Name: Doug Reed
DOB: 22/05/1986
Current club: Futsal Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)
Honours: FA Futsal League Champion (2013-14, 2014-15) FA Futsal Cup Champion (2010-11,2013-14, 2014-15), Copa Canarias Champion (2009)
Caps: 66
Why Futsal? Speed and intensity of the game is very exciting, challenging and captivating. Lots of fun to play and watch.
Best game you have ever played in? 2010-11 FA Futsal Cup Final
Best football or Futsal club you played for? Baku United London
Best player played with? Marcelo Dos Reis Soares (2004 World Cup Winner with Spain)
Current career outside of Futsal: Full time Futsal player
Name: Raoni Medina
DOB: 27/05/1981
Current club: London Helvécia Futsal
Honours: 6 English National Leagues , 4 FA Futsal Cups & 3 Golden Boots.
Caps: 24
Why Futsal? Smart and exciting game are two of many reasons why.
Best game you have ever played in? Araz Naxçivan (Azerbaijan) 2-1 Ararat (Cyprus) - UEFA Futsal Cup Elite Round.
Best football or Futsal club you played for? Sporting Lisbon B (Football)
Best player played with? Cristiano Ronaldo (Sporting Lisbon B)
Current career outside of Futsal: MD at Trogym Active wear/ personal trainer.
Name: Liam Palfreeman
DOB: 15/08/1995
Club: Citta Di Falconara
Honours: U19 FA Futsal championship winners, 2013-2014 (Oxford Futsal club), 1 FA Futsal south league winners 2014-15 (Baku United Futsal Club), 2x FA National Futsal super league winners, 2014-15 (Baku United Futsal Club) 2015-16 (Oxford City Lions Futsal Club), 2x FA Futsal Cup 2014-15 (Baku United Futsal Club), 2015-16 (Oxford City Lions Futsal Club), played in UEFA Futsal Cup 2016-17 (Oxford City Lions Futsal Club)
Caps: 8
Why Futsal? I chose to play Futsal because you get a lot more touches of the ball where as In football sometimes you don't touch the ball for a long time, there's a lot more goals in Futsal which makes it more entertaining to watch.
Best game you have ever played in? Best game I've played in would be the Grand Final last year against Helvecia playing for Oxford City Lions because we had our goalkeeper sent off after ten minutes and we didn't have a sub goalkeeper so we played with an outfield player in goal for 30+ minutes and managed to win the game on penalties which secured us a place in the UEFA Futsal Cup
Best football or Futsal club you played for? The best Futsal club I have played for is Baku United Futsal Club because at the time they was the only professional team in England and had some of the best players in Europe who had won a World Cup like Marcelo. They had competed in the elite round of the UEFA Futsal Cup against Barcelona.
Best player played with? Is a tough one because I've been lucky enough to play with a lot of high class players like Marcelo Roberto Tobe, Cidao, Carlos Munoz and Jose Carlos but I would say Jonathan Camara because he's a similar player to me in terms of body stature so I always tried to learn from him.
Current career outside of Futsal: I don't have a career outside of Futsal because I play Futsal as a full time job in Italy
Name: Jonny Simm
DOB: 21/12/1991
Current club: London Helvecia
Caps: 4
Why Futsal? The fast-paced nature of the game, with lots more action from a goalkeeper's perspective.
Best game you have ever played in? My debut against Scotland
Best football or Futsal club you played for? My current club Helvecia
Best player played with? Lucas Totti of Helvecia
Current career outside of Futsal: Marketing
Name: Russell Goldstein
DOB: 13/01/1994
Current club: Helvecia Futsal Club
Honours: BUCS champion and national league winner
Caps: 24
Why Futsal? More touches on the ball and I feel you can express yourself more on the court
Best game you have ever played in? Germany v England, was my first time playing on live tv in front of the biggest crowd.
