MEDINA UNITED FOOTBALL ACADEMY

          "Gambia's Professional Training Academy for Youths"

Medina United Football Academy (“MUFA Academy”) is one of Gambia’s

finestprofessionally organized training academy for competitive youth

soccer. MUFA is located in Lamin Village, in the Gambia, West Africa.

MUFA has designed a curriculum that has proven to develop

fundamental technical skills and tactical awareness in young players who

are committed to competing at the highest levels. MUFA currently has 150

registered youths in the academy ranging from the age of 6 years to 17

years. The Academy is open and free to all between the ages of 6 years to

21 years. MUFA provides training shoes, jerseys, equipment and gears, and

other needed materials free of charge to all academy members.

MUFA Academy’s main focus is on the individual development of players

who strive to play at their current schools and to enroll them in American

colleges, play in national and domestic leagues in the Gambia and eventually at professional or international levels. The Academy strives not only to develop elite soccer players, but more importantly, to socialize an ethic of competition in young players and to teach our players how to become succesful young adults in all aspects of their lives.

The Academy is synonymous with quality. We are strictly dedicated to producing soccer players of the highest caliber and grooming young boys to become responsible citizens. In order to provide the best coaching, the Academy hires only those coaches who have, themselves, played soccer at a competitive level. All our coaches go through a six-week training program where they learn the Academy’s curriculum and the fundamentals of coaching youth soccer players. Our coaches are certified with the West Coast Region Football Academies Association Grassroots Coaching Certificate.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

• To create an environment conducive for every young individual where they can learn and develop in all relevant aspects.

• Avail equal opportunities to all the youths in our charge.

• Train, guide, mentor, inspire, impart, encourage and develop future responsible sports men and citizens of the Gambia and of the world.

• Develop and recruit players and coaches that can serve at different national and international levels.

• Build and establish a state of the earth training complex with a pitch, changing rooms, conference halls, administrative offices etc.

• Open a school of excellence with dormitories for players to live on campus as they complete their junior and senior secondary education.

• Secure partners and/or donors to fund programs for the community and people for their socio economic growth. This is to ensure job opportunities for the masses.