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Translating School Festival Talent into Structured Academy Pathways

Source context

How can early identification tournaments like school festivals be supported with objective, observable video evidence to ensure clear player progression?

Aspire Academy hosted a two-day Aspire Football Festival for Preparatory Schools featuring 24 government schools competing on 68m x 45m pitches in a 9-a-side format with 20-minute matches. Senior figures including Qatar national team coach Jorge Fossati, Olympic team coach Felix Sanchez, and club managers Jesualdo Ferreira and Sami Trabelsi observed the games to track emerging talent. Six schools qualified for the second stage held at the Aspire Dome indoor pitch as part of efforts to integrate unseen players into academy and club structures.

This source relates to Qatar development context and the QFA football-development pathway framework.

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