WannaPlayer was a Portuguese startup with the ambition of becoming the Linked In of football and being one of an all star team of 3, I took over the role of Creative Director, Designer, Growth Hacker, Copywriter and whatever else we needed.

 

Alongside with the João Cabral and Hugo Campos, we hard balled into the TOP 25 (from 75 international startups) at the 2013 edition of The Lisbon Challenge, winning a pitch at the Explorers Festival and a final 12th place in the competition.

In the end, even though we had a good track record with over 6000 users on the platform in only 3 months, as most startups we failed to secure an investment that could make the full vision come true.

 

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Using the experience and contacts acquired with WannaPlayer, we spawned two pitches for new TV shows, Next Big Player, focused on interviews with young and upcoming talent and Secret Scout, a match prognostics show that actually went on air at A Bola TV.