About
The Story So Far
Eight years of practice, discipline, and creativity — from a lockdown living room to World Cup Fan Zones.
Sinan Basim's football freestyle journey began during the COVID-19 lockdown. At a time when he felt lonely and wanted to find a positive way through a difficult phase, he turned to football freestyle — practicing skills, filming himself, and creating videos simply as a way to stay active, express himself, and connect with others.
What began as a personal escape gradually became a passion, and over the years, a defining part of his identity. Through 8 years of dedication, discipline, practice, and creativity, Sinan developed his freestyle skills while simultaneously discovering his passion for content creation and visual storytelling.
His growing presence brought him to Kerala's Media One channel, and his content began attracting attention from brands and organizations — including an early partnership with Gymslave, the official mask distributor of Kerala Blasters FC, promoting their gear through his freestyle content during the COVID period.
His videos began reaching audiences across social media, with some crossing 22 million, 5 million, and 1 million+ views — milestones that helped him build a growing online community and showed him the power of combining performance with storytelling.
That journey took him from practicing during lockdown to performing on major platforms: the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Fan Zone at Baladna Al Khor, followed by the AFC Asian Cup 2023 Fan Zone. He was invited onto Qatar Malayalam Radio 98.6 FM to share his story, and had the memorable opportunity to perform with and in front of Indian football legend I. M. Vijayan.
Content Creation
From Freestyle to Full-Time Storytelling
Alongside football, Sinan has built more than 8 years of experience as a self-driven content creator and video editor. Primarily creating for Instagram, he has grown a community of nearly 20,000 followers through videos that combine creativity, entertainment, and storytelling.
He has worked on 30+ promotional videos for brands and businesses, including Saudia Hyper and Rawabi Hyper, as well as restaurants and cafés such as Tea World, Naimi Cafeteria, and Café de Classico — covering concept development, filming, editing, and audience engagement from end to end.
Milestones
The Timeline
TKMCE Alumni Recognition
Honored by TKMCE Alumni Qatar for his performance and presence at the SangaPadhya '23 Inter-Engineering College tournament — Doha, October 2023.
The First Touch
Picked up a ball during lockdown, looking for a way to stay active and creative. Started filming and posting.
Local Recognition
Featured on Kerala's Media One channel as his freestyle content began reaching wider audiences.
Gymslave × Kerala Blasters FC
First brand partnership — promoting official Kerala Blasters FC masks through freestyle content.
22 Million Views
A single reel breaks out, followed by further videos crossing 5M and 1M+ views.
FIFA World Cup Fan Zone
Performed live at the Baladna Al Khor Fan Zone during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.
AFC Asian Cup Fan Zone
Returned to perform at the AFC Asian Cup Fan Zone.
On Air
Invited onto Qatar Malayalam Radio 98.6 FM to share his story.
Sharing the Pitch with I. M. Vijayan
Performed with and in front of Indian football legend I. M. Vijayan.
TKMCE Alumni Recognition
Honored by TKMCE Alumni Qatar for his performance at the SangaPadhya '23 Inter-Engineering College tournament in Doha.