Best football or Futsal club you played for? Barnet
Best player played with: Tom Huddlestone
Current career outside of Futsal: Education recruitment consultant
Name: Calvin Dickson
DOB: 09/05/1993
Current club: Helvecia Futsal
Honours: Super League Winner 2014-15, Super League Runner-Up 2015-16, BUCs Futsal Championship Gold 2012-13
Caps: 0
Why Futsal? As most English players do, I grew up playing football. I'd always seen and heard good things about Futsal growing up, but had never played the sport. I joined the Futsal team when I got the university and my love for the game has grown from there. Futsal has given me the opportunity to win and challenge for the title at the top level of the sport in this country and to learn from some of the top players in the game. My aim is to continue to learn and push myself to perform at the next level.
Best game you have ever played in? Loughborough 5 - 5 Baku (Playing for Loughborough) Denied a very strong Baku team a win in the final minutes of the game.
Best football or Futsal club you played for? Baku United (2014-15)
Best player played with? José Carlos
Current career outside of Futsal: Web production assistant at the Guardian newspaper
Name: Robert Bettson
DOB: 8/12/1987
Current Club: York City Futsal Club
Honours: British University Championship winner (BUCS) with Teeside University in 2010. Represented Great Britain for Futsal at European university games in Novi Sad, Croatia 2010
Caps: 9
Why Futsal? I love the intensity, constant involvement and tactical demands that Futsal presents.
Best game you have ever played in? It has to be Germany away last year playing in front of the biggest crowd of my career and being live on German television. We drew that game 3-3, I scored the opener and my first goal for England and we scored a last minute equaliser. It was also Luke Ballinger's 100th cap so the game had great significance for us.
Best football or Futsal club you played for? York City and best player played with: Ernesto Casan Lopez. I played with Ernesto at Middlesbrough Futsal club and I learned so much from him, he completely changed my outlook on how to play Futsal.
Current career outside of Futsal: I work in property maintenance, building and joinery.
Name: Maximilian Kilman
DOB: 23/05/1997
Current club: Genesis Futsal
Caps: 20
Why Futsal? End to end plays and love the technical and tactical demands of the game.
Best game ever played in? Both games against Germany.
Best football club ever played for? Fulham
Best player ever played with? Neville Rivelino/ Stuart Cook
Career outside Futsal: Student and semi-pro Footballer
Name: Mark Croft
DOB: 19/04/1995
Current club: Loughborough
Honours: Super league Team?
Caps: 9
Why Futsal? It's such a fast, intense, competitive sport which I enjoy
Best game you have ever played in? Away fixture in Hamburg against Germany
Best football or Futsal club you played for? Loughborough is the only club I've played for
Best player played with: Stuart Cook
Current career outside of Futsal? Student/part time or teacher
Name: James Webb
DOB: 19/08/1992
Current club: Loughborough Students Futsal Club
Honours: Grand Finals, FA Cup semis, BUCS Gold, Silver and Bronze, Varsity
Caps: 43
Why Futsal? I started playing Futsal through university. The opportunity for rapid improvement and growth along with the enjoyment provided by the game itself kept me increasingly involved.
Best game you have ever played in? It could many, for different reasons. The best team I have been up against would be Ukraine in the Euro Qualifiers, but Sweden at home in the Copperbox was pretty crowded and there was a great atmosphere there too. As far as club Futsal, for Loughborough I played in great games in Super League play-offs, with Baku, Baltic and also Genesis over two-legs were pretty intense. University both for my undergraduate in BUCs semis in Brunel was probably the most intense atmosphere I have ever experienced in Futsal, whilst the game this year with Nottingham Trent in varsity against Uni of Nottingham was incredibly packed and loud too. Many to choose from, but I would have to say Ukraine, as the level was just too high and impressive!
Best football or Futsal club you played for? AS Monaco FC (Football), Penya Esplugues (Futsal)
Best player played with? Puel, Boscagli, Correia da Fonseca, French Ligue 1 players.
Current career outside of Futsal? Studying a Masters in Finance and Investment Banking.
