Steve Zakuanii

**Steve Zakuani** (an haife shi a ranar 9 ga watan Fabrairu shekarata alif 1988) tsohon ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne na Kwango . An haife shi a Zaire— Jamhuriyar Demokaradiyyar Kwango a yanzu—kuma ya girma a Landan . Bayan nasarar aikin kwaleji, ya buga wa Seattle Sounders FC da Portland Timbers .

Zakuani ya taka leda a makarantar matasa ta Arsenal, amma sai ya yi fama da neman tawagar. Ya halarci Jami'ar Akron akan tallafin ƙwallon ƙafa, wanda ya yi fice a matsayin mai ci gaba . A cikin shekarar 2009, Seattle ta zaɓi Zakuani tare da zaɓi na farko gabaɗaya a cikin MLS SuperDraft . Nan da nan ya zama dan wasan da aka fi so a matsayin winger tare da sauri da kuma ikon ɗaukar masu kare adawa.

An ci gaba da samun nasara a shekara ta 2010 inda Zakuani ya ci kwallaye goma kuma ya fara buga wa tawagar kwallon kafar Congo DR a wasan sada zumunci. Koyaya, a cikin 2011, ya sami rauni kusan ƙarshen aiki. Ya kasa sake samun nasarar da ya samu a farkon lokacin da ya dawo a shekarar 2012, kafin ya yi ritaya bayan ya buga kakar MLS ta shekarar  2014 tare da Portland Timbers. Bayan ya yi ritaya daga ƙwallon ƙafa, Zakuani yana taimaka wa matasa 'yan wasa ta hanyar aikin agaji, ya shiga ƙungiyar watsa shirye-shirye ta ranar wasan Sounders, da masu horarwa a makarantar sakandare ta Bellevue .

## Sana'a

### Matasa da jami'a
An haifi Zakuani a Kinshasa, Zaire — yanzu Jamhuriyar Dimokuradiyyar Kwango . Lokacin da yake da shekaru hudu, mahaifinsa, Mao Zakuani, ya ƙaura da iyalinsa zuwa London, saboda dalilai na siyasa da na sana'a, a matsayin mai fassara.  Iyalin sun sauya gidaje akai-akai kuma sun zauna tare da dangi na dogon lokaci. Daga karshe suka zauna a wata unguwar arewacin London tare da wasu iyalai na Afirka, inda Zakaani ya halarci makarantar White Hart Lane . 

Lokacin da yake da shekaru tara, Zakuani ya jawo sha'awar shirin matasa na West Ham United . Daga baya ya yi ƙoƙari don ƙungiyar matasa ta Queens Park Rangers, kuma ya shiga Kwalejin Arsenal a 1997. Zakuani ya zama jarumtaka da jajircewa alhali bai mai da hankali kan aikin makaranta ba kafin a sake shi. Abubuwan da ya faru a waje sun kai ga munanan raunuka lokacin da ya yi hatsari a kan moto da aka sace. Zakaani bai iya buga wasa na 18 ba&nbsp;watanni. Bayan ya rasa sha'awar ƙwallon ƙafa kuma ya sabunta ƙoƙarinsa na ilimi, ya kalli mai magana mai motsa rai, kuma mai bishara, Myles Munroe tare da malami. Wannan ya zaburar da Zakuani don sabunta alƙawarinsa na zama ƙwararren ɗan wasa kuma, ko da yake bai yi nasara ba, ya yi ƙoƙari don manyan ƙungiyoyin Queens Park Rangers, Wigan Athletic, AZ Alkmaar, da Real Valladolid . 

Zakuani ya halarci Jami'ar Akron bayan an lura da shi a lokacin da yake wasa a Kwalejin Kwallon Kafa mai zaman kanta ta arewacin London.  A cikin sabon kakarsa, ya zira kwallaye shida tare da Zips kuma ya sami tayin ƙwararru daga Preston North End . Ya riga ya jajirce a jami'ar kuma ya ki samun damar.  A 2008, Zakaani ya ci 20&nbsp;burin da 7&nbsp;yana taimakawa fiye da 23&nbsp;wasanni don zama dan wasan karshe na Hermann Trophy ; lambar yabo ta Missouri Athletic Club ke bayarwa duk shekara ga babban ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na ƙasar.  Ya kuma zama dan wasa na biyu na biyu da aka nada a matsayin gwarzon dan wasan koli *na maza na Soccer America* .  Ya buga wani yanki na 2008 USL Premier Development League kakar tare da Cleveland Internationals, wanda ya zira kwallaye tara kuma ya taimaka hudu a wasanni 11. 

