Granit joined the elite football academy in Spain that our team here at UK Football Schools recommend, since joining he has been rewarded with a call up to trial with his national team...
Have you finished your school studies and now want to focus on your football development? Are you looking for a full time private football academy as a ‘gap year’ from education? Then look no further because UK Football Schools recommends the best football academy in Europe for international students and UK football players.
Alex was born in Washington DC to English parents and grew up playing for local academies until he was 18 years old where he was recruited to play Division 1 university ‘soccer’ in Boston. He was wanting to fully develop and give himself every opportunity to succeed in football and, after a year, realised this was not where he needed to be as he was struggling to get the best football provisions. Despite being in the same league as DC United, Philadelphia Union, Red Bull’s teams (top MLS clubs) he knew he needed to get out of the US and find soccer schools in England to take his talent to the next level.
Christian had already attended our sister company UK Football Trials 5 day camp in the past and rekindled his flavour for English football during his time with us after moving away at a younger age. Last year Christian took the leap and contacted our team here at UK Football Schools to help find him a top private school in the UK where he could continue with his academic and football development at the highest level.
Kanayo's Father came to UK Football Schools looking to find a boarding school with a football academy where he could continue with his education to a high level, but also develop his football on an elite football program. Kanayo was already studying in a football boarding school in England, which appears highly on search engines. However, he felt like he wasn't getting the opportunities to progress. Kanayo knew if he were to make it to the level necessary, he would need to be working with elite coaches and showcasing his talent to professional clubs on a regular basis.
Here at UK Football Schools we are always looking for the best programmes for football and education especially for high school graduates. This is a very important time in life of an aspiring footballer as they can be torn between going to university or leaving education for good to solely chase their goals of becoming a professional.
Why should you concentrate on more than just school rankings when looking for the best football boarding schools in England..?
Many parents take to google to answer their questions when looking for top boarding schools in England. They look for Ofsted reports and school table rankings… but does this necessarily make them the best as a football boarding schools? And is appearing at the top of google always the answer?
When you reach 18 and finish high school there are many different paths you can take, full time work? University? Travel the world? It’s very easy to follow the norm but this may not be right for you and a gap year could be the ideal way to work out what you want to do in the future.
Is UK Football trials worth it…? Is UK Football schools worth it..? England have a proven record of producing fine young talent and it’s no coincidence that it is down to the UK football training and coaching system. You only have to look at recent European finals, World Cup squad and statistics and the upcoming Euro’s to see the quality of youth in England is excelling.
With Christmas and New Year feeling only a blink ago, we are already one month into 2020 and by the time you know it, Euro 2020 will be vastly approaching! With notable injuries to Harry Kane and Marcus Rashford, one can only wonder how England will do this time around…
The importance of a footballer's education - Three months on from scoring his first professional goal at just 16 years of age, in what was a fantastic equaliser against Manchester United in the cup, English defender Luke Matheson provided an excellent assist to take Newcastle United to an FA Cup replay. In this three-month period, he also earnt a call to the England U18 squad and was a debutant in a 5-2 win over Poland
If you are looking for student guardianship in the UK, but also want the best support for football development and progression, let us explain how we can help...
