Ashikin Hashim
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Ashikin Hashim (born November),[1] better known as Fútbolita™, is a Singaporean sports journalist and TV personality. Her website and brand, Futbolita (Futbolita.com), is known for featuring interviews with sports personalities in the European football world, including David Villa, Xavi, Fernando Torres, Cristiano Ronaldo, Romário and José Mourinho. [2]
Fútbolita is also active on social media and has collaborated with football organizations such as the Bundesliga, Paris Saint-Germain, and La Liga. Fútbolita was listed in The Guardian's Top 100 Football Blogs To Follow in 2011. [3]
Career
Ash's journalism career started at The New Paper[4] in 2006, where she reported on local sports for a few years while completing her media diploma. In 2010, she joined Yahoo! as a freelance correspondent [5] while completing her degree at Monash University.
Hashim founded Fútbolita in November 2008 to accommodate growing requests from international friends to read her interviews with sports personalities. [citation needed]
In June 2010, she started up the Fútbolita World Cup to coincide with the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Twelve girls from various nations contributed to the site in a month that saw close to 400,000 unique visitors. [citation needed]
In January 2011, Hashim announced a partnership [6] between the Spanish Tourism Board and Fútbolita, to further promote the culture of the country to her international readers. She did an extensive football trip involving clubs in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and a cultural tour in Salamanca and Cuenca.[7]
In July 2011, Fútbolita launched its own web channel Futbolita.TV, with exclusive videos and interviews featuring English Premier League teams Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea.[citation needed]
In 2019, Hashim became the first Southeast Asian personality to moderate a women's football panel at the Dubai Globe Soccer Awards and International Sports Conference, attended by Cristiano Ronaldo and other global football stars.
Interviews
Some of the players she has interviewed in the past include Son Heung-min, Sergio Agüero, Xavi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Luís Fabiano, Carlos Marchena, Víctor Valdés, André Santos, Ricardo Carvalho, Felipe Melo, David de Gea, David Silva, Ricardo Costa, Dani Alves, Nani, Lucas Leiva, Nilmar, Alexandre Pato, Carlos Vela, Dirk Kuyt and more.[2]
Background
Ash speaks English, Bahasa Indonesia, Spanish, and conversational Portuguese. She is of Singaporean, Pakistani, Arab, and Welsh descent[8] and often mentions her grandfather and father as the key influences in her life.[9]
References
- ↑ "The Sidelines: Singapore's first female football agent". goal.com. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Interviews". Futbolia.com. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ↑ Dart, James (31 December 2010). "100 football blogs to follow in 2011 - James Dart". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ↑ "MEET OUR FUTBOLITAS". Asiaone.com. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ↑ "Fit to Post finds a new home". Sg.news.yahoo.com. 29 April 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ↑ "Announcement : Fútbolita & National Tourism Office of Spain! | Fútbolita". Archived from the original on 2011-03-18. Retrieved 2011-01-05. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Futbolita in Spain 2011 : Femme Football Travels". Spain.futbolita.com. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ↑ Kunju, Bhas. "The Sidelines: Singapore's first female football agent - Futbolita, Ash Hashim - Goal.com". Goal.com. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ↑ "Forza Futbol 116: Focus on Futbolita.com". Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2011-01-05. Unknown parameter
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External links
- Futbolita
- Futbolita TV Archived 2013-04-18 at Archive.today
- Profile on Yahoo! S.E.A
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