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Dortmund to lift Thai talent

Dortmund to lift Thai talent

German Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund joined hands with Suphan Buri Provincial Administrative Organisation in setting up “Suphanburi Football Academy”, a groundbreaking project with an aim to produce a new crop of Thai talent under the “Dream 11” con

The launch of Suphanburi Football Academy project represented a real coup for the sport in the country since it is the first ever partnership involving a European football club in building a worldclass academy with a full range of facilities.
The project derived from the initiative to put worldclass training facilities in place to bring about a major change in football development at grassroots level.      
The contractsigning ceremony for the partnership between Suphan Buri Provincial Administrative Organization, Suphanburi Football Academy Co Ltd and Muse Group Bangkok Co Ltd and the eight-time German champions Borussia Dortmund took place at the weekend at the press room inside the Bundesliga club’s Signal Iduna Park Stadium. 
Boonchu Jansuwan, the Suphan Buri Provincial Administrative Organisation chief, said the project was a major step in taking Thai football to a new level. 
“We’ve given importance to the significance of enhancing youth players’ abilities during the formative years. We have our sport strategy. Borussia Dortmund, a worldclass club known for it philosophy of bringing players through its own academy, meanwhile, wanted to tap in to new market in Southeast Asia region.
 “They came to Suphan Buri province to explore our readiness and agreed to sign a long-term contract to establish a topclass academy to produce young players to play club football in the country and abroad,” said Boonchu.
The Suphanburi Football Academy will hold a trial for young players nationwide to seek the best 11 plus seven substitutes for the “DREAM 11” project. Dortmund, as partners, will give its support by sending its coaches to train players at the academy.
The 18 selected players from the  “DREAM 11” project along with a trainer and four assistant coaches would then travel to Germany to play against Dortmund’s youth team in the game where scouts from leading clubs across the world would attend.
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