DSC meets with officials of global soccer academies to boost talents’ scouting

Dubai Sports Council (DSC) convened a meeting with the most prominent global football academies in Dubai to boost the scouting of sports talents within the presence of working teams and coaches from the best global football schools.

The meeting dealt with the ‘Sport Talents Scouting Policy’, which was held as part of Dubai’s plan 2033, aiming to scout and attract talents in various strategic sectors. Another aim of the plan is to create appropriate environment and place UAE among the best countries in the field of global talents competitiveness indicators.

The meeting took place at DSC’s premises, under ‘National Initiative and Global Partnership’, in the presence of Saeed Hareb, Secretary General of DSC, Naser Aman Al-Rahma, Assistant Secretary General of DSC, Ahmed Salem Al Mahri, Director of Sports Development Department, and officials of the international academies in Dubai including Barcelona, Real Madrid, Juventus, Inter Milan, Ajax, Paris Saint-Germain, Greek Olympiacos and LaLiga.

Hareb welcomed the international academies’ officials, who attended the meeting, and thanked them toward their remarkable efforts to boost players’ level.

He stated: “We confirm that Dubai is one of the top world cities in scouting and developing talents in all fields. Our wise leadership has issued an integrated policy to attain this goal. In DSC, we work according to this policy to scout and develop sports talents and create future champions in the various sports, who are raised on scientific bases and under supervision of specialized staff & well-planed strategies.

He added: “Great diversity in the population of Dubai and the increase of the awareness level with the importance of the exercise of sport, besides the facilities awarded to academies and investors in the sports field are all considered as eminent factors that make us confident that we will have huge numbers of talents in the future.

“The status and success of these academies will become a source for the attracting talents from overseas who endeavor to benefit from the ideal atmospheres and the great available abilities, based on our wise leadership’s vision and strategic plans.

Hareb confirmed the vital role of these academies to support DSC’s plans to develop sports talents and create an efficient partnership with Dubai clubs in order to attract talents, enhance technical staff’s level through practical experiences and sports competitions.

“DSC endeavors to organize several programmes to attain this goal; top of which is Dubai Open Football Academies Championship in addition to international competitions taking place in Dubai.”

Hareb called for international academies to intensify participation in DSC’s championships, which take place for different age groups, besides the organization of global conferences and forums to exchange knowledge and experiences in the sports management and technical coaching fields.

They also discussed the strategy for talents scouting policy, besides formation of specialized teams to achieve the promising goals and to benefit from the sports facilities which are designed as per the best world standards.

The academies also reviewed the sports talents programmes and ways of dealing with elite players in each academy.

The meeting discussed the factors of DSC’s executive plan, particularly with regards to the talents scouting criteria as per international standards and specialized training programs, in addition to the organization of local and international tournaments under supervision of the main clubs of these academies signing of cooperation agreements with Dubai clubs to exchange experiences.

They also shared views on arranging common programmes to sponsor and develop sports talents aiming to support the concept of partnership between the public and private sectors in the sports scope.

The talents scouting policy aims to rank UAE as one of the best 10 countries in the global competitiveness indicators field, through formulating of an integrated governance framework that ensures the availability of talented and skillful players as part of preparations for the upcoming 50 years to empower the knowledge economy besides enhancement of the country’s status as a favorite destination for global talents.