Once a little child with dreams of playing football to the highest level, Kevin Weidlich has now become an inspirational figure looking to make others realize their goals.

Born in Hamburg, Kevin has lived almost all of his life in Germany despite boasting Ghanaian roots.

Kevin's career path saw him move from Paloma to Sylt and then to St. Pauli U23 before joining Neustrelitz. He also played for BFC Dynamo and Cottbus (where he was also captain for a while) then eventually joined Fortuna Köln.

The season wasn’t completed due to COVID, and after that, he returned to Hamburg. Due to Covid, he didn’t play for a year and partly because no opportunity came up. Kevin had to stop playing football and didn’t really believe that, at 30 years and after a year without playing, he would get another chance.

Then, the opportunity came to sign with Teutonia 05 Ottensen. Now, in his fourth year at the club.

Kevin’s most product time in Germany came on the field was with Energie Cottbus where he netted 20 times in 114 appearances across all competitions racking up 12 assists in the period.

Since the summer of 2024, Kevin has been acting more as a Sporting Director Teutonia 05 as he seeks to hang up his boots.

Kevin lived his dream but his regret would be not accomplishing it at the highest level.

Even while he was playing, he had others in mind.

Kevin set up the Write the Future Academy with his partner, Kusi Kwame. The institution is based in Hamburg.

The academy aims at training talented kids from the age of 10 as well as shaping up professional players and helping their fitness ahead of preseason.

One of the players who has come through and trained at the club is Black Stars forward Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer.

While in Germany, Kevin never forgets his Ghanaian roots. “It’s very important to us to support football in Ghana as our roots are there,” he told Joy Sports.

Every year, he and Kwame, through the academy, travel to Ghana to support two clubs with training equipment and football kits.

In his own words, Kevin says, “We are in close contact with them and see it as our responsibility to help wherever we can so the players have the opportunity to develop further.”

Just like its name, the Write the Future Academy, will be a source of good things for the Ghanaian community as Kevin is committed to seeing its success.