Mohammed VI Academy… the story of “Football Stars Factory” in Morocco

When a fan of Morocco looks at the list The Moroccan national team Chosen by the teacher Walid Al-Rakrakiwe find the 5 main players who make up the backbone of the team, all of whom passed through the gate of the game, and they are: Nayef Akrad, Ezzedine Ounahi, Youssef En-Nesyri, Osama Terghlin, and Abdelhamid Ait Boudlal, and although they have different technical methods, they speak the same language of football, the language that they learn today behind the walls of the walls. The world’s most powerful “star factory”.

Strategic work

The success of this generation is not an accident or an innate talent that has not found anyone to support it. In fact, it was the result of a long-term project, the first blocks of which were built twenty years ago. The head of the talent selection department at the school, Mr. Tariq Al-Khazri, confirms that the building did not grow due to the needs of the clubs, but was a reflection of the royal vision and achievements. King Mohammed VIHis aim is to reform the football system and create a generation that can compete globally.

The school’s first technical director, Nasser Largeit, remembers his beginnings, saying, “I arrived at the job with only a blank sheet of paper.

Largeit and his team visited the Kingdom, saw more than 15,000 children, and in the end only 37 children were selected. It was a “hard” but deliberate process, and soon the fruits began to ripen. By the second year, the students of the school were winning the junior and youth teams and the Olympic team, and today everyone is talking about the “type” of.Mohammed VI Academy.

This brand is not only about technical accuracy or the ability to play under pressure in tight spaces, but about “personality”. Al-Khazri explains that the school’s graduates are characterized by great humility and a deep awareness that they represent something bigger than themselves.

This information is clearly visible in the Nayef Akrada defender who is calm and responsible, and in Ezzedine Ounahithe maestro who gives Morocco A beautiful song reminiscent of old players, perhaps Youssef Al-NusairiHe arrived at the school as a young man with athletic and raw talent, and turned into a striker with the intelligence and physical skills that made him a highly-recruited player, and joined. Osama Targhlin With his intelligence in the midfield, and Abdelhamid Ait Boudlal Which represents the continuation of a unique production line.

“Maturity and continuity”

Tariq Al-Khazri refuses to measure the school’s success by simply signing professional contracts or moving to European football. For him, the real measure is “maturity and continuity,” explaining, “the bet is not successful in selection or signing, but when the level of the player and his team and the national team will be stable over time.”

In terms of numbers, of the 57 players who passed under the supervision of Larguet, 47 of them became professionals, 15 of them moved to Europe, and most of them took part in the World Cup and games. The Olympic GamesAnd in the African Nations Finals. The Moroccan example has changed from a “knowledge” to a “respectable method” that is now being studied by other African organizations that want to emulate this, according to the official website of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

Perhaps the most unique thing about this school is its focus on education. Larget says that high training, daily structure and respect for team life were an important part of the formation of the players. “A football career ends at the age of thirty or thirty-five, so you have to wait for what happens after that.” The foundation of the course is what gave the players the strength to face the world’s biggest challenges without breaking down, and overcome obstacles with maturity and wisdom.