Name: Toluwanimi Sotonye
DOB: 28/05/1991
Current club: Reading Escolla Futsal Club
Honours: n/a
Caps: 5
Why Futsal? It has helped me develop at a much faster rate technically and tactically. One other thing is in my experience, I have encountered new styles of play and new techniques, all expressed in ever-surprising various forms.
Best game you have ever played in? Debut for England against Montenegro
Best football or Futsal club you played for? Basingstoke FC Reserves
Current career outside of Futsal: Business intelligence consultant
Name: Richard Ward
DOB: 13/08/91
Current club: Helvecia
Honours: Northern League winner 2009-10, 2010-11, national third place 2012-13
Caps: 33 and 11 goals
Why Futsal? I love to study the patterns of play in Futsal as well as the special techniques which separate it from football. When I watch a game, there is always something to focus on and when you play you get much more of the ball. People enjoy watching passing possession football, that's every Futsal game.
Best game you have ever played in? Every time I play for England is such an honour it could be any game. But narrowly losing to Hungary 5-4 in the main World Cup qualifying round in December 2015. The team really showed we have the potential at the next level. Also the atmosphere when we played Germany in Hamburg October 2016 was incredible, or against Sweden at home... I've enjoyed quite a lot of them.
Best football or Futsal club you played for? Helvecia
Best player played with? Ben Mortlock or Stuart Cook. Winners and leaders.
Current career outside of Futsal: Banker
Name: Jordan Edge
DOB: 11/10/98
Current club: Manchester Futsal Club
Honours: FA Futsal Cup finalist, 24 careers goals (22 Club and 2 Country), youngest debutant for Manchester
Caps: 2
Why Futsal? Fast and energetic. There's no time to relax you have to give 100% to make an impact in the game, any lower and there can be mistakes. More time on the ball and team-mates are more reliant on you.
Best game I have ever played in? Futsal Cup final against Baku in my first season at Manchester, lost 3-0 but was a great learning experience for myself to take away what I need to do to improve my game.
Best football/ Futsal club played for? Played for Blackburn Academy Football Club, also Manchester Futsal Club.
Best player played with? Sam Richardson, a threat at goal and knowledge on Futsal is very wide and useful and his knowledge has helped me become the player I am now.
Current career outside of Futsal: Student at Priestley College studying psychology, PE, Citizenship and an Extended Project Qualification.
Name: Will Rooke
DOB: 21/04/90
Current club: Loughborough Futsal
Honours: BUCS gold
Caps for England: 49 caps
Why Futsal? I was introduced to futsal at University and turned out to be alright at it.
Best game I have ever played in? England V Lithuania
Best football/ Futsal club played for? Loughborough University Football Club
Best player played with? Gavin Morgan (one of the best 6 aside players I've seen)
Current career outside of Futsal? Secondary school maths teacher
Name: Luke Ballinger
DOB: 26/02/88
Current club: FC Salisbury
Caps: 108
Why Futsal? fell in love with the game when I first started playing in 2007. The speed, the amount of touches and the tactical side of the game.
Best game you have ever played in? European Qualifiers vs Lithuania 4-3 win
Best football or Futsal club you played for? Bristol City FC and Futsal is Oxford City Lions
Best player played with: Stuart Cook
Current career outside of Futsal: Run a coaching company, developing 3-14 year olds
Name: Jonathan Adams
DOB: 08/01/85
Current club: Birmingham Tigers Futsal Club
Honours: FA Cup Player of the First around 2008-09, Setanta Shield Winner 09, Conference North play-off winner 2011.
Caps: 22
Why Futsal? Futsal is football in its purest form, there's no hiding and it develops tactical awareness and technical ability quicker than football. In my opinion, Futsal also increases team unity and highlights the value of working as part of a group, as well as individually, it should be the starting point for any aspiring athlete in football/Futsal.
Best game I've ever played in? Playing and scoring in England's first ever Futsal victory over Greece (8-7).
Best club ever played for? AFC Telford Utd
Best player played with? Paul Hall
Current career outside of Futsal: Physical Education Professional
