Feyenoord Academy

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Feyenoord Academy

Full name

Feyenoord Academy

Founded

Ground

Gomoah Fetteh, Ghana

Chairman

Karel Brokken

Manager

Nii Adu Sackey

League

OneTouch Premier League

2006/07





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Feyenoord Academy is a Ghanaian football club and the biggest football in Ghana academy based in Gomoah Fetteh, and was founded by Feyenoord from Rotterdam. They are playing in the OneTouch Premier League.

[edit] Relationship with Feyenoord (Rotterdam)

Feyenoord's chairman Jorien van den Herik was given permission for the opening of Feyenoord's own football academy in the Ghanaian settlement of Fetteh, just outside the capital Accra.^[1] The go-ahead was given by the Chief of Fetteh in 1998. At the academy, young talented African footballers can work on their football skills. In addition to helping their football potential the students are provided with formal education which is funded by Feyenoord.^[1] Former Feyenoord player Mohammed Abubakari is the first player that graduated from the academy and achieved a professional contract at Feyenoord.^[2]^[3] Prior to Abubakari's move, Jordan Opoku spent some time at Excelsior and Royal Antwerp FC before returning to Ghana.^[4]^[5]

The idea for Feyenoord’s own football academy was born in Abidjan. Jorien van den Herik was there to sign the then still unknown Bonaventure Kalou and got into contact with the education institute at Kalou’s club.^[1] That same year the head of the youth education flew to Africa to take stock in the project and returned with a praising report. In January of 1998 the ball got rolling: Feyenoord would start its own Football School in Africa.^[1]