### Kwararren

#### Seattle Sounders FC
An zaɓi Zakuani ta ƙungiyar faɗaɗa Seattle Sounders FC a matsayin zaɓi na ɗaya a cikin 2009 MLS SuperDraft akan kwangilar shirin Generation Adidas .  Ya ki yarda da tayi daga kungiyoyin Ingila guda biyu don haka zai iya shiga tare da Major League Soccer ; yarjejeniyar ta ba shi damar ware kudi don karatun kwaleji a nan gaba.  Ya fara wasanni 24 cikin 30 na yau da kullun a cikin 2009 kuma ya buga wasan karshe na Lamar Hunt US Open Cup, lokacin da Sounders suka zama ƙungiyar MLS ta biyu da ta lashe gasar a lokacin buɗewar su.   Zakuani ya samar da gaban kai hari da ake bukata daga reshe; shi ne dan wasa na uku da ya fi zura kwallo a raga da kwallaye hudu a duk kakar wasa ta yau da kullum. 'Yan jarida sun dauke shi a matsayin dan takarar Rookie na Year saboda yana da mafi yawan adadin kwallaye da taimakon duk sababbin 'yan wasa.  Daga karshe dai kyautar ta samu ga Omar Gonzalez .  Wani mai ba da rahoto na cikin gida ya yaba masa saboda inganta taimakon da yake bayarwa ga tsaro da kuma samar da ingantattun hare-hare yayin da kakar ke ci gaba.  Duk da cewa an riga an san Zakuani a matsayin babban matashin ɗan wasa, koci Sigi Schmid ya so ya inganta shawararsa a filin wasa da kuma ƙara lafiyarsa kafin shekara mai zuwa. 

A shekara ta 2009, rauni a kafada wanda ya iyakance ikon Zakuani na buga cikakken minti 90 a kowane wasa ya tilasta masa yin tiyata a lokacin hutun kakar wasa. A shekararsa ta biyu na kwarewa, Zakuani ya zura kwallaye goma, wanda ya yi daidai da maki da dan wasan gaba Fredy Montero ya ci a kungiyar. Ya kuma yi taimako guda shida. An zabi Zakaani dan wasan mako na MLS sau biyu; na farko shi ne bayan rikodin biyu a raga a ci 2-1 a kan Colorado, kuma na biyu an ba shi ne don burin biyu da kuma taimako a nasarar 2-1 a kan Chivas USA .    Magoya bayan gasar sun kada kuri'ar yajin aikin a kan Chivas a matsayin Goal na mako. Zakuani kuma lashe lambar yabo ga daidai lokacin hutu bayan na tsaron gida da baya line ga daya-on-daya halin da ake ciki tare da Goalkeeper yayin da Buga k'wallaye a raga da Toronto FC .  Har ila yau, ya rubuta burin da ya fi sauri a tarihin kulob din tare da minti na hudu a kan Columbus Crew, ya doke rikodin da ya gabata wanda ya kafa kakar wasa a baya.  Zakuani ya sake kasancewa cikin jerin 'yan wasan da za su fafata a gasar cin kofin Bude na Amurka ta 2010, wanda Seattle ta lashe ta zama tawaga ta farko tun 1983 da ta maimaita a matsayin zakaran Bude Kofin.   A ranar 7 ga Nuwamba 2010, ya zira kwallaye na farko na Sounders a cikin rashin nasara 2–1 ga Los Angeles Galaxy .  Ya karbi katinsa na kore bayan kakar wasa; wannan ya taimaka wa ƙungiyar saboda MLS ta iyakance adadin 'yan wasan duniya da ke akwai ga kowace ƙungiya kuma samun matsayin zama na dindindin ya keɓe shi daga hula. 

Zakuani ya zira kwallaye biyu a raga kuma yana da taimako biyu a farkon bayyanarsa shida na kakar 2011 .  A ranar 22 ga Afrilu 2011, ƙalubale mai tsanani da Brian Mullan ya yi ya haifar da Zakuani ya fashe tibia da fibula minti uku cikin wasa da Colorado Rapids.  An kai shi asibiti kuma an yi masa tiyata a ranar. A lokacin murmurewa, likitoci sun ji tsoron cewa kafarsa za ta bukaci yankewa saboda ciwon sashe .  Damuwar ta samo asali ne sakamakon karancin jini wanda ke cutar da jijiyoyin da ke hade wurin da kafarsa.  Da farko Mullan ya kare matakin, yana mai cewa zai sake yin kalubalen. Daga baya ya nemi afuwa yayin fuskantar karuwar bincike kuma ya sami dakatarwar wasanni 10 (daidai da haramcin mafi dadewa a tarihin MLS zuwa yau) da kuma tarar $5,000. Nelson Rodriguez, mataimakin shugaban zartarwa na MLS, ya fada a cikin wata sanarwa cewa kwamitin ladabtarwa "ya ji mummunan yanayi" na laifin Mullan ya ba da hujjar hukuncin. 'Maganin Mullan shine nau'in wasan da muke buƙatar kawar da shi daga wasanmu, kuma matakin horo ya yi daidai da ƙoƙarinmu na yin hakan. '  Zakuani bai buga sauran kakar wasa ta bana ba, kuma wannan rauni ya nuna farkon karshen rayuwarsa a matsayin dan wasan kwallon kafa.  Raunin Zakuani na ɗaya daga cikin manyan ƴan wasa a duk faɗin gasar a waccan shekarar, abin da ya haifar da sukar cewa wasan MLS ya kasance mai tsauri har zuwa "dandama". 

