Nike Academy

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Nike Academy
Full name Nike Academy
Nickname(s) The Academy
Founded 2009
Ground St George's Park
Burton upon Trent, England
Ground Capacity 3,100[1]
League Friendlies

The Nike Football Academy is an English football academy funded and administered by Nike, Inc.. The academy has a revolving squad of unsigned under-20 players and is run with the intention of helping them find a professional club. The academy is currently based at St George's Park National Football Centre.[2] The squad is made up of players scouted worldwide and drafted to the squad through Nike Most Wanted trials. Over 50 players have gone on to play professional football over the years. The programme is led by Manager Jon Goodman, with former Wolverhampton Wanderers player Matt Murray working as Assistant Manager.

The programme is also known for its collaborations with world class professional players, most notably Sami Khedira, Joe Hart, Rio Ferdinand, Francesco Totti, Mario Gotze and others.

Players such as David Accam, Tom Rogic, Majeed Waris, Petar Golubovic and Sergio Galeano are graduates of the programme.

The Academy regularly play teams like FC Barcelona, AS Roma, Inter Milan, Manchester United and others.

List of The Chance winners

2010–11

Pos. Name Current club[3]
GK South Africa Reyaad Pieterse South Africa Kaizer Chiefs
DF South Africa Jonathan King Unattached
MF South Korea Moon Seon-min Sweden Djurgårdens IF
MF Australia Tom Rogić Scotland Celtic
MF Belgium Fabio Tonini Belgium FC Brussels
FW Ghana David Accam United States Chicago Fire
FW England Tobi Joseph England Hornchurch
FW France Mustapha Taline Unattached

2011–12

No. Pos. Name[4][5] Current club
06 MF Belgium Ismail H'Maidat Italy Roma
07 MF Belgium Dario van den Buijs Netherlands FC Eindhoven
08 MF Brazil Wallace Camilo Brazil Duque de Caxias Futebol Clube
27 FW France David Fernandes CS Sedan Ardennes
32 DF Greece Dimitris Komnos Greece AE Kifisias[6]
39 DF Italy Marco Di Lauro England Nike Football Academy[7]
41 FW Japan Ryosuke Kinoshita Unknown
68 MF Russia Kirill Laptev Sweden Husqvarna FF
72 DF Serbia Petar Golubović Italy AC Pisa 1909 (Loan from A.S. Roma)
76 MF South Africa Teboho Charlie Tsotetsi Unknown
77 MF South Africa Melusi Zulu South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns
78 FW Spain Saife Alami Bazza Romania FC Dunărea Călărași[8]
79 DF Spain Gonzalo Balbi Iceland KR Reykjavik
83 FW Sweden Bubakary Sonko Sweden Nyköpings BIS
92 MF England Jose Figura Iceland BI/Bolungarvík[8]
100 MF United States Brian Iloski United States Los Angeles Galaxy U20 Academy[9]

After Jorge Grant signed for Nottingham Forest F.C., Jose Figuera, Kirill Laptev and Saife Alami Bazza were given a trial to replace him.[8]

Wallace Camilo, David Fernandes and Melusi Zulu ended up not going with the team on the Nike "The Chance" tour. To replace them the following three contestants were brought in:[7]

No. Pos. Name Current club
16 MF Colombia Kevin Salazar Chiquiza England Nike Football Academy[7]
24 MF Ecuador Joel Bravo Unknown
61 DF Peru Fernando Canales Unknown

Squads

2011–12

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 South Africa GK Reyaad Pieterse
2 England DF Conor Branson (captain)
3 South Africa DF Jonathan King
4 Ghana MF David Accam
6 England DF Phillip Stevenson
7 Belgium MF Fabio Tonini
8 Australia MF Tom Rogić
9 England MF Karl Clair
10 England FW Tobi Amokeodo
12 England DF Andy Harrison
No. Position Player
13 South Korea MF Moon Seon-min
16 England FW Tashan Adeyinka
17 England DF Jordan Tillson
18 England MF James Cottingham
19 France FW Mustapha Taline
20 England MF Josh Ekim
21 England GK Brandon Hall
23 England DF Daniel Wilkinson
24 England MF Albert Ansah
25 England DF Lewis Thomas

2012–13

As of 6 November 2012.[10]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 England GK Joe Martin
2 England DF Brandon Honer
3 England DF Conor O'Sullivan
4 Scotland DF Dominic Kennedy
5 England DF Jordan Tunnicliffe
6 South Africa MF Michael Koopowitz
7 England MF Jorge Grant
8 England MF Alex Parsons
9 England FW Billy Ions
No. Position Player
10 England MF David Goldsmith
11 England MF Michael Kalu
12 England GK Alastair Worby
13 England DF Lewis Tallack
14 Australia MF Cameron Edwards
15 England MF Ryan Tinsley
16 England FW Tom Foltyn-Brown
19 England MF Jamie Edge
20 England DF Karlton Watson

Karlton Watson signed a professional contract for the premier league side, Leicester City FC on the 22nd of November 2012.[11] Cameron Edwards also signed professional terms with the Australian team Melbourne Heart on the 21st of December 2012.[12]

2014–15

As of 8 September 2014.[13]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 England GK Christian Baffour
2 Norway GK Lars Herlofsen
3 Netherlands DF Darren Johnstone
4 England DF Hamza Asadi
5 Italy DF Lorenzo Negro
6 Peru DF José Guidino
7 France DF Darren Johnstone
8 England MF Ashleigh Artwell
No. Position Player
9 England MF Sean Clare
10 England MF Dominic McGiveron
11 Germany MF Jeremy Franky
12 Algeria MF Hicham Manaa
13 Netherlands FW Alvin Fortes
14 England FW Chipo Mbweeda
15 France FW Brahim Sabaouni

Current technical staff

Name Role[14]
England Jon Goodman Head coach
England Matt Murray Assistant coach
England Josh Dixon S&C coach

References

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  11. ↑ [{https://www.facebook.com/NikeAcademy/?fref=photo} | accessdate=30 December 2015]
  12. ↑ [{https://www.facebook.com/NikeAcademy/?fref=photo} | accessdate= 30 December 2015]
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ NikeAcademy.com

External links

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