Following your submissions we sat down with Ezio to pose your best ten questions to him.
How good is your Italian?
I’d probably say about 97 per cent. Really good. I lived in Italy for 13 years, until 2016, and I still speak it with my family and friends.
Do you like it when people call you a “super-sub?”
No. I don’t like it. It’s not what I am. I always do my best to make an impact when I need to, but I want to be starting games.
Who is your favourite footballer?
It has to be Didier Drogba. His movement, the way he controls and heads the ball, I think he’s a complete striker.
You show such enthusiasm for the game. How do you keep positive when the match isn’t going well?
I don’t like to think negatively, otherwise I feel the match would just get worse. In my view, if you have a positive mindset, that can create a positive impact on your game. A negative mindset won’t help with that. All of us in the team try to think like this. I suppose it’s all about finding positives within negatives.
Do you look for Mark Probin (the photographer) before you score?
I don’t actually!
I do like my celebrations to be caught on camera though. But, I’ve had a few complaints about running away from where Rian and Mark are. I usually run to the left of wherever I’ve scored; don’t ask why!
What is your best attribute?
Honestly, I’m not sure. Usually I would describe myself as an all-rounder. I’m a striker who can score, run in-behind and link play. Maybe my best attribute is being a “fox in the box.” When the ball is in the box, I will get there.
Oily’s Breakfast Club asks: what is your ultimate car?
I’d have to go for a Jaguar. I don’t know why, there’s just something about it that I love. It’s a bit different from other cars. You can’t compare a BMW or a Merc to a Jaguar.
If you could invite four people to a dinner party, who would they be and why?
Pep Guardiola: He’s the best coach ever, and every striker he’s worked with has gone on to be world-class. Hopefully he’d teach me to be the best striker in the world!
Gunna: I have to pick him. He’s my favourite artist. A bit different to Pep, but I think they’d get on. I’m not sure what they’d talk about though!
Didier Drogba: He’s my football hero. I would have to invite him.
Michael Jordan: I need to invite an athlete who lived a professional lifestyle. Also, he can help make me rich!
Did you ever go to The Winkle with your teammates at Basingstoke? If so, what did you think of it?
I did, and to be fair there were a lot of good vibes!
The fans and the whole squad were there when I went. I think it might have been someone’s birthday. It’s not a place I would go to normally, but because everyone was there and we’d just won a game it was lively. I can’t tell you how it compares to places in Weymouth, as I’ve not had a proper night out in Weymouth yet!
Have you always played as a striker?
Not always. I actually started off as a goalkeeper back in Italy because my dad had been one in Ghana. He played to a decent level over there, although I don’t think it was their top-flight league!
Then, I moved to centre-back, before I was played as a striker. After I moved to England, I played as a no.10 for a few years, before playing as a striker again, after scoring a lot of goals from midfield for JMA College in Reading.
I’ve played all over the gaff!
It feels right that I’m a striker now. As you can tell, I love scoring goals.
