Q Life Magazine Q Magazine December 2017 | Page 51
Creating a global hub for sport, art and culture |
• Now in its tenth year, Aspire Football
Dreams is a unique humanitarian
football project that scouts future
professional footballing talents from
disadvantaged backgrounds.
• Covering eighteen countries on three
continents, it is one of the largest
ever football talent scouting initiatives,
reaching out to over 2.5 million young
footballers in Asia, Latin America,
and Africa since its creation in 2007.
• Every year, over 650,000 young footballers
attend try-outs at 19,000 games on
800 playing fields. More than 6,000
coaches, coordinators, physiotherapists,
and community volunteers are involved
in the programme.
• 90% of the graduating student-players
from the Aspire Football Dreams
programme have been selected by their
respective Football Associations
to represent their countries in junior
and senior national team competitions.
• Registration is free and Aspire Football
Dreams also distributes thousands
of footballs and coaching instruction
kits in its target countries each year.
• Aspire Football Dreams also partners
with Speak Up Africa and the Leo Messi
Foundation, through the Aspire Academy
programme “Combating Malaria”,
to provide mosquito nets to children
across Africa.
| Aspire Academy
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