Youth Development

Raheem Sterling called him personally. Chelsea wanted to sign him. Hafiz Ibrahim said no. He chose a French club in Ligue 2 instead, because he believed it was the right environment to develop. He was playing football on the dusty streets of Kano not very long ago. Today, he is scoring in the Coupe de […]

Ajayi, 16, Trains With Bayern Munich First Team Nigerian left-back Richard Ajayi trained with Bayern Munich’s senior squad for the first time at age 16, as injuries to Alphonso Davies and Hiroki Ito opened the door to one of Germany’s most exciting academy talents. Richard Ajayi is only 16. But Bayern Munich’s coaching staff didn’t

Ladan Bosso coached all three at the 2023 FIFA U20 World Cup in Argentina — now Benjamin Fredrick, Tochukwu Nnadi, and Salim Fago Lawal are all Super Eagles players, and Bosso wants the world to know where their journey started. Three Players. One Coach. One Tournament

In January 2024, Alhassan Yusuf walked onto the AFCON stage as a last-minute call-up nobody outside Belgium had heard of. Within 68 minutes, all of Nigeria knew his name. Two years on, the Kano-born midfielder is an MLS regular, a national honour holder, and one of the more quietly extraordinary stories Nigerian football has produced