Built a free football platform because the sport I love forgot about half the world

^{Sorry for little bit long paragraph, but if you love football please read :})

When I was a kid in Asia, football was everything to me. I'd wake up at 3am to watch Champions League matches on a tiny screen, memorize every stat, every lineup. I trained every single day after school, rain or shine, dreaming that one day a scout would notice me.

Nobody ever came. It was almost impossible dream.

Not because I wasn't good enough?? but because nobody looks at my country. The scouting pipeline flows through Europe, South America, Africa. If you're a talented 14-year-old kid in Central or East Asia, you're invisible. You could be the next great midfielder and nobody would ever know you exist. I watched kids around me with real talent give up because there was simply no path forward.

That broke something in me. And it never really healed.

Years later, I saw football coaches and players posting job opportunities on LinkedIn. LinkedIn. A platform built for corporate professionals, not athletes. A 19-year-old striker looking for a trial shouldn't have to compete with software engineers for visibility. And it's not just players; referees looking for assignments, coaching staff searching for roles, physios, analysts, kit managers. The entire football ecosystem is scattered across platforms that were never built for them.

And here's what I know for sure — there are thousands of real ultra fans worldwide, each with their own community, their own culture, their own passion for the sport. Supporters groups in Jakarta, fan clubs in Kinshasa, ultras in Tokyo, football communities across the Middle East, South Asia, Central Asia. All of them loving the same sport but completely disconnected from each other. I want to bring all of these fans together in one place for the sport we love.

There's also something that's been on my mind for a long time. Women's football is forgotten. The talent is there, the passion is there, but the coverage, the scouting, the opportunity; it's nowhere close to equal. I want to change that. On Footballink, women's football gets the same treatment as men's. Same analytics, same visibility, same respect. Because it deserves it.

So I built it. Alone. Late nights, weekends, every spare hour I had.

Footballink (https://footballink.vercel.app) — a completely free football platform for everyone in the game.

What it does:

• AI-powered player ratings and insights across 20 leagues, 4,500+ players tracked
• Live scores, standings, match predictions with AI
• AI football chat — ask it anything about players, tactics, form
• Player comparison tool, transfer market valuations, country spotlights
• A marketplace where anyone can post football-related jobs — coaching positions, scouting roles, referee assignments, staff openings — and players looking for teams can connect directly
• Players can post their highlight videos and our AI analyzes their performance and recommends them to scouts
• Want to invite a legend to your event, your academy, your community? You can reach out through the web

This isn't just for fans and clubs. It's for referees, coaches, analysts, physios, agents, youth academies, and every person who makes football happen behind the scenes.

Everything is 100% free. No ads. No paywalls. No premium tier. I believe every football fan and every footballer deserves access to real tools and real connections, whether you're in London or in a small town in Asia where football is the only thing that gives you hope.

But I need support for make it live

I've been paying for everything out of pocket and it's getting hard to sustain alone.

• Custom domain: ~$3,295 –> footballink.com (you can see price)
• Live football data API: ~$200/month (it's all about live data)
• AI processing: ~$50/month

If you find this useful and want to help keep it running, there's a donate link on the site (sidebar > "Support Us"). Even $5 keeps the servers running for another day. Link: https://footballink1.vercel.app/donate

And if you're a scout, agent, club, or sponsor reading this — I'd love to talk. My DMs are open.

Even if you can't donate, just try it. Use it. Break it. Tell me what's missing. I'm building this for the community, and I want it to be what the community needs.

The kid who never got scouted is trying to make sure the next generation doesn't get overlooked too.

Ps: Enjoy my people during this international break 🙂