01 Oct 2014
?On October 6 and 7 a special event organized by Aspire Academy takes place in the picturesque “Pavillon Cambon” located in the beautiful city of Paris, France. For the first time, the “Aspire Academy Global Summit” on the topic of “Football Performance & Science” will gather the worlds’ football elite to discuss developments in youth football.
As football becomes ever more demanding, talent and performance owe nothing to chance. In today’s quest for excellence, in sport or anything else, all areas of expertise are fair game. This is why the directors of Aspire Academy decided to bring together all the best performance optimization specialists from the worlds of football and science, in a single forum - the Aspire Academy Global Summit on “Football Performance & Science” - a two-day exclusive conference on “Football Performance & Science”.
“We are expecting the world’s best clubs and the top youth national teams and numerous internationally renowned experts there. Our intention is to create an international community of experts who exchange ideas, while also emphasizing Qatar’s vision to become the leading nation in youth development,” says Professor Valter Di Salvo, Executive Director of the summit.
The almost 50 clubs from 19 different countries that are represented in Paris will include big names such as FC Barcelona, Real Madrid (Spain), Juventus Turin, FC Internazionale (Italy), Paris Saint-Germain, AS Monaco (France), Santos FC (Brazil), River Plate (Argentina), FC Porto, Sporting Clube de Portugal (Portugal), Manchester United, Liverpool FC (England), FC Zenit (Russia) and Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands).
In terms of national teams there will be delegations from countries like as Brazil, France, Chile, Mexico, Portugal, the Netherlands, South Korea and Qatar. Besides the US-American clubs Philadelphia Union and Seattle Sounders FC, there are also going to be representatives of the “Major League Soccer” attending the summit. Among the guests speakers will be big names in sports such as Roberto Mancini, Juan Sebastian Veron, Gabriel Heinze, Julio Velasco or Victoria Azarenka. In parallel to the summit, the 5th edition of the exhibition ASPIRE4SPORT will take place at the same venue.
For more information about the “Aspire Academy Global Summit” please visit the event’s websitewww.aspire-academy-global-summit.com.