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Top 25 Football Influencers on Instagram

We screened 659 Instagram accounts worldwide that name football in their own bio, holding between 250,000 and 500,000 followers, a band chosen so that every account in it could be analyzed and reviewed in full rather than sampled. Every account was then measured against engagement above 1.5%, a real-follower reading above 60%, at least 1,000 average Reel views and a post within the last thirty days, before 25 selected creators were ranked by the CA Influence Index.

Jules CarmauxJules Carmaux8 min readLast updated: 21 Sept 2026

The ranking

25 top football influencers on Instagram

The 25 below are ranked by the CA Influence Index. They include professional club and international footballers, a goalkeeper, and several independent football content creators.

25
Influencers selected
9.3%
Avg engagement
79%
Avg real audience
Patricio Matricardi
#1

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Patricio MatricardiMid
374.8K
Followers
39.39%
Engagement rate
756.7K
Avg views
19.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Professional football player @persib 🇦🇷🇮🇹⚽️ @danielaamatto y Alba ❤️👩🏼‍🤝‍👨🏽👧🏼🫶🏼

CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Patricio Matricardi is a professional football player for Persib and marks his bio with the Argentine and Italian flags. A+ 98 is the top score here, built on the highest engagement rate on this page, 39.39%, and 756,682 average Reel views.

Why A+ on the CA Influence Index™

Engagement38.6x median
View power2.0x followers
Audience quality81% real
Abdullah Alhamdan
#2

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Abdullah AlhamdanMid
286.0K
Followers
6.56%
Engagement rate
869.3K
Avg views
30.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Professional football player for @alnassr & Saudi national team..

CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Abdullah Alhamdan is a professional football player for Al Nassr and the Saudi national team. The widest reach on this page, 869,283 average Reel views, anchors A+ 96 against a following of 285,980 and 70% real followers.

Why A+ on the CA Influence Index™

Engagement6.4x median
View power3.0x followers
Audience quality70% real
Julio Cesar
#3

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Julio CesarMid
478.3K
Followers
25.49%
Engagement rate
869.2K
Avg views
20.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Football player @persib

CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Julio Cesar is a football player for Persib. A+ 93 reads 25.49% engagement and 869,232 average Reel views on a following of 478,259, with 80% real followers.

Why A+ on the CA Influence Index™

Engagement25.0x median
View power1.8x followers
Audience quality80% real
اسامه شعراوي
#4

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اسامه شعراويMid
357.0K
Followers
4.23%
Engagement rate
608.6K
Avg views
20.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

⚽️| Football player 📥| 📞| 🛑| YouTube +250K

CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

اسامه شعراوي is a football player whose bio lists a YouTube following past 250,000. A+ 91 pairs 608,645 average Reel views with 80% real followers, on a following of 357,007.

Why A+ on the CA Influence Index™

Engagement4.1x median
View power1.7x followers
Audience quality80% real
Mattia Zaccagni
#5

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Mattia ZaccagniMid
347.0K
Followers
6.55%
Engagement rate
614.4K
Avg views
22.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Football Player of @official_sslazio 🦅 National team @azzurri 🇮🇹 @adidasfootball ⚽️ @maratfootball 📑 @esoticabeach 🏖️

CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Mattia Zaccagni is a football player for Lazio and the Italy national team. A following of 346,983 and 78% real followers sit behind A+ 91, on 614,426 average Reel views and 6.55% engagement.

Why A+ on the CA Influence Index™

Engagement6.4x median
View power1.8x followers
Audience quality78% real
BERKE ÖZER
#6

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BERKE ÖZERMid
486.5K
Followers
7.28%
Engagement rate
752.9K
Avg views
26.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Professional football player @losclive & @millitakimlar

CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

The berke account belongs to a professional football player for Lille and a national team. The largest account on this page, 486,500 followers, still holds A 89 on 752,898 average Reel views and 7.28% engagement.

Why A on the CA Influence Index™

Engagement7.1x median
View power1.5x followers
Audience quality74% real
Guap
#7

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GuapMid
329.9K
Followers
6.63%
Engagement rate
561.8K
Avg views
17.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

⚽️ Football Content 📍Houston, TX 🥇 600k+ TikTok, 230k+ YouTube ✉️

CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Guap posts football content from Houston, Texas, with more than 600,000 followers on TikTok and 230,000 on YouTube. A 89 sets 561,806 average Reel views and 83% real followers against a following of 329,852.

