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The Director of Diamond football Academy Umuahia Abia state Hon Ikechukwu Martins Apugo is a man very passionate about developing talented young footballers from the grassroots and grown them to future stars.
Diamond football Academy recently hosted a scouting tournament with youth Academies from different states in attendance teams like Jamilu united fa Abuja, 3ple Stallions fa Kaduna, Kingdom stars fa Yenegoa, Maureen Mmadu fa Ozubulu Anambra state etc all were involved in the scouting programme that lasted for 4 days at the Diamond football Academy sports complex Ndume Umuahia Abia state.
During a media briefing after the programme Hon Ikechukwu Apugo stated his objectives of staging the scouting programme..” I have been doing this for years now and it’s been my dream to keep doing it to discover more talents and grown them to get better in football, the likes of Samuel Chukwueze and co passed through this same process but today it all history so I know we have more talented kids out there who are yet to be spotted so I will keep doing what am doing now to help develop football in Nigeria from the grassroots level.”
Diamond football Academy is situated at Ndume Umuahia Abia state with different categories of youth football teams u15, u17 and u18 with a well arranged camping facilities that cater for over 54 players.
The next edition of the Diamond football Academy youth scouting tournament is scheduled for November 2024.
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