The 19-year-old Ayoup Basel Bader was born in Jordan on the 1st of August 2003 before moving to the United Arab Emirates.
Ayoup started his journey of football at the age of 5 when his dad used to take him and his brother to the park to play football until when he was old enough to play with academies, and his road has taken him across several academies all over the UAE in Sharjah, Ajman, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and more where he has won a lot of trophies, and medals during his time as a player with those academies.
Ayoup started playing for clubs in the UAE at the age of 15 and he had been to many trials and training camps before signing his first-ever contract at the U16 level for Al Arabi Club of the second division on the 21st of August 2018. After one season, Ayoup joined the U17 side of Hatta where he made 18 appearances and recorded a total of 1575 minutes with 3 goals and 5 assists. The following season, he joined the U18 team of Al Bataeih Club of the First division but he only got to play only 2 games before Covid-19 hit.
After the pandemic, he signed for a second-division Al Itiffaq where he played briefly before moving to the United States of America.
Prior to his arrival in the USA, Ayoup had the chance to join the U20 Jordan National team camp as they prepared for the AFC U-20 Asian Cup 2022.
The Jordanian midfielder arrived in Minneapolis last week and he is already looking to make an impact in the United Premier Soccer League.
