Most know me here as B2B marketer writing about ABM and B2B marketing for long sales cycles. Here is what almost nobody knows:

I've been playing footbalI (soccer) and been in love with it my entire life.

After creating our dream marketing consulting company fullfunnel.io with Vladimir Blagojević, I want to fulfill another dream - launch a football academy.

Not someday. Actually build it in public.

So I'm writing it all down.

Here's the problem I want to solve:

A lot of parents whose kids are playing football chase the wrong things despite the best intentions.

They obsess over getting their kid into the "best" academy. They pay for extra training. They stress about playing time, rotation to the B team, comparing their 10-year-old to other kids.

Then their kid quits at 14-15.

Burned out. Frustrated. Done with football.

I've watched it happen dozens of times across Poland, Croatia, and Spain over the last 10 years with my two sons. I even got the UEFA C licence to start training kids, but combining this with Fullfunnel was impossible :)

The questions I keep hearing from parents:

"Should we switch to a bigger academy?"

"How do I find a good individual coach?"

"Why isn't my kid getting playing time?"

"What skills should they work on?" "How do I know if the training is actually helping?"

These are the wrong questions.

The right question: How do I help my kid still love football at 18 and become a good athlete?

Because here's what nobody tells you:

- The club logo doesn't matter. Technical foundation built between 7-14 does.

- Status at 12 means nothing. The player at 18-19 is what matters.

- Progress is seasonal, not weekly. Comparing kids destroys development.

- Getting rotated to the B team? That's often where real development happens.

The "best" academy is the one with coaches who actually develop players, not the one with the biggest name.

My older son is 19, playing his first senior season after ACL recovery. My younger is 11, last year of 8v8.

Different journeys. Different challenges. Same principles.

I'm documenting everything in a newsletter called The Football Dad:

Topics include:

- How to choose the right academy (spoiler: it's not about the name)

- What actually drives development vs. what looks impressive

- How to evaluate if training is working (seasonal progress, not weekly panic)

- How to support without pressure (so they don't quit at 15)

- How to find a good coach for individual trainings (my first post: thefootballdad.substack…)

This isn't a career pivot 😁 My love to B2B marketing and football is equal 😁

It's just the other dream which I want to make true.

If you have kids playing football (or any sport), join me on my journey: