The General Manager of the National Football Academy(ANAFOOT), Enow Ngachu accompanied by his closest collaborators, held a press conference on Thursday, November 8,2022 at the academy’s headquarters to present a balance sheet of activities for the year 2022.
The close to one hour, thirty minutes exchanged with the press, permitted the GM to give a detail report on the training, coaching and the perfection of youths in the practice of high level football in Cameroon.
Enow Ngachu began the press conference, by appreciating the great work carried out in the last national talent detection of young conscripts for the Academy, in the ten regions. Especially with the great interest shown by young girls, towards football in the Northern regions of Cameroon.
According to the GM, about 280 young girls massively turned out for the detection phase, in the North region.A rare scenario that has never occured before.
ANAFOOT has trained over 250 youths in her five years of existence.The Academy is proud of the fact that, most of her products are plying their trade in the Women’s and Men’s professional football League’s in Cameroon.
As well as are highly represented at the under -15, 17 and 20 national teams of Cameroon.
With the aim of ameliorating the quality of training offered to her products, ANAFOOT has held some working sessions with the PSG, Nantes, Rennes, Pôle Espoir and the Mohammed V training facilities.
The super scale football tactician and administrator had the following reactions;
« We have 2337 young girls and boys studying in the different Anglophone and Francophone sub-systems of education. The objective is to train young players on career development. So that they can easily be integrated in to the society as; sports medical doctors, football agents, coaches and lawyers in the domain of football« .
» That is why for the year 2023,we shall lay emphasis on the educational aspect of the trainees.Today, we stand as one of the major licence providers for footballers in the Cemac zone.Thanks to the rigid and excellent training we offer« ,He added.
It should be noted that, a majority of ANAFOOT’s products,plying their trade with the elite clubs are on loan.With these teams yet to sign serious deals with the Center.
« We also intend to form an ANAFOOT Mutual, that will permit us to create and run a football club for the academy, so as to be more competitive ».
» The sum of 80 million CFA allocated to ANAFOOT as subvention by the state, is insufficient to help run the structure. Reason why, we have established a strong partnership with Orange-Cameroon and UBA Bank. With INJS in the domain of research and with the CNOSC in terms of material support, » Enow Ngachu echoed.
Regarding the institution’s deal with the Portuguese club Boasvista, discussions are under way to see that by 2023, the first three players leave Cameroon for Portugal.
By Brian Mboh