Welcome to the Olyroos podcast, where we take football fans inside camp in Japan to help you get to know our players that little bit better.

My name is Chris Curulli, and during this episode I’ll be catching up with a man who’s been there along the entire qualification journey, in Keanu Baccus.

Keanu runs us through his journey growing up in Western Sydney that culminated in him pulling on the Red and Black of the wanderers, which soon turned into the green and gold of Australia's youth National Teams.

He's got some great stories around the Socceroos who visited his school as a youngster to help igniting his passion for football, and the reactions of those around him to the news that he was set to become an Olympian.

Listen to our chat with Keanu now!