Sparta Youth Academy


Sparta Youth Academy


The Sparta Youth Academy is a football youth academy based in Rotterdam, Netherlands, from where the organization manages a total of 13 youth teams (ages 7–18). The academy is the primary youth clinic of Dutch football club Sparta Rotterdam, the oldest professional football club in the Netherlands.

The Academy received the four star academic sports certification, the highest possible rating for sports academies in the Netherlands, having won the best National football academy award on several occasions.

History

The Sparta youth system is famous for having produced and still producing many great Dutch internationals such as: Danny Blind, Danny Koevermans, David Mendes da Silva, Ed de Goey, Winston Bogarde, Henk Fräser, Jan van Beveren, Jetro Willems, John de Wolf, Kevin Strootman, Kew Jaliens, Luuk Balkestein, Pim Doesburg, and Nick Viergever.

Notable former players

Teams

Competition history

Education

In addition to training professional football players, the Sparta Youth Academy also offer other courses, such as a degree in Sports Marketing, in collaboration with the Erasmus University Rotterdam offered since 2011. A level 3 and level 4 International Business Study program in Sport & Exercise has been offered since 2009 in collaboration with Zadkine College. It is specifically for the players who start in the MBO (department sport and physical activity) and the players that follow a different vocational training in collaboration with a Zadkine customization.

Board and staff

Current staff

Chairman

  • Rob Westerhof

Head coach

  • Dolf Roks

Technical Director (upper-level A–C)

  • Pieter Schrassert Bert

Technical Director (mid-level A–C)

  • Camiel van Hoogstraten

Technical Director (lower-level D–F)

  • Jim Camphens

See also

  • Ajax Youth Academy
  • Feyenoord Academy (Varkenoord)

References

External links

  • Sparta Jeugdopleiding Official site


Text submitted to CC-BY-SA license. Source: Sparta Youth Academy by Wikipedia (Historical)



 




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