Today we speak with Jean Kouriel, Founder and Club President of the Ashfield Pirates Football Club.
Jean has been involved in football for almost 40 years and has played for Marconi, Sydney United and Colo Colo. He represented Australia in Futsal and NSW in School Boys Football.
Jean, with the assistance of the late Adam Spencer-Carr, founded the Pirates in 2015. Within 5 short years, Ashfield has become one of the fastest growing football clubs within the CDSFA and in 2019, won the CDSFA Club Championship, the Crystal Cup.
Jean is now turning his attention to player development at Ashfield Pirates and securing a permanent home ground.