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An interview with the director of Football Talent programee Filip Vujic
Football Talent Academy programee has started with its work more then month ago, and we used first opportunity to interview the director of the programee Filipa Vujića, in order to inform the potential members, about this program. From the very beginning there is a great interest about this project, and this interest increased even more after the team made a great result at the first Borac Cup, and also because the way team has played there, the behaviour of the team and the discipline.
Many people are familiar with your career, but could you please remind us one more time about your football path?
I started my football career in youths of FK Radnik, and when I turned 16, made my debut for the senior squad, and when I turned 18, already became the captain of team. After that I played for many clubs and scored goals, and here are some of them : Spartak Subotica, Lehija Gdansk, Jedinstvo and Sloboda Užice, Podrinje iz Janje, Radnički Šabac, and of course FK Radnik Bijeljina.
After they finish their football careers, players usaually choose to become football coaches, but you chose a different path of becoming a football agent? Could you please priovide some reasons, why did you choose to become a football agent?
I entered the world of professional football as a very young boy, and when you enter this world without appropriate support and guideness, it becomes a big struggle. Football has always been a pleasure for me and I enjoyed playing it, there are lot of coaches in this region, but what is missing here at our places, to be honest are true and honest football agents who will help young players in their venture of becoming a professional football players. Perhaps, if I had support of an agent or an agency like this one, probably I would have made more in my career and would have played in top five leagues, the one can never know that. Simply my love for football has attracted me and left me in this world and of course my desire to help young players in achieving their goals in football.
In this project Football Talent Academy is supported by FB Sports Agency, SportsExellence and BEST OF YOU? We would like to know what is the mutual goal that made your collaboration in this project? What is the main goal of this project?
Yes in this Football Talent Academy project, there are, besides my agency, two more agencies from Germany and Spain. The main goal of this project is to provide these young players the best quality work with the best coaches and best players of their age in the region. Besides quality work, players who become part of this project will be provided with opportunity to participate in best competitions in Balcan and Europe, because that is one of the main preconditions for young player to improve their skills and become better. Of course we will provide the best players to participate in many football camps in Europe. In the ebd the main goal of this project is the complete management of a football career by FB Sports Agency. All problems that young players had so far, or their parents, will be solved by agency, so I am sure this project is something that is needed in this region. Besides coaches and mentors from Bosnia and Herzegovina, coaches and mentors from Spain and Germany will be included in this project. They are already doing this project for years in their countries with a great success.
The project started working in Bijeljina, and you chose two football schools from Bijeljina, ŠF Nacional and ŠF United, as collaborators. Is the project closed to children from other football schools and are there current collaborators and permanent collaborators in the project?
The project is open and all young players from 2012 and 2013 from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Croatia are welcome. Of course, only the most talented will have the opportunity to participate in the project and use all the benefits. Believe me, the interest is great, people come every day from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and even Croatia, wanting to get to know the project more closely, and also to bring their children to the program’s open training sessions. Two football schools from Bijeljina, United and Nacional, and their coaches Borisa Bodiroga UEFA A licensed coach, Dalibor Mičić, prof. of Physical Education and Dragan Krstanović UEFA B licensed coach, who, in addition to a lot of experience in working with young players, went through a complete education related to this program. Of course, as the number of quality players and age groups that will participate in the program increases, the possibility will open for the involvement of other football schools and football coaches. Before the start of the project itself, there were talks with other football schools to join this project, but they did not find their interest in this one, unfortunately this is where the young players who are in those football schools suffer the most.
What do the participants of the project get?
I have already mentioned, what is the goal of this project. This is actually where the benefits that the selected participants of this project get, completely free of charge, are hidden. I will list once again the high-quality and professional work according to the program implemented in the best football clubs in Europe, work in a group of the most talented and best players of the same age category, trips to the best football camps in Europe, participation in the best competitions in the region and Europe. The project is of a long-term nature, the duration of the project for one age category is up to eight years from the pre-pioneering selection to the senior selection, so perhaps the most important benefit is the complete management of the player’s football career.
How are players selected in the project?
First of all, everyone who wants to participate in the project can apply to the following number: +38765336505 by calling or sending a message via viber. Associates of the program, including me, no matter how talented and good the player is, we will not call any parent and pull him by the sleeve to register or participate in the project. Gatherings currently take place once a week, trainings are closed to parents, in addition to the permanent associates and mentors of the program who present the training to the players, there are also external associates who occasionally attend the trainings. Of course, the training sessions are recorded and sent to our external collaborators, so the selection of players in the project itself is done with the cooperation of everyone and more than ten coaches and football experts participate in it, the players are evaulated and only the best will have the opportunity to participate in the project. If a player does not meet the necessary criteria for remaining in the project, and has the desire to join again, he will have the opportunity in six or twelve months to try out again at one of the open training sessions.
Does the participation of players from other clubs or football schools in the project affect their status in their club?
As I mentioned before, everyone is welcome! The participation of players from other clubs or football schools does not pose a problem to their status in their club, because our goal is not to “kidnap” these players from their home clubs. I have already presented the goal of our project, tell me how our goals conflict with the goals of the owners of other football schools or football clubs, if their goals are sincere, of course they should not be. All of us should have the player’s progress as our main goal. I would like to emphasize once again that the player’s participation in this project should not affect his status in his club. This can be looked at, as well as quality additional work with trips to the highest quality international tournaments in which many of these players are not currently participating with their football clubs or schools.
What is the plan and program of the project? Which tournaments are you planning to go to?
The plan and program of the project has been determined in advance for this and the next year. Currently, our main goal is to prepare for the big international football tournament “Dragan Mance Cup”, which will be held from June 16th to 18th in Belgrade. We train diligently and prepare the team for participation in this prestigious tournament. We are planning to make this project on the principle of “closed” and “open program”, because new players come to us every day, who would like to try themselves in this program. Therefore, it is necessary to create a “closed” character program in which only selected players will be, as well as an “open” character program for players who are close to entering the “closed program”, but currently do not meet the criteria. We came to this conclusion primarily at the suggestion of our external collaborators, as well as that this project functioning model proved to be the most successful in Europe, because a lot of talented players are lost at an early stage due to insufficient talent development in the player himself. The budget for the functioning of the project itself is limited, so that by organizing this project model, the so-called “open” character was at the expense of the participants of that program, of course until the transition to the closed program.
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Football Talent Academy
Football Talent Academy is a programee based on western principles that helps young talented players in their development, through quality work and participation in strongest competitions all around world, with professional guidance and support on their road to succes and achieving the main goal, to become professional football players.
Football Talent Academy programee is taking place in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the programee is implemented under the auspices of three agencies, SportsExcellence (Germany), FB Sports Agency (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Best of You (Spain), in collaboration with Football academies United and Nacional (Bijeljina) and educated coaches and scouts.