I found some problem in Rwanda...

E-mail from 16. 12. 2009
„hi joseph ; i thank you first for evry things you did for debrecen , thank you so much , and the second i will be in kenya at saturday or in sanday be cause i pass by rwanda ; unganda and kenya ; maybe if i found some thing for calling, i ill call you , i ill try to call.“
 
E-mail from 18. 1. 2010, 16.53
„hi josef , i found some problem in rwanda  ; when i transit in the end of rwanda with immigration police the ask me visa or us with rwanda ; we travel without visa that is they looking for money , and i back to the capital kigali , and they call that immigration to let  me transit , tommorow i leave.“
 

These are the kinds of emails player agents receive from their clients.

Daniel has had more than his share of bad luck in his sporting career. In 2007, after a successful week-long trial with Debrecen, a top Hungarian club offered him a very promising contract. But after signing, Debrecen left for a training camp in Turkey. Daniel couldn’t join them. He didn’t have a Turkish visa. He flew to Kenya to wait for the documents. And he waited. And waited. It took two and a half years before he won his case at FIFA.

In the meantime, he played for the Czech club Marila Pribram, where he scored goal after goal in the reserve team. In autumn 2008, he immediately impressed coach Moravcik during a trial in Zlate Moravce. He made a few appearances in the Slovak premier league, but struggled with injuries. As a striker, he didn’t score, Moravce were relegated, and so he moved on.

In Sala football club, he found a welcoming environment and passed another trial successfully. This time, it was force majeure or perhaps more accurately, an administrative error by the first-instance authority. In the residence permit proceedings, a letter from the police was incorrectly delivered. When the police in Nitra fully upheld his appeal, it was already too late. Daniel’s visa had expired, and he had to leave Slovakia. He had to travel back to Kenya to the competent embassy for citizens of the Democratic Republic of Congo to apply for a new Slovak visa.

He was supposed to return within two weeks. Then came silence. And occasional emails.

Daniel, come back soon. The people in Sala are waiting for you. Wish him luck.