Nile Ranger has started a brand new career alongside playing in the eighth tier of English football.The former Premier League bad boy signed for Wellingborough Town in October, days after being let go by Kettering Town.Ranger has started a new career, running an academy and launching a podcast@doughboys_wtfc / XHe was the Southern League Premier Central’s joint-top goalscorer at Kettering, but he was mysteriously axed by the club. It meant he made the move to Wellingborough – and alongside playing for a new team, he’s beginning a new career venture. Ranger has revealed that he is running a north London-based football academy, and is also planning to start a podcast.“I’m keeping fit, staying fit, and I’ve got my academy project I’m working on,” he told The Sun.“I’m starting a podcast soon, and I just want to mentor kids.“I’m trying to get youth players from different areas to play against academies and get spotted. They can learn a lot from my journey, because it was so up and down.“I came from nothing, made it to Newcastle and stayed there for years. I’ve had my troubles off the pitch too, but that’s what makes my story unique.”Ranger’s podcast is going to be named ‘The Indenile Show’. He has also been playing in Baller League UK, featuring for N5 FC, a team managed by Arsenal legends Jens Lehmann and Robert Pires.Ranger played for N5 on Monday night, as the team that also includes ex-Newcastle and Sunderland midfielder Jack Colback and former Leicester and Derby forward Martyn Waghorn won 7-3.Ranger has represented ten different clubs in a storied careerGettyRanger’s ‘troubles’Ranger is now hoping to help young up-and-coming footballers begin their careers, using his journey as an example.And he mentioned his well-known ‘up and down’ career that included some ‘troubles’ off the pitch.The 34-year-old was once a rising star at Newcastle as a youngster, breaking into the Magpies’ team in 2009. However, he had consistent run-ins with the law and gain a reputation as a bad boy in the Premier League.Ranger spent time in a Young Offenders Institute in 2007 and was also jailed in 2017 for fraud, while also being arrested on multiple occasions and having serious ‘disciplinary issues’ at EFL clubs.He has since admitted that he knows he ‘messed up’ during his career, which never reached the heights it could have.Ranger was once a rising star, but his career was significantly impacted by his behaviour on and off the pitchGettyBacking his abilityRanger is a strong believer that he was as good as Erling Haaland on the pitch when playing at his best. And speaking to Sun Sport, he mentioned Haaland again, but this time, when asked who his favourite striker is at the moment.“Haaland is my favourite, it has to be Haaland,” Ranger stated. “He’s a monster.”Ranger also then backed his current ability and assessed how well he’d do in the Premier League now.He said: “The tekkers are still there… the lungs, I’m not so sure.“Taking pens? 20 goals? Why not?”