{"id":21122,"date":"2024-07-12T19:04:43","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T19:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=21122"},"modified":"2024-07-12T19:28:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T19:28:24","slug":"having-my-family-at-a-young-age-helped-me-dede-ayew-on-dealing-with-women-pressure-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=21122","title":{"rendered":"Having my family at a young age helped me- Dede Ayew on dealing with \u201cWomen Pressure\u201d [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former Swansea captain, Andre Dede Ayew, has revealed how he has dealt with \u201cwomen pressure\u201d<\/strong> as an elite athlete over the years.<\/p>\n

The 34 year old Black Stars captain addressed this issue during his lecture on sports psychology delivered at the University of Ghana. He was awarded the Mental Fortitude Award.<\/a> (Click highlighted text to watch video)<\/p>\n

Ayew spoke about his career with the Black Stars including the low point of losing a second AFCON Final in 2015 and the controversy over the team\u2019s captaincy.<\/a> (Click highlighted text to read full story)<\/p>\n

On dealing with special attention from female fans, the 2009 Under 20 FIFA World Cup winner, pointed to having a family at a young age, helped him in this regard.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think you have to be able to manage it, I have had my family quite young so also that helped me a lot in that aspect\u2026so for me, all these things were kind of it\u2019s a blessing to me because if you don\u2019t have that sort of stability at that young age\u2026you make mistakes. We try to manage it because it comes a lot from everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dede Ayew with wife Yvonne
\nYvonne Ayew<\/p>\n

Dede Ayew is a free agent after seeing out the 2023-2024 season with Le Havre and playing at the 2023 AFCON in Cote D\u2019Ivoire.<\/p>\n

Black Stars captain Dede Ayew in action against Mozambique Photo Courtesy: CAF<\/p>\n

Scroll down to watch video.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026You need to be able to control yourself\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Andre Ayew was asked by a student of the University of Ghana\u2019s Department of Psychology how he deals with \u201cpressure from women\u201d as a famous footballer. He says having a family has helped keep him in check. #CitiSports<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/yFdjjWyLah<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Citi Sports (@CitiSportsGHA) July 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>

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