Nike Academy

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, Kevin Salazar and Sergio Galeano are graduates of the programme.

The Academy regularly play teams like FC Barcelona, Arsenal, 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 SuperSport United
DF South Africa Jonathan King South Africa Black Leopards F.C.
MF South Korea Moon Seon-min South Korea Incheon United
MF Australia Tom Rogić Scotland Celtic
MF Belgium Fabio Tonini Belgium KSC Grimbergen
FW Ghana David Accam United States Chicago Fire
FW England Tobi Joseph England Hornchurch
FW France Mustapha Taline France Créteil B

2011–12

No. Pos. Name[4][5] Current club
06 MF Morocco Ismail H'Maidat Italy Vicenza Calcio (Loan from A.S. Roma)
07 MF Belgium Dario Van den Buijs Netherlands FC Eindhoven
08 MF Brazil Wallace Camilo Brazil Ceres
27 FW France David Fernandes France US Granville
32 DF Greece Dimitris Komnos Germany SV Merseburg 99
39 DF Italy Marco Di Lauro unknown
41 FW Japan Ryosuke Kinoshita United States Marshalltown Tigers
68 MF Russia Kirill Laptev Sweden IK Tord
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 unknown
78 FW Morocco Saife Alami Bazza France Paris FC
79 DF Uruguay Gonzalo Balbi Unattached
83 FW Sweden Bubakary Sonko Sweden Sollentuna FK
92 MF England Jose Figura England Thamesmead Town
100 MF United States Brian Iloski United States UCLA Bruins

2013–14

Pos. Name Current Club
DF Kosovo Granit Ademi Sweden Stafsinge IF

After Jorge Grant signed for Nottingham Forest F.C., Jose Figuera, Kirill Laptev and Saife Alami Bazza were given a trial to replace him.[6]

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 Colombia Independiente Santa Fe
24 MF Ecuador Joel Bravo Ecuador C.D. ESPOLI
61 DF Peru Fernando Canales Peru Alianza Lima

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.[8]

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 Horner
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 22 November 2012.[9] Cameron Edwards also signed professional terms with the Australian team Melbourne Heart on 21 December 2012.[10]

2014–15

As of 8 September 2014.[11]

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 MF 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 Morocco FW Brahim Sabaouni

2015–16

As of 4th May 2015[12]

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

No. Position Player
United States GK Aleksandar Gogic
England DF Connor Wood
Belgium DF Vadiel Gonzalez
Australia MF Emilio Martinez
Japan MF Ryoma Watanabe
Colombia FW Sergio Galeano

2016–17

As of 30 June 2016.[13]

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

No. Position Player
- Netherlands GK Thom Jonkerman
- France DF Nathan Recht
- New Zealand FW Myer Bevan
- Netherlands FW Sherwin Dandery Seedorf
- Croatia DF Josip Kolobarić
- England MF Siriki Dembélé
- Netherlands DF Prince Abdi-Iltiré
No. Position Player
- Germany MF Kevin Adewumi
- England GK Tim Brown
- Japan MF Kai Hatano
- Belgium DF Benis Belesi
- France MF Ilan Kebbal
- Israel MF Benny Tridovsky

Current technical staff

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

References

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