“Erik being in the Valencia CF Academy is a success for the VCF Academy Greece”
Interview with Georgios Tolias, Director of VCF Academy Greece, which is participating in the III VCF Academy World Cup
The VCF Academy Greece is once again taking centre stage at the Ciutat Esportiva del Valencia CF, where its U12 team will be taking part this weekend in the III VCF Academy World Cup and where it has a U14 team taking part in a Training Experience, enjoying football and getting to know the VCF Academy methodology better.
Valencia CF and the VCF Academy Greece have had a close relationship for years, which was renewed last May and has already borne its first fruits with the incorporation of Erik Hamza to the VCF Juvenil B, which he joined this season.
A SUCCESS
“Erik being in the VCF Academy is a success story for us,” says Georgios Tolias, Director of VCF Academy Greece. “When he was 5 years old, he joined the academy on Syros Island and trained very hard following the training program for talented players. The coaches of the VCF Academy Programs saw him and brought him to Valencia,” says Georgios.
A GREAT REFERENCE
Erik is a reference for the nearly 2,500 players between 6 and 19 years old who train at the different VCF Academy Greece locations – Vari, Haidari, Kifisia, Pireaus, Kefalonia, Levadia, East Thessaloniki, Samos, Syros.
He is an example of a player who strives and tries to achieve his dream, having joined VCF Juvenil B this year, which this season has been proclaimed champion of the National League.
“I hope I reach the first team”
“He is a very easy player to coach,” says Georgios. “He likes to train, he follows the coach’s instructions and he works for the team. He is a great asset to our project and hopefully we will see him playing with the first team.”
A luxury host
A few months ago, several players from the VCF Academy Greece visited the Ciutat Esportiva of Valencia CF to participate in a Training Experience and had the opportunity to have Erik act as a luxury host.
A shared dream
These days, the U12 team of the VCF Academy Greece will also have the opportunity to see first-hand the facilities where their compatriot Erik Hamza trains and lives every day, whom they all dream of imitating one day.
VCF ACADEMY PROGRAMS
The VCF Academies that Valencia CF has in strategic markets in America, Asia and Europe are part of the VCF Academy Programs, which help to expand the Valencia CF brand and what its colors symbolize worldwide. This Internationalization Strategy has been a finalist in the World Football Summit Awards 2023
In 2023, more than 5,000 players and 400 coaches from more than 50 countries around the world participated in the different VCF Academy Programs to better understand the playing methodology of the VCF Academy, the fourth best in Europe in the training of players to compete at the elite level, according to the CIES Football Observatory.
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