With elements of sports betting, a new platform lets fans invest in the futures of soccer players from developing countries

Saturday, February 4, 2023 8:43 AM
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  • Owen Poindexter, Front Office Sports

Adrian Docea is collecting email addresses for his company’s app launch in an effort to harness the power of one of the biggest energy sources on the planet: soccer fans.

“Football is not just the biggest sport in the world, it’s the biggest anything in the world,” said Docea. “It’s the only thing on this planet that has 4 billion fans.”

His company, Nordensa, is a platform where fans can make long-term bets on players, specifically under-scouted ones.

It bears some resemblance to Mojo, the Alex Rodriguez-backed “athlete stock market,” in which one can buy shares in NFL players that rise or fall based on their on-field performance, but there’s a twist.