Soccer Aid 2024: Who is Theo Baker playing for World XI?

A host of celebrities and former professional footballers will take part in Soccer Aid on Sunday night.

The charity match returns for a 13th time as England will take on the World XI at Stamford Brirdge. Among those taking part this year is content creator Theo Baker who will line up for World XI. He will be joined by starring teammates such as Usain Bolt (Captain), Lee Mack, Roman Kemp, Maisie Adam, Jesus Perez (coach) and Diamond.

The popular YouTube personality is known for his hugely popular football videos and vlogs. Theo, 28, has a mass following of 1.4m subscribers on his main channel and over 516k followers on Instagram.

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Theo also has a second YouTube channel called Theo Baker Extra and has collaborated with many big YouTube personalities since he began creating content in 2015.

He also has a football podcast called Pitch Side which he presents with REEV and Tom Garratt. The Eastbourne Youtuber also took part in the annual Sidemen Charity Match in 2022 and 2023. However in last year's game he suffered an injury in the first half and had to be taken to hospita

Soccer Aid has raised over £90m to aid UNICEF in helping support millions of children around the world to have healthy and happy childhoods. The money raised from this year’s game could help UNICEF protect children from disease and malnutrition, support their mental health and respond in times of crisis.

Baker’s World XI FC team will also see the likes of celebs and former pros Martin Compston, Tommy Fury, Eden Hazard Roberto Carlos, Kaylyn Kyle, John Obi Mikel, Jason Manford, Petr Cech, Patrice Evra and Michel Essein.

Players for the England team include Sir Mo Farah and Steven Bartlett joining footballing legends Jermain Defoe, Jill Scott (Captain), David James (Professional Goalkeeper), Gary Cahill, Joe Cole and Karen Carney.

There will also be stars Sam Thompson, Bobby Brazier, Eden Hazard, Stuart Broad, Miniminter, Paddy McGuiness (Celebrity Goalkeeper), David Seaman (Goalkeeping Coach), Tom Grennan, Jack Wilshere, Alex Brooker, Erin Doherty, Steven Bartlett, Danny Dyer, Theo Walcott and Ellen White on the pitch.

Frank Lampard joins Harry Redknapp and Robbie Williams as England manager and facing them down will be Mauricio Pochettino, returning as manager for Soccer Aid World XI.

The live show will be hosted by UNICEF UK Ambassador Dermot O’Leary, who will be joined by Alex Scott with Sam Matterface and Iain Stirling commenting again.

Soccer Aid takes place on Sunday 9 June at Stamford Bridge.