In addition to helping their football potential the students are provided with formal education which is funded by Feyenoord.
[2][3] Prior to Abubakari's move, Jordan Opoku spent some time at Excelsior and Royal Antwerp FC before returning to Ghana.
[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 1998 the ball got rolling: Feyenoord would start its own Football School in Africa.
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