Akkermans Overcame Cancer: "I Hope to Be Able to Repay Feyenoord Now"
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Mik Akkermans was 14 years old when he shared a shocking message on Instagram. ‘And then suddenly you are sick. Testicular cancer,’ was his almost unreal message, over three and a half years ago. Now, completely healthy, he is working on his breakthrough at Feyenoord. “I have seen little children lying there who were really much worse off than I was. I draw a lot of strength from them.”
Feyenoord youth player Mik Akkermans played in the UEFA Youth League and for the Netherlands Under-18s this season. He has fully recovered from testicular cancer, which he was diagnosed with 3.5 years ago. The 17-year-old midfielder speaks extensively in the Algemeen Dagblad about his illness, the support from...
Mik Akkermans has already gone through a particularly difficult period at a young age. The now 17-year-old Feyenoord player was diagnosed with testicular cancer at the age of fourteen and had to endure an intensive course of treatment. After twenty rounds of chemotherapy and a long rehabilitation period, he has now fully recovered. The talent is now focusing entirely on his football career at Feyenoord again. The Rotterdam club played an import…
Mik Akkermans is fully working on his development as a footballer again after a particularly difficult period. The seventeen-year-old midfielder for Feyenoord Under 19 was diagnosed with testicular cancer over three and a half years ago, but has since fully recovered. Akkermans is a regular in the Under 19 team, made his...
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