I have three stickers of you and I want you to sign them for me’ was the first thing that one of the youngest of the goalkeepers enjoying football at the Valencia CF Summer Camp at the Ciutat Esportiva del Valencia CF said to Stole Dimitrievski.

It was the curious starting point of a very pleasant encounter between the new Valencianista goalkeeper, who faces his first pre-season game with Valencia CF this Saturday, and the 30 children at the Valencia CF Campus who are undergoing specific training for goalkeepers and dream of becoming like him and reaching professional football.

Dimitrievski delighted the little ones who were surprised by the height and size of the Macedonian, who answered all their questions in a small press conference before giving them some tips on how to act in goal and even challenging them to take some penalties in which only Alba Olcina, an aspiring goalkeeper from Lliria, was able to beat Dimitrievski.  

After the meeting with the children who are taking part in his particular goalkeeping-oriented Campus, the rest of the 200 children who are part of this third round of the Valencia CF Summer Campus remained, and Dimitrievski greeted them one by one before signing countless autographs and taking a big family photo.  

As they left, the children surrounded Dimitrievski posing for a picture with the new Valencia CF goalkeeper who has already made an impression on the youngsters. ‘I want to be a goalkeeper to be like you’ one of the children ended up telling him.

Stole Dimitrievski's visit follows on the special visits that the 800 children who are enjoying football at the Valencia CF Ciutat Esportiva during the four terms of the Valencia CF Campus receive during these weeks of July. 

In these last two weeks, Rafa Mir wanted to accompany the youngest players as soon as he announced his incorporation to Valencia CF and also Hugo Duro ‘celebrated’ his renewal with the children of the Campus who were able to enjoy the presence of their idols. 

This week marks the end of the first round of the Valencia CF Summer Camp, which this year 2024 has surpassed its record number of registrations with 800 players, and is also the most international with participants coming from 36 different countries.

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