StarTimes launches Bundesliga Football School

Pay television service operator StarTimes, in collaboration with the German Bundesliga, has launched the Bundesliga Football School, a project targeted at developing young footballers and coaches in Ghana.

Organisers say the Bundesliga Football School, which has been slated for December 14 to 18, 2019, will provide 100 football players (boys and girls) between the ages of 13-17 with targeted assistance in a series of training sessions and workshops to help them to hone their talent.

Coaches

Addressing a press briefing yesterday in Accra, the Head of Marketing at StarTimes Ghana, Mrs Akofa Banson said the training sessions would be run by experts including former German international Renate Lingor, a two-time World Cup Winner and two-time European Champion.

She said she would be assisted by other UEFA license A coaches such as Tobias Süveges of SV Werder Bremen, Arne Stratmann of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, Bjoern Nass of Bayer 04 Leverkusen and the head coach of the Bundesliga Football school, Birger J. Nass.

"Ghanaian coaches will also benefit from the project which seeks to expose them to new methods of developing young talents and build a new working corporation as they work together with the German coaches," Mrs Banson said.

"Former German captain and a 1990 FIFA world cup winner, Lothar Herbert Matthäus will also be in Accra during the period in a legends tour campaign to encourage young talents and share his footballing experience."

Who qualifies

Young Ghanaian football talents aged between 13-17 are eligible to be part of the Bundesliga Football School by downloading the StarTimes ON APP from Google Play Store and follow the process on the homepage to register.

Registration for the programme ends on December 1, 2019.