{"id":4434,"date":"2022-01-30T15:29:51","date_gmt":"2022-01-30T15:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/?p=4434"},"modified":"2022-01-30T15:08:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T15:08:00","slug":"sierra-leone-antonio-rudiger-returns-to-his-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/sierra-leone-antonio-rudiger-returns-to-his-roots","title":{"rendered":"Sierra Leone: Antonio R\u00fcdiger returns to his roots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. <\/strong><\/span><b>Chelsea centre-back and German international Antonio R\u00fcdiger on Thursday launched his charitable foundation for education in Sierra Leone, his family&#8217;s home country.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The 2021 Champions League winner, flanked by his mother and brothers at a Freetown hotel near the presidential palace, pledged $40,000 to the foundation.<\/p>\n<p>All Love??\u2764?? #Hustle #AlwaysBelieve #Teamsierraleone pic.twitter.com\/VMbARg4WNN<\/p>\n<p>He also auctioned off his signed Chelsea shirt, which was sold to a fan for $2,000, in front of an invitation-only crowd of government officials and diplomats who were joined by members of a local Chelsea fan club.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This foundation means a lot to me, but I don&#8217;t want it to be a one-man show, I want everyone to admire it, especially the younger generation,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Antonio R\u00fcdiger was born in Germany in 1993 to a Sierra Leonean mother who fled the civil war in her country. The player has a strong attachment to the West African country, which has been plagued by civil war and the Ebola virus in its recent history.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m speechless &#8211; these people are crazy ? Thank you from the bottom of my heart for this overwhelming welcome, Sierra Leone ?? God bless you all ????? ?? #Hustle #AlwaysBelieve pic.twitter.com\/SykiLL5GlI<\/p>\n<p>Antonio R\u00fcdiger took advantage of a break in his club&#8217;s demanding schedule to fly to Sierra Leone on Monday on a private jet. He was given a hero&#8217;s welcome at the airport by fans, one of whom tried to climb on his back.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m speechless. These people are crazy,&#8221; he jokingly tweeted. During the week, he went to see the Sierra Leone Amputee Football Club play, a local football club made up of players who have undergone amputations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t consider myself a superstar, my parents always told me to be humble, that&#8217;s why I&#8217;m here today,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I want to have that connection with people, so they don&#8217;t just see me as a footballer or a superstar.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\">Eritrea<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. Chelsea centre-back and German international Antonio R\u00fcdiger on Thursday launched his charitable foundation for education in Sierra Leone, his family&#8217;s home country. The 2021 Champions League winner, flanked by his mother and brothers at a Freetown hotel near the presidential palace, pledged $40,000 to the foundation. All Love??\u2764?? #Hustle #AlwaysBelieve #Teamsierraleone pic.twitter.com\/VMbARg4WNN [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":4433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,17,16],"tags":[242,243,263,690,688,687,233,125,689],"class_list":["post-4434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-sport","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-eritrea","tag-african-football","tag-chelsea-fc","tag-civil-war","tag-developpment-aid","tag-eritrea","tag-football","tag-germany"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sierra Leone: Antonio R\u00fcdiger returns to his roots - Eritrea<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Chelsea centre-back and German international Antonio R\u00fcdiger on Thursday launched his charitable foundation for educa ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/sierra-leone-antonio-rudiger-returns-to-his-roots\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sierra Leone: Antonio R\u00fcdiger returns to his roots\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chelsea centre-back and German international Antonio R\u00fcdiger on Thursday launched his charitable foundation for educa ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/sierra-leone-antonio-rudiger-returns-to-his-roots\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Eritrea\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-01-30T15:29:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2022\/01\/img-61f6a9ae7a9c1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"538\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/sierra-leone-antonio-rudiger-returns-to-his-roots#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/sierra-leone-antonio-rudiger-returns-to-his-roots\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Sierra Leone: Antonio R\u00fcdiger returns to his roots\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-30T15:29:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/sierra-leone-antonio-rudiger-returns-to-his-roots\"},\"wordCount\":351,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/sierra-leone-antonio-rudiger-returns-to-his-roots#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2022\/01\/img-61f6a9ae7a9c1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Eritrea\",\"African