Footify

Team

Operators, scouts, academy builders, and club executives.

Footify is led by people who have worked inside football, not only around it.

Club leadership · elite scouting · academy operations · sports finance

General Partner Lead

Lusola Adewumi.

In four years we grew player assets from EUR150,000 to EUR8 million in value and generated EUR3.75 million in transfer fees. Footify is us doing it at scale.

Lusola Adewumi

Vice Chairman, SK Dynamo CB – Czech First Division (2024). Co-Owner, Dragon City FC, Dubai (2025). 20+ years across football business and club development.

Core Team

Football people across the value chain.

Scouting

Ged Searson

25 years in elite player scouting, opposition analysis, and recruitment across EPL, UEFA, and CAF networks.

Strategy

Erdem Erdal

La Liga trained coach and football administrator with international relations and player development pipeline experience.

Academy

Eugenio Sena

UEFA A Head Coach and performance analyst with academy operations experience from Juventus, Inter, and Chievo Verona.

Operations

Babak Afshar

Club consulting on player placements, academy and stadium infrastructure, squad planning, and scouting.

Talent ID

Mickael Fernandes

Licensed football director with Sports Director, Technical Director, and Chief Scout experience across Europe.

Why It Matters

The operating team is the investment edge.

Lower-tier football value is unlocked through execution: better recruitment, better governance, better commercial systems, better financing, and better exits. That is why the team matters as much as the thesis.

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