PANJIM: Dempo Sports Club’s football academy is all set to begin operations from July 2017 with the scouting process to commence from the first week of April.
Dempo SC will conducts trials for the budding footballers from April 4 to 21 in North and South Goa.
For North Goa, the trials will be conducted at Duler Stadium, Mapusa, from April 4 to 7, while for South Goa, the trials will be held at Nagoa ground from April 18 to 21 from 8.45 a.m. Players born between January 1, 2004 and December 31, 2004 are eligible for the trials.
The fully residential academy would be located in Ella, about nine kilometres from Panjim . There are also long term plans of building a school of high international standards in the vacant land adjacent to the football academy.
The duration of the stay would be for four years that will hopefully yield positive outcomes and the boys would be taken on a full scholarship where all their footballing and academic needs would be taken care of. The talented boys from the academy after passing out would be absorbed in the Dempo Sports Club senior team and go on to play professional football at the highest level in India and hopefully venture into foreign shores.
As part of its long-term plans and to continue to match the best standards in the world, the academy will also look to tie up with a foreign club, for technical exchange of modern training philosophy, sports science and nutrition. Coach education would also be given utmost importance.
