Colin Nell

Colin Nell is the definitive football freestyler, he has enjoyed an outstanding career as a professional football freestyler and is now an extremely popular performer/speaker at schools, colleges and universities, corporate events, promotions, product launches and live spectator events where he incorporates his unbelievable ball skills into his speeches and workshops.  Interactive live performances are Colin’s speciality, setting him apart from other football freestylers. His reputation as a showcase entertainer is exemplary and has become the freestyle of choice for major sponsors, brands, promotions and high profile events.
Colin has stunned and captivated crowds of all ages around the world. His talent with a football has led him to work alongside the biggest names in world football, his wizardry has been utilised in numerous high profile media campaigns and feature films.

Born in London, Colin Nell was spotted in 2000 by Nike Executives whilst displaying his array of tricks in a major Nike promotion at Wembley Stadium which attracted over 30,000 contestants.  Since then, Colin Nell has enjoyed an outstanding career as a professional football freestyler.

Combining his charismatic personality with an interactive freestyle show has made Colin one of Europe’s top sports entertainers who pride himself on being able to develop performances, workshop sessions and promotions to meet your entertainment / promotional needs and expectations.

His motivational talks are renowned for their interaction and their ability to captivate audience providing a good platform to communicate a corporate message or new product. This is done through a combination of PowerPoint presentation slides, demonstrations and story telling.  Speaking engagements/classes can be adapted and tailored to a chosen topic or field.

Developed through sheer determination and passion, Colin is a unique speaker who can connect with all ages and age groups whilst staying up to date with current issues and topics faced in the world today. There is no one better to demonstrate freestyle moves and communicate a key message at the same time.

“Just a quick thank you for a brilliant morning of talk and activities. The rest of the staff, and of course, the children had an inspirational and thoroughly enjoyable time. As predicted, they were all practising their football skills in the playground at lunchtime!” Woburn Lower School.

“As a school community we are committed to the values we wish to instil in our students: we encourage and develop responsibility, leadership, team work, integrity, respect and resilience. We expect the highest standards in behaviour and in attitudes to learning, and we support each and every child in their quests to achieve their very best. Working alongside Ralph Henderson and Colin Nell at Appetitio has enhanced those core values and helped inspire and motivate our students based on sporting excellence with past and current greats. Not only have they installed the Olympic values and re energized the students but they have also helped raise the profile of William Edwards school and students by raising funds for school and community projects. We wish them all the luck in the near future and look forward to welcoming them back again.” William Edwards School

“Colin was inspirational, funny and dazzled the boys with his skills and his charm. A great show and speech which transcended football freestyle to focus on aspirations and how to be successful in a fun and informative way.” Forest Hill School

“Coventry Positive Futures is a social-inclusion programme working within the cities most deprived neighbourhoods. We have worked with Colin since 2008. Colin has become a familiar face within the service as he really gets involved with the young people and shows a genuine interest in their lives. The types of projects Colin has supported include launches of a new grant-funded project, awards ceremonies and special celebration events. Colin has always engaged the young people very well and has always given us the added value of engaging with invited guests such as policy makers and strategic leads.  We value Colin's enthusiasm and understanding of our service and hope to continue working with his new services as they develop.” Coventry Positive Futures

“Colin Nell came to HMYOI Feltham and delivered a Football skills session as part of a project being run in custody that aims to reduce re-offending and make positive changes to the Young Adults in custody. Colin's session was fun, interactive and engaged them all, he made a huge impact on their thought process and the feedback from the Young Adults was extremely positive with them all scoring his session 10 out of 10. We hope this is the start of a long term working relationship between Colin and HMYOI Feltham.” Offender Management Unit, HMYOI Feltham