Valencia Football Club Opens Academy in Morocco

Spanish football club, Valencia FC, has opened an academy in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh to train young players, local coaches and share its professional soccer experience.

This new project will feature different programs for young players and will be based in different cities in the African country, beginning with the first location in the main tourist city of Marrakech.

The club will offer advice and consultation, and the methodology implemented will be that used at the Ciudad Deportiva training facility in Valencia.

The academy will benefit from Valencia CF training skills and methodology. It enables young Moroccan players to travel to Valencia to take part in training sessions and benefit from the experience of Enzo Aliaga, a UEFA Pro licensed coach who will supervise the Marrakech project.

Luis Martinez, Valencia CF Academy Director, said: “we are delighted to open this new project in Morocco, the main footballing hotbed in Africa”.

After launching its academy in Marrakech, Valencia FC will set up similar projects in other cities of the North African Kingdom. VCF academies have already been set up in Japan (Osaka & Wakayama), USA (New York, Miami, Seattle), Canada, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, UK, Estonia and Greece.

Liga club Valencia won six La Liga titles, eight Copa del Rey titles, one Supercopa de España and one Copa Eva Duarte. In European competitions, the club won two Inter-Cities Fairs Cups, one UEFA Cup, one UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup, two UEFA Super Cups and one UEFA Intertoto Cup.