Why A on the CA Influence Index™

Engagement6.5x median
View power1.7x followers
Audience quality83% real
Luka Menalo
#8

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Luka MenaloMid
353.3K
Followers
4.07%
Engagement rate
485.3K
Avg views
19.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina International 💙 @persib ⚽ Professional Football Player

CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Luka Menalo is a professional football player for Persib and a Bosnia and Herzegovina international. A 87 pairs a following of 353,333 with 485,320 average Reel views and 81% real followers.

Why A on the CA Influence Index™

Engagement4.0x median
View power1.4x followers
Audience quality81% real
Yusuf Akçiçek
#9

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Yusuf AkçiçekMid
367.8K
Followers
6.93%
Engagement rate
468.6K
Avg views
14.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Professional Football Player ⚽️: @alhilal & @millitakimlar 🇹🇷 💼: @futureballtr & @sagatise 👟: @adidasfootball

CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Yusuf Akçiçek is a professional football player for Al Hilal, and his bio carries the Turkish flag. A 86 reads 468,611 average Reel views and 86% real followers on a following of 367,765.

Why A on the CA Influence Index™

Engagement6.8x median
View power1.3x followers
Audience quality86% real
Sherkhan Kalmurza
#10

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Sherkhan KalmurzaMid
275.0K
Followers
11.47%
Engagement rate
337.4K
Avg views
7.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Professional football goalkeeper @f.c.kairat| @kff_team

CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Sherkhan Kalmurza is a professional football goalkeeper for FC Kairat. A following of 275,014 sits behind A 86, on 337,424 average Reel views, 11.47% engagement and 93% real followers.

Why A on the CA Influence Index™

Engagement11.2x median
View power1.2x followers
Audience quality93% real

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Mohammad mohebbi
#11

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Mohammad mohebbiMid
386.2K
Followers
18.54%
Engagement rate
408.9K
Avg views
13.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Support @aliyalan_ir Professional football player Iran 💚🤍❤️ 💙

CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Mohammad mohebbi is a professional football player from Iran. An 18.54% engagement rate, high for this page, carries A 82 on 408,912 average Reel views and a following of 386,178.

Why A on the CA Influence Index™

Engagement18.2x median
View power1.1x followers
Audience quality87% real
Dimitris Pelkas
#12

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Dimitris PelkasMid
348.5K
Followers
3.23%
Engagement rate
342.5K
Avg views
19.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Professional football player of @paok_fc National team player of @ethnikiomada 🇬🇷 @adidasfootball ⚽ Owner of @mirablue.residences

CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Dimitris Pelkas is a professional football player for PAOK and the Greece national team, and his bio also lists him as owner of a residences business. A 80 rests on 342,485 average Reel views and a following of 348,503, with 81% real followers.

Why A on the CA Influence Index™

Engagement3.2x median
View power1.0x followers
Audience quality81% real
Stefan Savic
#13

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Stefan SavicMid
371.1K
Followers
5.50%
Engagement rate
447.3K
Avg views
34.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

@trabzonspor football player

CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Stefan Savic is a football player for Trabzonspor. The lowest real-follower reading on this page, 66%, sits under B 79, on 447,259 average Reel views and a following of 371,127.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Engagement5.4x median
View power1.2x followers
Audience quality66% real
Georges Mikautadze
#14

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Georges MikautadzeMid
321.1K
Followers
7.91%
Engagement rate
438.9K
Avg views
21.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 @villarrealcf 💛 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 @nakrebi 🇬🇪 #ToutVientAPoint

CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Georges Mikautadze is a football player for Villarreal and a national team, and his bio carries the Georgian flag. B 79 pairs 438,934 average Reel views with 7.91% engagement on a following of 321,066.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Engagement7.8x median
View power1.4x followers
Audience quality79% real
Dang Van Lam
#15

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Dang Van LamMid
380.5K
Followers
2.38%
Engagement rate
572.8K
Avg views
13.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

⚽ @ninhbinhfootballclub and Vietnam National Team 📩 Advertising: ⚽️ YFT football agency @a.grushin_YFT

CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Dang Van Lam is a football player for Ninh Binh Football Club and the Vietnam national team. At 87% real followers, one of the cleanest followings on this page, B 78 adds 572,772 average Reel views against 2.38% engagement.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Engagement2.3x median
View power1.5x followers
Audience quality87% real
Bradz
#16

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BradzMid
302.3K
Followers
5.25%
Engagement rate
336.0K
Avg views
19.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Man City 🔵 🎙️ @podinthenet ⚽️ Football Content Let’s work

CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Bradz makes football content about Manchester City and tags a podcast account in his bio. B 78 reads 336,012 average Reel views and 81% real followers on a following of 302,259.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Engagement5.1x median
View power1.1x followers
Audience quality81% real
Enes Ünal
#17

