Tosaint Ricketts is the new Manager of Community Impact at the Vancouver Whitecaps while still playing for the club. In an interview with BabaGol, he sheds light on his new role, his time with the Whitecaps and the current seismic change in Canadian football.

Carlos Acevedo grew up in Santos Laguna, left, returned and paved his path, becoming the club’s new icon at 24.
His story sheds light on two wider phenomena: Mexican goalkeepers’ uncertain present and Santos Laguna’s unique approach to youngsters. An interview with him and the club’s president, Dante Elizalde.

Mousa Farawi is one of the hottest names in Palestinian football. In an exclusive interview with BabaGol, Farawi speaks on life in the Jerusalem old city, representing the Palestinian black community and his football dreams.

After ten years in Palestinian football, Rami Hamadeh, 26, Palestine’s goalkeeper, is moving to Bnei Sakhnin from the Israeli Premier League. In this BabaGol interview, Rami discusses his career, experiences and dreams.

An exclusive interview with Stefano Cusin, the Italian coach of Iranian side Shahr Khodrou, about the return of the local league, football without fans, life in the Middle East and much more.

Kenny Saief has recently made his debut for Lechia Gdansk. Maciej Slominski spoke with the USA international about his career, life in Israel, the USA and Belgium, and his hopes for the future.

Partizan Belgrade midfielder Bibars Natcho’s life story and football career path is as unique as they come. Israel’s national team’s first ever Muslim captain has met BabaGol for an exclusive interview, where he talks about everything - from Tel Aviv, to Kazan, all the way to Moscow and Serbia.

He’s been coaching in central Asia, the US, Middle East and West Africa. He nurtured football culture in Kyrgyzstan, worked at the famous Aspire Academy in Qatar and guided Hearts of Oak in Ghana. The amazing career of Kenichi Yatsuhashi is indeed a fascinating one. Walid Bylka interviewed him exclusively for BabaGol: They talked African football, the best food he had in his journeys, and where he was blamed to be an engineer rather than a football coach. A must-read interview.

Nigeria has lost to Algeria in the 2019 AFCON semifinals. Before the 3rd place match and the end of the tournament, the Super Eagles’ midfielder, John Ogu, spoke with Uri on his time in Egypt, the last difficult season, his career so far and his plans for the future.