A lokacin 2013 kakar, Zakuani ya yi kawai tara bayyanuwa a duk gasa kafin a sidelined da wasanni hernia . A wannan lokacin, ya rubuta taimako guda ɗaya a cikin wasan lig, da kuma taimakawa a burin cin nasara a wasan da suka yi da Tigres UANL na Mexico a gasar cin kofin zakarun Turai ta CONCACAF . Daga baya an ajiye shi a ajiyar da ya ji rauni kuma an yi masa tiyata sau biyu a kowane gefen makwancinsa.  Kwantiragin Zakuani ya amince ya kare, inda ya kawo karshen aikinsa na shekaru biyar da Sounders, inda ya fara wasa a wasanni 67 cikin 78 a gasar. A lokacin shi ne dan wasan gaba na uku a kungiyar da kwallaye 17. 

A cikin Janairu 2017, *The Seattle Times* ta ruwaito cewa Zakuani ya dade yana atisaye tare da kungiyar, tare da kocin Brian Schmetzer ya kwatanta halin da yake ciki a matsayin "wani wuri tsakanin 'gwaji' da horo mai tsabta".  Bayan wata daya, ya sanar da cewa ba zai koma wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ba kuma a maimakon haka ya ci gaba da aikinsa na watsa shirye-shirye tare da Sounders. 

#### Portland Timbers
A ranar 12 Disamba 2013, Portland Timbers ya zaɓi Zakuani a matsayin lamba biyu a cikin Tsarin Sake Shiga MLS ; daftarin shekara wanda ke ba ƙungiyoyi damar zaɓar 'yan wasan da ba su da kwantiragi ko kuma ƙungiyoyinsu na yanzu sun ƙi zaɓin su. Timbers sun yi ciniki don damar.  Zakuani ya sake haduwa da Caleb Porter, tsohon kocinsa na Akron, wanda ya zama manajan Portland. An yanke masa albashin dala 60,000 zuwa $120,000 a shekara.  Ana sa ran Zakuani zai sami ƙarin mintuna nan da nan saboda ɗan wasan na farko Rodney Wallace yana murmurewa daga rauni. Zakuani ya bayyana a wasan farko na Timbers a shekarar 2014 da Philadelphia Union a matsayin wanda ya maye gurbin a minti na 85.  The Sounders da Timbers ne m kishiyoyinsu ; lokacin da ƙungiyoyin suka hadu a 2014 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup . Zakuani ya taimaka wa tsohon abokin wasan koleji Darlington Nagbe a ragar Timbers a wasan da suka yi rashin nasara da ci 3-1 a kulob din da ya gabata.  Zakuani ya ci kwallonsa ta farko a Timbers a ranar 19 ga Agusta 2014, inda ya zira kwallon farko a ragar Alpha United da ci 4-1 a gasar cin kofin zakarun Turai na 2014–15 CONCACAF . Bayan kammala wasan, Porter ya zanta da manema labarai kan bukatar zama Zakuani a benci saboda ciwon tsoka da yake fama da shi. 

2014 ta kasance abin kunya ga Zakuani; bai zura kwallo a raga ba kuma ya taimaka aka zura kwallaye uku.  A ranar 29 ga Oktoba, 2014, Zakuani ya sanar da yin murabus a cikin wani rubutu na yanar gizo. Bayan da ya zura kwallo daya kacal ya taimaka biyar a kakar wasanni uku da suka gabata, ya yi nuni da wahalar da ya samu daga raunin da ya samu. Ya rasa madaidaicin sa, saurin sa, da kuma kwarin gwiwa tun lokacin da aka ji masa rauni.  Ya yi ritaya tun yana ƙanana 26; ritayarsa bayan wa'adinsa na farko ya jagoranci *Sports Illustrated* don kwatanta aikinsa a matsayin "mafi kyawun abin nadi". 