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Enes ÜnalMid
253.7K
Followers
5.00%
Engagement rate
279.7K
Avg views
30.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Official account of Enes Ünal Football player @getafecf @millitakimlar

CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Enes Ünal is a football player for Getafe and a national team. The smallest account on this page, 253,749 followers, still holds B 78 on 279,695 average Reel views and 5% engagement.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Engagement4.9x median
View power1.1x followers
Audience quality70% real
علی نعمتی
#18

alinemati__officialعلی نعمتی

علی نعمتیMid
392.7K
Followers
2.99%
Engagement rate
370.4K
Avg views
26.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Professional football player

CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

علی نعمتی's bio names one trade, playing football professionally. A following of 392,665 and 74% real followers sit behind B 77, on 370,421 average Reel views.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Engagement2.9x median
View power0.9x followers
Audience quality74% real
Nerval
#19

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NervalMid
373.0K
Followers
7.62%
Engagement rate
373.6K
Avg views
21.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

🎥 Football Content Creator 🎬 Athletes and Brands 📍 Madrid 🇪🇸 work

CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Nerval is a football content creator based in Madrid who works with athletes and brands. B 75 sets 373,626 average Reel views against a following of 372,982, with 79% real followers.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Engagement7.5x median
View power1.0x followers
Audience quality79% real
wassil baouz
#20

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wassil baouzMid
264.7K
Followers
8.91%
Engagement rate
233.5K
Avg views
0.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

🇲🇦📍 Content Creator Work with: @elbotola CM: @winwinallsports Ceo @i7tariiif if you love football you're in the right place 📩

CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

wassil baouz is a content creator who works with Botola and says the account is the right place if you love football. The cleanest following on this page, 100% real, carries B 75 on 233,490 average Reel views and a following of 264,679.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Engagement8.7x median
View power0.9x followers
Audience quality100% real

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عارف آقاسی
#21

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عارف آقاسیMid
258.4K
Followers
27.55%
Engagement rate
192.8K
Avg views
29.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

‏Support by @aliyalan_ir Professional football player @esteghlal.fc.official

CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

عارف آقاسی is a professional football player for Esteghlal FC. One of the narrowest reach figures on this page, 192,756 average Reel views, is what holds a 27.55% engagement rate to B 74.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Engagement27.0x median
View power0.7x followers
Audience quality71% real
MA99
#22

raheemouMA99

MA99Mid
379.3K
Followers
8.71%
Engagement rate
292.0K
Avg views
16.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

07/01/2025 SPORTS & FOOTBALL CONTENT CREATOR ⚽️ Store: @7l_e

CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

The raheemou account is a sports and football content creator. B 72 sits on a following of 379,273, with 291,985 average Reel views, 8.71% engagement and 84% real followers.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Engagement8.5x median
View power0.8x followers
Audience quality84% real
Hassan Altombakti
#23

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Hassan AltombaktiMid
294.1K
Followers
4.61%
Engagement rate
192.1K
Avg views
29.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Professional Football Player For @alhilal and Saudi National Team. snap:hassan1940

CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Hassan Altombakti is a professional football player for Al Hilal and the Saudi national team. A following of 294,126 and 71% real followers carry B 72, on 192,074 average Reel views and 4.61% engagement.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Engagement4.5x median
View power0.7x followers
Audience quality71% real
Naser Mansy
#24

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Naser MansyMid
394.4K
Followers
2.80%
Engagement rate
279.1K
Avg views
29.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Professional Football Player at @zscofficial 🏹🤍⚽️ @egyptnt 🇪🇬⚽️

CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Naser Mansy is a professional football player for the Egypt national team. A following of 394,398 sits behind B 70, on 279,077 average Reel views and 71% real followers.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Engagement2.7x median
View power0.7x followers
Audience quality71% real
Sergio Gómez
#25

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Sergio GómezMid
399.7K
Followers
1.68%
Engagement rate
511.1K
Avg views
30.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts

@realsociedad football player.

CA Influence Index™

CA Influence Index: real influence, 0 to 99

Market-relative score

Sergio Gómez is a football player for Real Sociedad. The lowest engagement rate on this page, 1.68%, still carries B 65 on 511,128 average Reel views and a following of 399,709.

Why B on the CA Influence Index™

Engagement1.6x median
View power1.3x followers
Audience quality70% real

Ranking method

CA Influence Index™ (CII): how we grade football influencers

CII is a market-relative score from 0 to 99. On a worldwide football ranking there is no target country, so the fit component reads authority from the creator's own bio instead of an audience-location share, and carries less weight because a bio is a claim rather than a measurement. The rest of the score is engagement against creators of the same size, average Reel views, and estimated real-audience share. The creators above are ordered by this score, not by follower count.

