AC Milan ‘The Future’ Academy

Mar 28, 13 AC Milan ‘The Future’ Academy

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The complete movie of ‘thefuture’, the exclusive documentary on the Milan youth academy. The documentary takes an indepth look inside the Milan Academy. I hope you enjoy it! By Milan Channel     Email this page

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Youth Academies in Europe – REPORT

Nov 13, 12 Youth Academies in Europe – REPORT

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I haven’t read this report in full yet and will review in time. I came across this piece on a friends facebook, Dave Hannigan discusses a lot of the things I have been pushing, to be introduced in Irish schoolboy soccer. Will the FAI ever learn from Ajax? The Dave Hannigan column in the evening Echo LEAFING through an...

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Coerver Coaching Irish Academy player on trial at Atletico Madrid

Sep 11, 12 Coerver Coaching Irish Academy player on trial at Atletico Madrid

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Press Release: Dublin soccer player, Sean Quinn from Tallaght has been invited by Spanish Giants Atletico Madrid to spend a week training at the La Liga club with a view to signing him if he impresses. Sean, 14, plays his soccer in Dublin for Lucan United and has been involved with Coerver Coaching, attending our Performance Academy...

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Youth Academies key to success…

Jun 30, 12 Youth Academies key to success…

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The success of the Spanish national team is mainly down to the efficiency of its clubs’ football academies and the high quality of coaching staff, coach Vicente del Bosque has said. A day before the world and European champions bid to defend their continental title against Italy, Spain coach Del Bosque said the Iberian nation...

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Laureano Ruiz – the man behind Barca’s playing philosophy

May 19, 12 Laureano Ruiz – the man behind Barca’s playing philosophy

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Hugo Benitez/El Flaco wrote an excellent piece on the Swedish football site SvenskaFans describing the story of how our Club came to play in its characteristic way. From the very start, the style was thanks to a man named Laureano Ruiz. With the author’s permission, totalBarça has translated his great piece, which can be found...

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These principles are respect, responsibility, commitment, work, discipline, self-demanding and, above all, humility.

Mar 19, 12 These principles are respect, responsibility, commitment, work, discipline, self-demanding and, above all, humility.

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La Masia – The Value of having Values.  “The value of having values” was one of the slogans used to commemorate Barça’s recent League title. But what does it really mean? The slogan takes life on La Masia’s day-to-day operation. Carlos Folguera, the director of Barça’s youth academy, La Masia, shares his...

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Braga are back in town

Hugo Vicente the Academy Director of Sporting Club De Braga is in town this weekend where he will be putting on a Portuguese style session at St. Francis football club. I’m looking forward to meeting him and brushing up on my Portuguese. Will be interesting to hear his opinions on the technical level of Irish kids compared to...

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