The Soccer Aid England squad was announced earlier this month ahead of the highly-anticipated charity match taking place on Sunday.
One of the stars in the line-up is Miniminter, a YouTuber who is part of KSI’s group of content creators and has over 10million followers.
Minter is one of a collective of YouTubers called The Sidemen, who originally formed a decade ago, after bonding on an online platform for fans of popular video game, Grand Theft Auto.
The 31-year-old star, who attended the £23,000-a-year Berkhamsted School in Hertfordshire as a youngster, is worth a whopping £9million.
He is one half of a high-profile couple, after tying the knot last year with his singer-songwriter wife Natalia Margaret Louise Mar, known professionally as Talia Mar.
The Soccer Aid England squad was announced earlier this month ahead of the highly-anticipated charity match taking place on Sunday (Miniminter pictured on Friday)
He is one half of a high-profile couple, after tying the knot last year with his singer-songwriter wife Natalia Margaret Louise Mar, known professionally as Talia Mar (Pictured in June 2022)
Minter’s journey into content creation began after he left university when tuition fees rocketed and went to work in a warehouse, before being taken on by his old school friend, KSI, real name Olajide ‘JJ’ Olatunji, to run his clothing line.
At the same time, he began creating his own YouTube content, primarily videos about FIFA and football more generally, while also recreating famous Vine clips. Since then he has amassed more than 10.4million subscribers on the video sharing.
The Sidemen is made up of KSI, Simon, Joshua Bradley, known online as Zerkaa; Tobi Brown, known online as TBJZL; Ethan Payne, known online as Behzinga; Vikram Barn, known as Vikkstar123 and Harry Lewis, known as W2S.
In a video with KSI in August 2023, Minter discussed how he has two TikTok channels, a gaming one, which posts every day, and has some 1.8million followers.
Then he has what he describes as his main channel, which has 2.1million followers, which he rarely posts on. He explained: ‘My main TikTok, I’ve earned £637.’
Conceding that he hasn’t posted a huge number of videos, he did point out that a recent clip had garnered a massive 19million views, with others also racking up huge numbers.
Not much is known about his family, but his father is believed to own a small business. Minter also owns a property company and had a reported net worth of £9million as of 2022.
Last summer, Minter announced his engagement to British singer Talia Mar, before the pair married in June 2023.
One of the stars in the line-up is Miniminter, a YouTuber who is part of KSI’s group of content creators and has over 10million followers (Pictured on Thursday)
Minter is one of a collective of YouTubers called The Sidemen (Pictured), who originally formed a decade ago, after bonding on an online platform for fans of popular video game, Grand Theft Auto
The Sidemen is made up of KSI, Simon, Joshua Bradley, known online as Zerkaa; Tobi Brown, known online as TBJZL; Ethan Payne, known online as Behzinga; Vikram Barn, known as Vikkstar123 and Harry Lewis, known as W2S
According to The Tab, the pair have been dating since 2017, after meeting at Wireless Festival, but only went public with their relationship in 2018.
Talia is perhaps best known for her 2022 hit Stay the Night with Sigala and has 2.3million monthly listeners on Spotify.
An influencer in her own right, the 27-year-old has one million YouTube subscribers and 1.2million followers on Instagram.
She also has some 738,000 Twitch followers, where she posts singing videos, as well as clips of herself playing video games.
Talia uses her social media to promote her music, show off her glamorous style and post wholesome snaps of her life with Simon and their Chow Chow Mushu.
In February 2024, Minter was called out by Tommy Fury on a podcast.
Tommy warned Minter never to mention his daughter again after her referenced his girl in a podcast.
The boxer took a hardline approach to Minter mentioning his daughter, Bambi, while questioning his fighting ability after his win over KSI in October.
Last summer, Minter announced his engagement to British singer Talia Mar, before the pair married in June 2023 (Pictured in January)
According to The Tab , the pair have been dating since 2017, after meeting at Wireless Festival, but only went public with their relationship in 2018 (Pictured in June 2022)
Talia is perhaps best known for her 2022 hit Stay the Night with Sigala and has 2.3million monthly listeners on Spotify (Pictured in January)
Fury beat KSI via a controversial majority decision but was taken the full distance by the YouTube sensation, who he was favourite against.
‘Simon from Sidemen, say whatever you want about your mate KSI who lost,’ he said on Instagram.
‘But don’t ever mention my daughter’s name again or me and you’re going to have a problem. Keep my child’s name out of your mouth.’
KSI then stuck up for his Sidemen friend with a tweet designed to invoke fury. ‘Bambi,’ he wrote on X, responding to Fury’s video.
Minter has previously spoken out about what it means to be a sideman.
Speaking previously in a video, Minter said: ‘A sideman is basically someone’s b**** who just follows them around… I was basically JJ’s b**** that followed him around.’
It was via the world of online gaming that they began to lay the foundations for a group that is dominating internet entertainment.
Tommy Fury warned Miniminter never to mention his daughter Bambi again after he brought her up in a podcast
Miniminter had questioned Fury’s fighting credentials and brought up his daughter’s name
KSI stuck up for Miniminter and proved Fury with simple tweet, writing ‘Bambi’ on X
The Sidemen began to make their name by recording video game sessions from their bedrooms, filming their own commentaries and reactions while playing, and uploading them to YouTube.
They set up a dedicated channel in 2015 and began to branch into other avenues of online entertainment, taking on a series of challenges, including eating tasks, hide-and-seek games and experimenting with parenting.
Nearly 300 videos have been posted on the channel, which now boasts more than 18million subscribers and some five billion views in total.