Zakuani ya cancanci buga wa Kongo da Ingila wasa . Ya dauki Landan garinsu amma har yanzu yana kallon kansa a matsayin dan Congo.   Daga cikin 'yan uwansa biyar,   , Babban yayansa Gabriel Zakuani yana taka leda a kulob din Northampton Town na Ingila kuma memba ne a cikin tawagar kasar Kongo. Wataƙila ya iya buga wa Amurka wasa idan an ba shi izinin zama ɗan ƙasa. Ya nuna sha'awar wakiltar tawagar 'yan wasan Kongo a farkon aikinsa,   amma ya yi la'akari da damar da ya samu na bugawa Ingila "tsawon harbi". Daga baya a fagen wasansa, ya nuna sha'awar bugawa Amurka wasa, yana mai cewa, "A cikin ukun, na fi son Amurka saboda a nan ne na sanya sunana a matsayin dan wasa". 

A cikin 2010, Zakuani ya karɓi kiran da aka yi masa daga Kongo don wasan sada zumunci da Mali .  A cikin wata sanarwa da ya fitar, Zakuani ya bayyana hakan ne a matsayin babbar karramawa ga matashin da ya yi.  Shawara ce mai wahala a gare shi amma jira don samun cancantar buga wa Amurka ta yi tsayi da yawa.  An buga wasan a Dieppe, Faransa, a cikin Nuwamba 2010. Zakuani ne ya fara wasan kuma aka tashi daga hutun rabin lokaci inda Congo ta ci gaba. Mali dai ta tashi wasan ne a karo na biyu, inda ta doke Congo da ci 3-1. 

## Salon wasa

Zakuani dan wasan dama ne wanda ya gwammace ya kasance a gefen hagu na fili. Ya taka leda a bangaren hagu a wasan 4–4–2 da Arsenal; daga baya ya kasance dan gaba a jami'a kafin ya koma winger da kwarewa.  Zakuani ya ce ya taka leda da salon da ya koyo a makarantar matasa ta Arsenal kuma ya yi kokarin yin koyi da salon tsohon dan wasan winger Robert Pires .   Zakuani yakan nemi shawara daga tsohon dan wasan Arsenal Freddie Ljungberg lokacin da suke wasa tare a Seattle.  Zakuani ya kasance dan wasa mai sauri, mai hazaka wanda yake son daukar masu tsaron baya daya-da-daya.  Yayin da yake horar da shi a Akron, Porter ya ce yawancin kwallayen Zakuani sun zo ne bayan dogon gudu da suka doke 'yan wasa da dama. 

## Rayuwa ta sirri da ritaya
Bayan ya yi ritaya a cikin 2014, Zakuani ya shiga ƙungiyar watsa shirye-shiryen Sounders a matsayin manazarci kuma daga baya sharhin launi.  Ya ƙi shiga Apple TV 's MLS Season Pass, wanda ya maye gurbin watsa shirye-shiryen gida a cikin 2023, saboda jadawalin balaguron ƙasa.  Ya buga wani abin tunawa, "kwanakin 500", a cikin 2015 da wani shirin gaskiya a cikin 2018 wanda ya ba da tarihin murmurewa daga raunin 2011.  

Zakuani ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin koci na Tacoma Stars, ƙungiyar cikin gida a cikin Major Arena Soccer League, daga 2015 zuwa 2016.  Ya zama babban koci a makarantar sakandare ta Bellevue a shekarar 2019, inda ya kai kungiyar zuwa gasar zakarun Turai.  

### Fatan Mulki
Lokacin yana matashi a Landan, Zakuani ya fara "cakuwa da jama'ar da ba daidai ba".  'Yan mata da shagali ne suka dauke shi daga wasan kwallon kafa.  A wata hira da ya yi da shi, ya ce, “Da yawa daga cikin mutanen da na taso tare da su sun kasance a gidan yari, suna shan kwaya, ba su taba shiga jami’a ba”. Yana da kwarin gwiwa game da karuwar laifukan wuka a Landan tun lokacin da aka kashe wani abokinsa.  A cikin 2010, ya kafa ƙungiyar sa-kai ta Kingdom Hope don gudanar da sansanonin ƙwallon ƙafa na matasa a yankin Seattle mafi girma.   Ya tuna cewa ya mayar da hankali kan ƙwallon ƙafa maimakon ilimi a Turai; kungiyar ta mayar da hankali ne kan bayar da tallafin karatu na kwaleji ga matasa 'yan wasa.  Zakuani ya ce babban burinsa shi ne bude wata makarantar koyar da koyar da rayuwa da kwallon kafa ga matasa don samar da “gada tsakanin hazaka da kuma yin ta a zahiri”. 

## Kididdigar sana'a

## Girmamawa

### Kulob
**Seattle Sounders FC**

* Lamar Hunt US Open Cup (2): 2009, 2010

## Manazarta

## Hanyoyin haɗi na waje

* Shafi na sirri na Steve Zakuani
* Fatan Mulki