare da nasarar taken a 2024 — kafin kakar cikakkiya a Swindon Town, inda ya fara dandana ƙwallon EFL na farko.

Ɗaya daga cikin mawuyacin lokuta shine sa'ad da an yanke damarsa ta aro a Wealdstone don ya koma Sheffield United kafin wasan zagaye na biyar na FA Cup da Tottenham Hotspur. "Takardu na ba su iso a lokaci ba. Na yi fushi sosai. Ina wasa sosai. Amma haka ne ƙwallon ƙafa," in ji shi.

"Kullum ina albishir da waɗannan aro, ko su yi kyau ko kuma mara kyau. Ba zan faɗi mummunan kalma game da kowane kulaki ba domin sun taimaka min a aikin na."

Scotland, kofin gasar, da cin nasara akan Celtic

Sa'ad da Sheffield United suka nada Ruben Selles a matsayin manaja a watan Yunin 2025, an gaya wa Freckleton cewa ba shi da nan gaba a kulaki. Sai ya nemi mafi sauri fita. Kulake na League One sun nuna sha'awa, amma manajan St Mirren Stephen Robinson ya shawo kansa ya nufi Scotland maimakon haka.

Wasansa na farko tare da St Mirren ya kasance a wajen kulaki da Celtic — sha 1-0 a gaban masu kallo 65,000. "Abin mamaki ne sosai," Freckleton ya tuna. "Na sami bukata na kasancewa wani ɓangare na wannan."

Ya zama wani ɓangare na wani abin ban mamaki. St Mirren sun kai zagaye na ƙarshe na huɗu na Scottish Cup kuma sun lashe Scottish League Cup, suna doke Celtic 3-1 a ƙarshen wasa na watan Disamba da ya gabata. "Lashe kofin tabbas shine mafi kyawun jin daɗi da na taba samu a filin wasa," in ji Freckleton. "Mun kasance masu ƙarancin sa ran gaske. Cin nasara a Celtic a wasan karshe ya kasance abin ban mamaki sosai."

Rayuwa a mafarkin Champions League

Wannan ji na cin nasara akan Celtic ya ci gaba zuwa sabon babi tare da LASK. Freckleton ya shiga kulaki na Austriya a watan Yulin 2025 kuma, makwanni kaɗan bayan haka, ya shigo a matsayin ɗan wasa mai maye a lokacin ƙarin lokaci — yayin da LASK suka yi gagarumar dawowa ta tarihi ta juyar da rashi na 4-0 na gaba ɗaya akan Celtic don cancanta ba da UEFA Champions League na farko a tarihinsu.

Sannan jan ƙuri'a ya ba LASK wasanni da manyan kulake na Turai. "Jan kuri'a na farko shi ne Real Madrid sannan kuma an jawo mu a matsayin ƙungiyar farko da za ta yi fafatawa da su," in ji Freckleton. "Na kasance kama da, 'Yanzu ya cika. Idan zan iya je Bernabeu, wow.'"

LASK sun riga sun fafata da AEK Athens, Liverpool, da Sporting a matakin ƙungiya, tare da wasanni da Bodo/Glimt, Fenerbahce, Porto, da Real Madrid da suke jira. Freckleton ya kasance ɗan wasa mai maye wanda ba a yi amfani da shi ba a wasanni uku kuma yana fatan farawa akan Slovan Bratislava.

Wakiltar Jamaica

Shekara mai ban mamaki ta Freckleton ta wuce ƙwallon kulaki kawai. Ɗan kare mai kafa hagu, wanda ɗan Jamaica ne ta rabin ta hanyar mahaifinsa, ya samu kira tasa na farko uku na ƙasa da ƙasa da Jamaica a lokacin hutu na ƙasa da ƙasa na watan Satumba da Oktoba. Ya fara wasansa na farko a matsayin ɗan wasa mai maye akan Honduras kafin ya fara da ba da taimako a nasarorin da suka biyo baya akan El Salvador da Honduras — ziyarar sa ta farko zuwa Jamaica cikin shekara goma.

"Ina farin cikin nuna ƙasar na — ƙasata — iyawar na," ya bayyana. "Ina son kawai in taimaka wa ƙasar na ta ci nasara, domin na gane yadda ƙwallon ƙafa ya yi muhimmanci da kuma yadda ya bambanta yin wasa wa ƙasarka da kulaki."