Football Academy of Olympique Lyonnais

A global thinking football club

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Olympique Lyonnais brand is now growing on a world-wide

scale, international development is becoming one of the key

strategies of the club.

Four axes of international development :

Social actions (OL Fondation)

International Exhibition matches

Cooperation in the field of youth training

Cooperation with international medias

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International exchanges more than ever

OL Academy, an example of excellence

Founded on 1980

New Academy building inaugurated in November 2008

Annual investment of Academy: 6.5 million Euros

14 teams in the Academy: Reserve Team (CFA), U19, U17, U16, U15,U14,U13, 4 « Benjamin » teams (11-12 years), 3 « poussin »teams (9-10 years)

Elected “Best Youth Football Club” (Meilleur Club des Jeunes) 8 times by French Football Federation

Olympique Lyonnais is the only French club that has won the national titles at all levels, from U9 to the professional team

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Highly qualified management

Technical Director and first team coach: Rémi Garde

Career as player: Olympique Lyonnais (1984-1993), Strasbourg (1993-1996), Arsenal (1996-1999)

6 caps in French national A

Joined OL from 2003 as technical staff ; Academy Director from 2010 to 2011, first team coach from the season 2011/2012

Robert Valette Academy Director and

Reserve team coach

Christophe Delmotte U19 team coach

Armand Garrido U17 team coach

Joël Frechet Coordinator

« Sport Etudes »

Gérard Bonneau Head of Recruitment

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Abdelkader BELARBI U16 team coach

Gilles Rousse Goalkeeper coach

Jean Yves Ogier: Education Director & coordinator of « preformation » Jean François Vulliez: Deputy Education Director & coordinator of football school

International football stars « made in OL »

Karim BENZEMA French international player Club: Real Madrid Former club: Olympique Lyonnais

Sidney GOVOU French international player Club: Evian Thonon Gaillard Former club: Olympique Lyonnais, Panathinaikos Athens

Frederic KANOUTE Malian international player Club: FC Sevilla Former clubs: Olympique Lyonnais, West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur

Hatem BEN ARFA French international player Club: Newcastle United Former clubs: Olympique Lyonnais , Olympique de Marseille ,

Ludovic GIULY Former French international player Club: AS Monaco Former clubs: Olympique Lyonnais, AS Monaco, FC Barcelona, AS Roma, Paris Saint Germain

Loïc REMY French international player Club: Olympique de Marseille Former clubs: Olympique Lyonnais, OGC Nice

In the French U19 national team which won the UEFA U19 Championship in 2010,

6 players are from OL youth team,

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Olympique Lyonnais has several agreements to export its football academy know-how to foreign countries. We provide technical advices and consulting service to improve your youth training performance.

An expertise recognized around the world

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Proposition 1: Training courses for youth team coaches

What we propose Experts of Olympique Lyonnais to give training courses to youth team coaches in a foreign

country

Basic offer “Student-teacher” ratio: 1 OL expert for 10 students

1 session = 5 day’s course; 1 year’s training = 4 sessions (20 days)

The quantity of OL expert as well as quantity of session in a year can be multiplied.

Price Based on Basic offer one OL expert for 20 day’s training:

For more OL expert and more “intensive” course, please consult us for the prices.

Flights tickets and accommodation (hotel and food) for OL experts are extra fees and shall

be paid by the client.

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Proposition 2: Study visit of foreign youth coaches in Lyon

What we propose Foreign coaches to visit and get trained in Olympique Lyonnais football club

How many foreign coaches we can receive 20

How long is the visit 1 week

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Thank you