Football For Kids

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Today, we are talking about one of the most exciting teenage footballers in the WORLD right now: Ayyoub Bouaddi. He is only 18 years old, but he has already played Champions League football, beaten Real Madrid on his 17th birthday, represented Morocco at a World Cup and is now the subject of a deal worth up to €100 MILLION with Manchester City Yep. ONE HUNDRED MILLION EUROS. At 18. No pressure then! 😳⚽

But this episode is not just about a gigantic transfer fee.

We are going right back to the beginning to discover how a boy from northern France became one of Europe’s brightest young midfielders, why he was breaking records at SIXTEEN, how he combined professional football with serious academic study, and why his love of mathematics might actually help explain the way he sees a football pitch.

This is a story about talent, intelligence, patience, education and being brave enough to take enormous opportunities when they arrive.

This is the story of Ayyoub Bouaddi. ⭐🧠⚽
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What a week on Football For Kids! 🔥 We’re asking WHO is the most successful club in London across a huge two-part FFK+ debate, telling the incredible story of Michael Olise and meeting teenage midfield sensation Ayyoub Bouaddi! 🧠⚽

FFK+ members get exclusive episodes, ad-free listening, our huge members-only catalogue AND quizzes to find out if your football knowledge is BUILT DIFFERENT. 💪🏆

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The 2026 FIFA World Cup may be over… but for some of its most unexpected stars, the adventure was only just beginning.

One month later, Football For Kids goes around the world to discover where the World Cup’s surprise heroes are now.

What happened to Cabo Verde goalkeeper Vozinha, who arrived at the tournament without a club and saw his Instagram following explode from around 50,000 to roughly 29 MILLION? Where did viral New Zealand defender Tim Payne end up after gaining millions of followers? What did a first ever World Cup mean for tiny Curaçao, and what happened to record-breaking goalkeeper Eloy Room after his incredible 15-save performance?We also discover a record-breaking transfer, a goalkeeper who once worked as a bus conductor, an 18-year-old heading for the Premier League… and perhaps the strangest World Cup celebrity of all:

MERLÍN THE DUCK, who became so famous he was invited to meet the President of Mexico! 🦆🇲🇽Eight incredible stories showing how one World Cup can change a life forever.
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What if I told you that one of Real Madrid’s newest superstars once dreamed simply of owning a proper pair of football boots?

This is the remarkable life story of Yan Diomandé, the Ivory Coast international whose journey began in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, playing football on sun-baked pitches and sometimes wearing sandals because boots cost money. A kind man named Bamba eventually bought him a pair, before Yan left home at just nine years old to chase an extraordinary dream.

His journey would take him from an academy near Ghana to the United States, where he starred for AS Frenzi, and then across Europe for trials with clubs including Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Bournemouth and Rangers. None signed him. Eventually, Yan returned home wondering whether his dream was finished.

It wasn't.

Yan earned his chance with Leganés, made his La Liga debut at the Santiago Bernabéu, exploded with RB Leipzig, scored a Bundesliga hat-trick aged just 19, represented Côte d’Ivoire at the 2026 FIFA World Cup and eventually completed an enormous move to Real Madrid.

But behind the goals is an even more powerful story of kindness, rejection, family, perseverance and the extraordinary belief of Yan’s little sister Roxane.

This is not simply the story of becoming a footballer.

It is a story about continuing to write the next page when everyone else thinks your story is finished.
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You can join Football For Kids+ on Patreon here:

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Patreon members can listen directly through the Patreon app, or sync their membership with Spotify or Apple Podcasts so the exclusive episodes appear alongside the podcasts they already listen to.

You can also subscribe to Football For Kids+ directly through Apple Podcasts.

Four episodes.

Goalkeeping giants. 🧤A £100m+ teenager. 💰Henry VIII. 👑Celery. 🥬World Cup heroes. 🌍And one extremely famous duck. 🦆

WELCOME TO ANOTHER HUGE WEEK ON FOOTBALL FOR KIDS! ⚽🔥
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