10%of the score

Niche authority

What the creator's own bio claims about football. Stating professional status scores full marks.

36%of the score

Engagement

Likes and comments against creators of the same size here. Full marks at 3x that median.

36%of the score

View power

Average Reel views against follower count. Full marks at twice the following.

18%of the score

Audience quality

Share of followers reading as real people. Full marks at 90%.

Engagement is scored against the median for Instagram accounts of the same size worldwide, from our Creator Economy Report 2026 (full year 2025): 10-50K: 0.80% · 50-100K: 0.73% · 100-500K: 1.02% · 500K-1M: 1.10% · 1M+: 1.20%.

  • A+90-99
  • A80-89
  • B65-79
  • C50-64
  • Dunder 50

The score is capped at 99 so it never implies certainty. Read the full CA Influence Index methodology. The benchmark is global, because this page ranks accounts from every country.

Market benchmark

The worldwide Instagram market behind this ranking

The 25 influencers above against the 5.9 million Instagram creators with 10K+ followers in our Creator Economy Report: each row puts the list next to the market.

Read the Creator Economy Report, the measurement the grades on this page are scored against.

How the selected 25 compare with Instagram creators worldwide

  • Pink = the 25 football influencers above
  • Grey = Instagram creators worldwide with 10K+ followers
  • Engagement is a median set against creators of the same size; the other rows are the share of accounts that clear the bar

Median engagement rate, against creators of the same size

selected 25 list: 6.6%
worldwide: 1.02%

Share with 75%+ real followers

selected 25 list: 64%
worldwide: 39.0%

Share with 90%+ real followers

selected 25 list: 8%
worldwide: 1.0%

Share averaging 10K+ Reel views

selected 25 list: 100%
worldwide: 37.3%

Share averaging 100K+ Reel views

selected 25 list: 100%
worldwide: 9.1%

Source: the Click Analytic Creator Economy Report 2026 (full-year 2025 snapshot), 5.9 million Instagram creators with 10K+ followers worldwide. The engagement bar is the report's median for creators of each card's size, from 0.80% at 10K to 50K followers to 1.20% at 1M+; the other grey bars are the shares the report publishes. Pink bars are computed from the 25 cards above.

Why Patricio Matricardi is the #1 football creator

Patricio Matricardi tops this ranking with a CA Influence Index of 98 (A+), the highest among the selected accounts on this page.

The score breaks down like this

  • Engagement against the market median for this size39.39%, 38.6x100/100
  • Average Reels reach against follower count2.0x100/100
  • Share of the audience that is real81%90/100

The top of this list is tight: 5 creators grade A+, so the component bars on each card are what separate them.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

These cover the sport this page means, why the follower band is narrow, and what the score does and does not measure.

01Does football here mean soccer or American football?

Association football, throughout. Worldwide, the single word football covers two different sports, and this page reads the unqualified title as association football (soccer). American and college football accounts that also use the word came out during the hand screen as a different sport, not as a quality failure.

02Why is the follower band only 250,000 to 500,000?

Because far more football accounts exist worldwide than one page can review properly. Keeping to 250,000 to 500,000 followers let us analyze and review every account in that band in full rather than a sample, so each creator named here passed the same checks.

03Why is there no country or audience-location figure on these cards?

Because a worldwide page has no home country to measure a share against. Fit is read instead from what each bio itself claims about football, from stating professional competition down to a passing mention, which carries a smaller share of the index than a measured audience share would.

04How large are these accounts?

From 253,749 to 486,500 followers. The smallest ranks 17th and the largest 6th, which illustrates what the index does: it weighs engagement, reach and a real audience against account size rather than ranking by followers alone.

05Why don't official clubs, leagues or fan pages appear on this list?

Because they are institutions, not creators. Club, league, federation, agency and media-network accounts, and fan or meme pages posting as creators, were removed regardless of score, so the page holds identifiable people rather than brands or reposted content.

06What can the score not tell me?

It cannot say what anyone charges, whether they are free this quarter, or whether their last ten posts suit a particular brief. Four measurements taken on one day, compared only against the other accounts here, is the whole of it. Treat the order as a reading list and settle the rest by asking.

Jules Carmaux

Written by

Jules Carmaux

Co-Founder and Content Lead at Click Analytic, covering influencer marketing, audience analytics, and creator economy trends.

Last updated 21 Sept 20268 min read

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