Marcet Foundation
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The Marcet Foundation is a youth education and football organization.
History[edit]
The Marcet Football University was founded in 1978 by José Ignacio Marcet[1] as a football youth training organization in Europe,[2] which has established schools in various parts of the world. Programs allow students to train and pursue their primary, secondary, or post-secondary school at the same time.[3] This includes training in leadership and professionalism.[4][5]
Program[edit]
By 2018, over a million players had trained with Marcet alongside more than three thousand coaches.[2] The academy had programs present in 30 different countries,[6] and it has hosted young players from countries in other regions, including eighteen students[7] from North Korea,[8] more than a dozen students[9] from Ukraine during the Russian invasion,[10] South Korea, China, Indonesia, Kazakhstan,[7] India,[11] and Honduras.[3] The children of high-profile parents, such as Shakira and Gerard Piqué, have also attended their schools.[12] The school's most populous program is in Barcelona,[13] and schools have been set up as far away as Canada or India.[14] Alumni of the academy have included Han Kwang-song,[15] Oliver Torres,[16] and Konrad de la Fuente.[17] Marcet has partnered with football clubs in order to arrange junior competitions, including Barcelona FC.[18]
References[edit]
- ^ Expósito, David (2022-06-26). "Cuatro refugiados ucranianos de 14 años se forman en Barcelona por su sueño de ser futbolistas". Nius Diario (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-06-06.
- ^ a b SER, Cadena (2018-02-26). "Marcet imparte una charla para seguir formando en valores a la cantera blanquiazul". cadena SER (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-06-06.
- ^ a b cronologia/-/meta/christian-madrid. "Sebastián Pacheco, el nuevo talento hondureño que pulen en la Fundación Marcet". www.diez.hn (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-06-06.
- ^ "Valores del fútbol". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2014-06-13. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
- ^ EFE (2012-02-16). "Papá, quiero ser futbolista". La Opinión de Málaga (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-06-06.
- ^ "Niños tras los pasos de Messi: Solo 1 de cada 1.800 federados llega a profesional". 29 August 2021.
- ^ a b Gironès, Oriol. "De Asia a Barcelona: Jóvenes futbolistas en viaje hacia el fútbol profesional". Casa Asia (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-06-06.
- ^ Clarín.com (2019-09-05). "De Pyongyang a la Juventus: la historia de Han Kwang Song, el primer norcoreano que gritó un gol en el Calcio". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-06-06.
- ^ "La Fundación Marcet acogerá a la selección cadete de Ucrania". abc (in Spanish). 2022-03-27. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
- ^ "La Fundación Marcet ayuda a los niños ucranianos a través del fútbol". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 2022-03-21. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
- ^ "SAG sanctions Rs 30 lakh to footballer Shameek to train in Barcelona". The Times of India. 2021-12-31. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
- ^ Sport (2016-01-18). "El hijo de Piqué ficha por la Fundación Marcet | barca | sport.es". sport (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-06-06.
- ^ lainformacion.com (2012-02-15). "La crisis dispara el número de niños que sueñan ser futbolistas profesionales". La Información (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-06-06.
- ^ Panamá, GESE-La Estrella de. "En busca de talentos del fútbol panameño". La Estrella de Panamá (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-06-06.
- ^ "Juventus eyeing North Korean sensation Han Kwang-song". Diario AS. 2018-01-17. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
- ^ "Óliver Torres, el 'llorón', ya es un hombre". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 2015-09-11. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
- ^ Nalton, James (2019-05-23). "Konrad De La Fuente: the US winger making waves at Barcelona's academy". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
- ^ "El Dinamo de Kiev se impone a Barça y Marcet en un triangular solidario". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 2022-06-08. Retrieved 2023-06-06.