PAOK Academy at ECA Club Connect

Associations of Associations, Football Legends, Operational Officers of Associations-Members Eca (Federation of European Associations) met at Madrid (March 19 and 20) to discuss the latest tendencies of influence on the development of male and development football.

In his second conference ECA Club Connect they gathered nearly 500 executives, with the PAOK and PAOK Academy To be present this time, with a representative of coach and technical director K12-K8-7 Andrea Balambani. The ECA Club Connect has evolved in a short period of time into a basic platform for collaboration, learning and exchange of knowledge.

One of the most interesting appearances of the conference was that of the Arsene Wengerwho talked about his role as the head of FIFA’s global football development, discussing the latest trends in youth football, the evolution of European football tactics and the growing role of “recruitment” players, based on data. He gave advice on how to build leading academies, the improvement of the dynamics between clubs and national teams, while commenting on the impact of the upcoming FIFA World Cup and the role that will play the strengthening of world football clubs.

Issues were discussed such as composition of groups (with Bruges and Brighton representatives sharing their experiences about acquiring players), development to world -class players (with speakers of River Plate, Benfica and Ajax), but also player In the first team, with analysis by executives of Monaco, Liverpool, Atletico Madrid.

At the discussion table, special mention was made of managing football players in high performance environment. Among other things, they talked about this Giorgio Kielini (Juventus), Edin Terzic (Dortmund), Simon Timson (Manchester City)On the sidelines of his presence in Madrid, Andreas Balambanis visited and guided the Heatafy Academy facilities.