It specializes in the youth sector and relies on technology to develop players' performance
Dubai hosts the first foreign branch of the Argentine Federation Academy for "making stars football"
A part of the opening of the Academy in Dubai in the presence of Gabriel Khorkira, Muhammad Al-Najjar and Omar Al-Masry.
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Modern football has come to rely a lot on modern technology to develop players' skills.
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The Technological Institute of Football of the Argentine Football Association in Dubai, yesterday, opened its first overseas branch in the world, with the official launch of the Institute of Technology «AFA» Academy in the Emirates, which is specialized in the youth sector, which aims to transfer the Argentine experience in developing the performance of players and making stars Future football, by relying on the analysis of data and the use of applications and computer programs in monitoring the performance of players, whether in training sessions or during matches.
This came in the joint press conference held the day before yesterday "remotely", and was attended by the Argentine Foreign Minister Felipe Sola, the Secretary of International Relations Ambassador Jorge Niemi, the President of the Argentine Football Association Claudio Tapia, and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Technological Institutes of Soccer Guillermo Tovoni, while Gabriel Jorgeira, the representative of the Argentine Embassy in Dubai, Mohammed Al-Najjar, the director general of the HITS Academy, and many local and international media outlets were present in Dubai.
Claudio Tapia stressed that choosing the UAE in general, and Dubai in particular, as the first global destination for the Academy, is due to the UAE’s global leadership in the use of information technology and artificial intelligence in all sectors and services.
He said at the press conference: “Dubai is the first destination out of 200 academies that we are looking forward to opening in the world, especially since the promising project aimed at the youth sector enjoys great support from football stars in Argentina, led by Barcelona star and captain of the Argentine national team, Lionel Messi.”
In turn, the Chairman of the Technology Institutes, Guillermo Toffoni, said: “Investing in the youth sector is the best option for making future stars, as many of the current football stars are directed towards professionalism and specialization in the world of football at a young age, in the same way as the current legend of football, Lionel Messi, The main supporter of the Academy of Technology Institute, who was keen on more than one occasion to promote this promising project, and to motivate talents to hone their talent in football using all available means, most notably the information technology and data analysis sector, which has become an active element in the development of performance in various sports sectors ».
In the same context, the representative of "AFA" academies in the Middle East, Mohamed Al-Najjar, said: “Building in the youth sector is the main concern of all football federations in the world, and we look forward to the Dubai Academy, which is currently based in the Al Furjan region, to achieve maximum benefit from transferring Argentine expertise to this Sunni stage, with the aim of supplying Emirates clubs with young and talented elements capable of completing the march of the current stars.
In turn, the director general of HITS Academy, the host of the AFA Academy headquarters, Omar Al-Masry, said that performance data analysis technology is now dominating the world of sports, and that artificial intelligence has become common in many sports in helping technical devices set up plans and choose The optimal formation of matches, and even in making the correct substitutions, which is the same thing that we seek to use in the youth sector and make future stars of football.
He explained: “We are working to take advantage of information technology in the football youth sector in the UAE, through computer applications and programs, that allow parents and coaches alike to monitor players at every moment, whether in training or matches, and analyze their performance in a way that advances the negative aspects in Performance that must be developed, and the positive aspects that can be developed as far as possible ».
He explained: “The data is extracted through a chip installed in the athlete’s shoe, which allows through applications on tablets or mobile phones to monitor the player's performance, such as speed rates, accuracy of shot method, and other technical aspects, so that at the end of training or matches, the training and technical device is given. In addition to the players' parents, a complete summary of the positive and negative aspects of the player that can be developed, to integrate talent with the technology component in making a future soccer star.
The promising project has great support from football stars in Argentina, led by Lionel Messi.
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