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Active Sports FC
2025/26 season

Team

The heart of the club — players who turn up, work hard and represent Croydon with pride. Meet the squad.

Coaches & staff
Between the sticks

Goalkeepers

2 players
Andrew Osei VC

Andrew Osei

goalkeeper
Matthew Turner

Matthew Turner

goalkeeper
The back line

Defenders

9 players
Malcolm Dixon

Malcolm Dixon

defender
Thomas Morris

Thomas Morris

defender
Shamal Cain-Wilson

Shamal Cain-Wilson

defender
Hamish Frew C

Hamish Frew

defender
Jordan Simmons

Jordan Simmons

defender
Abdullah Yunis

Abdullah Yunis

defender
Baset Abu Amara

Baset Abu Amara

defender
Gino Bryan

Gino Bryan

defender
Charlie Spencer-Smyth

Charlie Spencer-Smyth

defender
The engine room

Midfielders

8 players
Miles Curran

Miles Curran

midfielder
Aaron Osman

Aaron Osman

midfielder
Janothan Peranthanan

Janothan Peranthanan

midfielder
Louis Nelson

Louis Nelson

midfielder
Ryan Ferrari

Ryan Ferrari

midfielder
Abdulrahman Hassan

Abdulrahman Hassan

midfielder
Christopher Johnson II

Christopher Johnson II

midfielder
Roberto Dos Santos Saravia

Roberto Dos Santos Saravia

midfielder
Up top

Forwards

8 players
Marley Kelley

Marley Kelley

forward
Callum Brock

Callum Brock

forward
David Barrie-Diaz

David Barrie-Diaz

forward
Archie Harrison

Archie Harrison

forward
Marcus Dawson

Marcus Dawson

forward
Khali Elliott

Khali Elliott

forward
Ifeanyi Onwuachu

Ifeanyi Onwuachu

forward
Ridwan Mahamodali

Ridwan Mahamodali

forward
Behind the team

Coaches & staff

Coaches, advisors and volunteers who give their time because they believe in what this club does — on the pitch and off it.

Joshua Khan

Joshua Khan

First-Team Manager / Founder / Director

Joshua began playing football from a young age before discovering his true calling in coaching, realising his future in the game was better placed directing things off the pitch. While studying sport business and coaching, he saw how few people from ethnic-minority backgrounds reached the top of the game — and decided to build his own way in. Active Sports FC, founded in 2020, is the result: an inclusive club built from the ground up. Under his leadership it has won five promotions in six seasons, some silverware and made the documentary "All In The Game”. Joshua has also helped players earn moves to both professional and semi-professional clubs.

Andrew Tumusime

Andrew Tumusime

Goalkeeper Coach / Player Welfare & Liaison Officer

Andrew grew up in South London and knows the challenges that many young people face — and how much the right structure and guidance can change things. He built a career in talent development at EY. He got involved with Active in 2020 at its inception through the friend who founded it, and formally joined in 2023/24. He leads goalkeeper development while supporting players more widely, with a people-first approach.

Nathaniel Takyi-Berko

Nathaniel Takyi-Berko

First-Team Coach

Nathaniel began coaching at 13 while still developing as a player, going on to play competitively for 15 years before moving fully into coaching. He led Croydon Girls to the first league title in the club's history, then joined Crystal Palace FC Women through a successful academy spell. Now a coach at Active, he drives standards on the pitch with a simple belief: develop the person first, and the results follow.

Abdullah Zaman

Abdullah Zaman

Development Coach

Known as ‘The Apprentice’ - Abdullah is a very talented young coach who joined Active from He has played an important role in the club's journey over the past couple of seasons. Through his commitment and dedication to developing players, he helps foster the ambition and togetherness that define Active Sports FC both on and off the pitch.

Guiseppe Di Credico

Guiseppe Di Credico

Sports Therapist

Guiseppe brings over 20 years' experience as a sports therapist, conditioning coach and personal trainer, specialising in performance and injury rehabilitation. He has worked with everyone from youth teams to professional boxers, MMA fighters and triathletes, and has supported dyspraxic and autistic children through sport. He joined Active in September 2024, and his role has grown from rehab into conditioning, mobility and performance across the club.

Daniel Curran

Daniel Curran

Financial Investor

Daniel built a company from a one-man band in 1997 into the largest in its field, with more than 150 staff, before selling it in 2024 to focus on his passions for football and film. A long-time supporter of charitable causes, he was first introduced to Active as a sponsor in 2020, and his involvement with the club has grown ever since.

Adam Dodds

Adam Dodds

Accountant / Non-Executive Advisor / Treasurer

Adam is a Partner at Barnes Roffe, a top-25 firm of chartered accountants and tax advisers, where he became Managing Partner of the new London City office in 2026. With over 18 years' experience advising businesses at every stage, he has worked with Active since the club's company structure was formed and now sits on the Board as a Non-Executive Business Advisor. A keen runner and football fan.

Layla Awad

Layla Awad

Executive Assistant / Company Secretary

Layla joined Active in January 2025 as Executive Assistant, keeping the club's day-to-day running smoothly behind the scenes. With a longstanding passion for health and fitness, she was drawn to Active's mission, and has seen first-hand the difference the club makes — not just in developing players, but in building confidence and giving young people a positive direction.

BOARD MEETINGS

Active Sports FC Ltd was incorporated officially on 26th July 2024 as Company number 15860781. However, the Club has been run under strict financial supervision and with all appropriate safeguards and securities in place since inception in 2020.

CURRENT BOARD

CHAIRMAN

Geoffrey Odds FCMA

Treasurer / Accountant / Non-Executive Advisor

Adam Dodds FCA

Company Secretary

Layla Awad

Founder / First Team Manager

Joshua Khan

Shareholder / Investor

Daniel Curran

Player Welfare & Liaison Officer

Andrew Tumusime

BOARD MEETINGS

1. Meetings are held quarterly with an open provision for Extraordinary meetings at the request of any Board member.
2. All Meetings have agendas and Minutes with attendees noted alongside apologies for absence.
3. Meetings are held online.
4. Action points are circulated within 10 days of meetings, with responsible parties for each action point named.
5. In general terms Action Points are completed within 1 month, but other tasks that may require further time are agreed by the Board at meetings or ASAP thereafter.
6. The Board may invite appropriate and guests (approved in advance) to their Meetings.
7. The Company Articles of Association set out the constitution for the governance of director and general meetings, not otherwise covered by the above. These are publicly available at Companies House.

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