The Brasseries Football School in Cameroon has nurtured some of Africa’s greatest players since it began operating in 1989. The distinguished academy has sent footballers to some of the world’s top clubs, as well as to Cameroon’s national team, the Indomitable Lions. FRANCE 24 visited their training ground in Douala.
Vincent Aboubakar, Clinton Njie, Ignatius Ganogo: The trio who play for Cameroon’s ‘Indomitable Lions’ in the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) are all three products of the Brasseries Football School, one of the most distinguished football academies in Africa.
The academy is located in Douala, Cameroon’s commercial hub and largest city. Protected from the hustle and bustle of Douala’s monster traffic jams by walls painted yellow and red, the aspiring footballers can take advantage of this small haven of peace to focus on their dream: becoming professional players like their illustrious predecessors Samuel Eto’o or Rigobert Song.
‘I know I can have my chance’
“The school is a great training centre here in Cameroon. Fantatstic players have been through here, I know I can have my chance,” David Mimbang, a 14-year-old trainee, told FRANCE 24. The young defensive midfielder, in his third year of training at the Brasseries Football School, dreams of joining the club of Montpellier in southern France, like Cameroonian football legend Roger Milla did in the late 1980s.
The academy was founded in 1989 as part of a philanthropic programme for young people by Brasseries du Cameroun, a subsidiary of the French brewing and beverage giant Castel. Children from all over Cameroon dream of being among the 11 trainees selected…
Source : france24