Football\",\"Chelsea FC\",\"Civil War\",\"Developpment Aid\",\"Eritrea\",\"football\",\"Germany\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"sport\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/sierra-leone-antonio-rudiger-returns-to-his-roots#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/sierra-leone-antonio-rudiger-returns-to-his-roots\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/sierra-leone-antonio-rudiger-returns-to-his-roots\",\"name\":\"Sierra Leone: Antonio R\u00fcdiger returns to his roots - Eritrea\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/sierra-leone-antonio-rudiger-returns-to-his-roots#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/sierra-leone-antonio-rudiger-returns-to-his-roots#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2022\/01\/img-61f6a9ae7a9c1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-30T15:29:51+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Chelsea centre-back and German international Antonio R\u00fcdiger on Thursday launched his charitable foundation for educa ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/sierra-leone-antonio-rudiger-returns-to-his-roots#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/sierra-leone-antonio-rudiger-returns-to-his-roots\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/sierra-leone-antonio-rudiger-returns-to-his-roots#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2022\/01\/img-61f6a9ae7a9c1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2022\/01\/img-61f6a9ae7a9c1.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":538,\"caption\":\"Sierra Leone: Antonio R\u00fcdiger returns to his roots\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/sierra-leone-antonio-rudiger-returns-to-his-roots#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sierra Leone: Antonio R\u00fcdiger returns to his roots\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/\",\"name\":\"Eritrea\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sierra Leone: Antonio R\u00fcdiger returns to his roots - Eritrea","description":"Chelsea centre-back and German international Antonio R\u00fcdiger on Thursday launched his charitable foundation for educa ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/sierra-leone-antonio-rudiger-returns-to-his-roots","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sierra Leone: Antonio R\u00fcdiger returns to his roots","og_description":"Chelsea centre-back and German international Antonio R\u00fcdiger on Thursday launched his charitable foundation for educa ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/sierra-leone-antonio-rudiger-returns-to-his-roots","og_site_name":"Eritrea","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2022-01-30T15:29:51+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":538,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2022\/01\/img-61f6a9ae7a9c1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/sierra-leone-antonio-rudiger-returns-to-his-roots#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/sierra-leone-antonio-rudiger-returns-to-his-roots"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Sierra Leone: Antonio R\u00fcdiger returns to his roots","datePublished":"2022-01-30T15:29:51+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/sierra-leone-antonio-rudiger-returns-to-his-roots"},"wordCount":351,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/sierra-leone-antonio-rudiger-returns-to-his-roots#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2022\/01\/img-61f6a9ae7a9c1.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Eritrea","African Football","Chelsea FC","Civil War","Developpment Aid","Eritrea","football","Germany"],"articleSection":["all news","homepage-english","sport","twitter"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/sierra-leone-antonio-rudiger-returns-to-his-roots#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/sierra-leone-antonio-rudiger-returns-to-his-roots","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/sierra-leone-antonio-rudiger-returns-to-his-roots","name":"Sierra Leone: Antonio R\u00fcdiger returns to his roots - Eritrea","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/sierra-leone-antonio-rudiger-returns-to-his-roots#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/sierra-leone-antonio-rudiger-returns-to-his-roots#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2022\/01\/img-61f6a9ae7a9c1.jpg","datePublished":"2022-01-30T15:29:51+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Chelsea centre-back and German international Antonio R\u00fcdiger on Thursday launched his charitable foundation for educa ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/sierra-leone-antonio-rudiger-returns-to-his-roots#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/sierra-leone-antonio-rudiger-returns-to-his-roots"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/sierra-leone-antonio-rudiger-returns-to-his-roots#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2022\/01\/img-61f6a9ae7a9c1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2022\/01\/img-61f6a9ae7a9c1.jpg","width":1024,"height":538,"caption":"Sierra Leone: Antonio R\u00fcdiger returns to his roots"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/sierra-leone-antonio-rudiger-returns-to-his-roots#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sierra Leone: Antonio R\u00fcdiger returns to his roots"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/","name":"Eritrea","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}