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The Sportpadi Team
Founders & engineers
Footballers, hikers and product builders. We don spend years dey organise weekend pickup games and the wahala tire us — so we build Sportpadi to fix am for everybody.
Naijá (Pidgin)
Our Story
Sport sweet pass when we dey together.
Sportpadi start from one simple idea: nobody suppose play alone. We dey build the easiest way to find, join and organise sports events — anywhere for the world.
Why we dey
E don happen to all of us. You move go new city, or holiday reach and you wan go outside — but you no know where to start. Where the games dey? Who dey play? You fit just… show face?
SportPadi dey answer that one. SportPadi na sports community platform wey dey help players find and join local sports events — football, hiking, basketball, anything wey you like — and dey help organisers run groups, schedule games, sell tickets and manage payments. Find something near you, show interest, show face, and belong.
For football events wey dem organise, we dey go further. Players go scan QR code for the pitch, and Sportpadi go share balanced teams by itself. No more argument about who pick first. No more teams wey no balance. Just come and play.
Community events everywhere
Wetin we stand for
These ones no be company values wey dem hang for wall. Na why we dey build wetin we dey build.
Belonging
We believe say everybody deserve place to play. Whether you just land new city or you don dey there since, nothing dey connect people like sport.
Fairness
No politics, no favouritism. Our automatic team assignment dey make sure say every game start for level playing field — for real.
Accessibility
SportPadi na free to use. We dey remove everything wey dey block you from your next game — no memberships, no subscriptions, no gatekeeping.
Simplicity
To find game, check in, enter team — e suppose dey easy like ABC. We dey work hard make every step smooth so you no go even notice am.
The feature wey change everything
Our automatic team assignment na wetin make Sportpadi different. When players reach football event, dem go scan QR code. The platform go track check-ins live and share balanced teams by itself.
No more picking sides. No more argument. Nobody go feel left out again. Just fair teams, every single time.
"Padi" mean friend for Naija Pidgin. Na wetin we be be that — your sport padi. Your friend for pitch, for trail, for gym.
The team
The people wey dey behind Sportpadi
We be small, independent team wey dey build Sportpadi because we love sport and community. Real people, real footballers, real hikers — we dey build the tool wey we don always want.
Editorial standards
- Original content. Na our team dey write every blog post — no AI-generated filler, no copy-and-paste from anywhere.
- Real expertise. The tips dey come from people wey dey really organise pickup games and outdoor meetups.
- Corrections. You see mistake? Email us and we go fix am openly.
Reach us
Press, partnerships, feedback, or you just wan greet — we dey read every message.
You ready to find your game?
Sportpadi na free to use. Find event near you, show face, and see say sport always sweet pass when we dey together.