Coach scheme shows a drive to change the game
Taff Rahman on how him joining the Professional Player to Coach Scheme can boost Asian representation in football.
23 December 2020
Having arrived from Bangladesh as a seven-year-old with no grasp of English, Taff Rahman’s path to becoming a footballer had its challenges, but he hopes it will help him as he takes part in the new Premier League, EFL and PFA Charity’s Professional Player to Coach Scheme.
"I started playing football as soon as I landed in the United Kingdom,” Rahman recalls. "Not being able to speak the language, it was the playground that was kind of my saviour.