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Nike Academy

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clubname	Nike Academy
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founded
ground	St George's Park
Burton upon Trent, England
capacity	3,100
dissolved
league	Friendlies
season	2011–12
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Burton upon Trent, England The Nike Football Academy was an English football academy funded and administered by Nike, Inc. The academy had a revolving squad of unsigned under-20 players and was run with the intention of helping them find a professional club. The academy was based at St George's Park National Football Centre. The squad was 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 was led by manager Jon Goodman, with former Wolverhampton Wanderers player Matt Murray who worked as assistant manager.

The programme was also known for its collaborations with world class players, including Sami Khedira, Joe Hart, Rio Ferdinand, Francesco Totti, Mario Götze and others. Players such as David Accam, Tom Rogić, Majeed Waris, Petar Golubović and Evan Dimas are graduates of the programme.

The academy regularly played exhibition matches facing teams like FC Barcelona, Arsenal, Inter Milan, Manchester United and others.

The academy closed at the end of the 2016–17 season.

Technical staff

Name	Role
IRL Jon Goodman	Head coach
ENG Matt Murray	Assistant coach
MEX Jesús Vázquez	Featured player
ARG Lautaro Alegrini	Featured player
SCO Jacob Donnely	Jugador Destacado
TUR Utku Kolkoparan	Headcoach of Turkey

Notable participants

AUS Dejan Pandurevic
AUS Tom Rogic
BEL Dario Van den Buijs
CPV Alvin Fortes
CRO Josip Juranović
ENG Conor Branson
ENG Sean Clare
ENG David Goldsmith
ENG Jorge Grant
ENG Rarmani Edmonds-Green
ENG Billy Ions
ENG Alex Parsons
ENG Jordan Rose
ENG Bilal Sayoud
ENG Ryan Sellers
ENG Jordan Tillson
ENG Jordan Tunnicliffe
ENG Alex Whittle
GER Fabian Senninger
GHA David Accam
GHA Rolland Appiah
GHA Abdul Majeed Waris
GRE Dimitris Komnos
IDN Evan Dimas
IDN Muhammad Rafli
MAS Shazuan Ashraf Mathews
MAR Saifeddine Alami
MAR Ismail H'Maidat
MAR Brahim Sabaouni
MAR Alexis André Jr.
NLD Delvin Pinheiro Frederico
NOR Lars Herlofsen
NZL Myer Bevan
NIC Kayro Flores Heatley
PER Fernando Canales
PER José Guidino
POL Matty Cash
RUS Maksim Boychuk
RUS Artemi Ukomsky
CIV Siriki Dembélé
ESP Youssef Ezzejjari
ESP Ignacio Varona
SRB Petar Golubović
SGP Cameron Edwards
RSA Reyaad Pieterse
KOR Moon Seon-min
SUR Anfernee Dijksteel
SWE Pontus Almqvist
THA Apirat Heemkhao
THA Napapon Sripratheep
URU Gonzalo Balbi

References

(4 May 2012). "Stadium launch: Loughborough University FC v Tottenham Hotspur U18s". [[Loughborough University.
(20 March 2015). "Barcelona 0-3 Nike FC: Is this a glimpse of football's future? | Barney Ronay".
[https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/nov/25/nike-academy-big-time-route-promising-players Inside the Nike Academy: the branded alternative for reaching the big time] on ''The Guardian''
[https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/mar/20/barcelona-nike-fc-football-future Barcelona 0-3 Nike FC: is this a glimpse of football’s future?] by Barney Ronay on ''The Guardian''
[https://www.soccerbible.com/performance/miscellaneous/2015/02/nike-academy-vs-fc-barcelona/ Nike Academy vs FC Barcelona], 24 February 2015
[https://www.fourfourtwo.com/performance/skills/nike-academy-arsenal-test The Arsenal test] by Huw Davies on Four Four Two, 8 February 2012
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQBSTjavVPQ Nike Academy vs Inter]
"WHY DID THE NIKE ACADEMY CLOSE?".
[http://www.nike.com/nikefootball/academy/meet-the-coaches?locale=en_GB NikeAcademy.com]

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