From Sun 19 - Sat 25 Feb, the 3 European coaches will be taking 3 different age groups through their paces, every day from 6.30-8pm
The clinics are full, but if any coaches or parents would like to come down and watch, please feel free, every night at the Croatian Sports Centre, Sports Park, Gepps Cross
Kitchen and bar will be open every night
Dinamo Youth Academy recently hosted delegates from the most powerful club organization in Europe, the ECA - European Club Association. The ECA came to Zagreb to include the academy to be a part of Europes elite, which is the reflection of all the hard work the Dinamo Youth Academy has accomplished over the years: Dinamo Youth Academy has been selected, along with the youth academies of Barcelona, Arsenal, Ajax, Sporting Lisbon (which brought up C. Ronaldo) and Inter Milan to participate in the European football schools valorization program. Thus they find themselves in the most prestigious company possible!
A detailed presentation of everyday operations of the youth academy was presented by academy director Romeo Jozak and his assistants. After the presentation all parties were impressed by the structure and organization of Dinamo’s efforts. Specifically they referenced the academies quality, organization, and leadership. Two showcase training sessions followed that were held by U19 coach Dinko Jelicic and the U-8 coach Miro Davidovic.
Having visited Inter Milan football school just before coming to Dinamo, the ECA delegation was very impressed with the quality of work, the expertise of our coaches and the modern methods applied - and of course the whole youth academy - are on the same level as Inter Milan, despite Dinamo's Youth Academy budget being considerably much less.
This great recognition also represents a continuing motivation for Dinamo Youth Academy to continue the great work and to keep on improving in every aspect, which have already been brought to the highest European level by the director of Dinamo Youth Academy Romeo Jozak.
After the recent recognition Jozak commented. "Of course it is a great honor and privilege to be in such valued company of European football giants. We have clearly sparked the interest of Europe, which comes as no surprise considering the amount of top level players we have been able to produce in the past few years, and currently have produced two of the Europe's biggest talents in their age groups - Mateo Kovacic (sought by Arsenal) and Alen Halilovic (sought by Real Madrid) are part of our academy. Apart from operating on the highest level of quality and giving our best each and every day, in the last five years Dinamo has produced players that have combined transfer fees of over 80 million dollars. Players like Luka Modric, Eduardo Da Silva, Vedran Corluka, Niko Kranjcar, Dejan Lovren etc. It goes without saying that we are very proud to be where we are now, right alongside the best."
