By Fatima Zohra Bouaziz Rabat, Dec 28 (EFE).- The Mohammed VI Football Academy near Rabat is already bearing fruit since its creation in 2009, and the recent success of the Morocco national team in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar provides further inspiration for the nation’s future stars. Around 100 players between 12-18, most from …
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The fortunes of a local football academy named Mohammed VI Football Academy, which is based near Rabat in Morocco and was established in 2010 for nearly $13 million, have seen rise in the applications following the country’s recent success at the Qatar World Cup, academy’s Tarik El Khazri said.
While many of the Moroccan players who are featuring in this World Cup grew up abroad, four of the players from the squad mainly Youssef En-Nesyri, Azzedine Ounahi, Nayef Aguerd and Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti, trained as youngsters at this academy that brings in talent from across the country.