JMG Academy
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| Founded | 2002 |
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| Founder | Jean-Marc Guillou |
The JMG Academy is a sports organisation and training company established by French international football player Jean-Marc Guillou.
Overview
Guillou had established Académie de Sol Beni in Abidjan in 1994 via a partnership with ASEC Mimosas. JMG Academy was established in 2002 following a disagreement between Guillou and ASEC over control of the Academy.[1]
The success of the academy in Abidjan saw JMG expand into other parts of the world.[2]
Locations
The company has nine academies throughout the world: Ivory Coast from 1994; Madagascar from 2000; Thailand from 2005; Mali from 2006; Algeria (in partnership with Paradou AC), Egypt, and Vietnam from 2007; Ghana from 2008.[citation needed]
The projects in Egypt, Thailand[3] and Vietnam[4] have all been assisted by Arsenal.
Notable players
Blankson Anoff
Dorgeles Nene
Jason Denayer
Khalil Lambin- Salis Abdul Samed
Ramy Bensebaini- Youcef Atal
References
- ^ "JMG Academy: History (French)". Retrieved 28 December 2009.
- ^ "JMG Academies".
- ^ "Arsenal to spend Bt50m on Thais". Nation Multimedia. May 25, 2006. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
- ^ "Highland football club thrives while the others struggle". Look at Vietnam. Archived from the original on 2009-12-27. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
External links
- JMG Football, académies de football Jean-Marc Guillou (in French and English)
- web archives of old Academie JMG website (in English)