The Barça Academy in Jordan opens its doors

The game is under way at the Amman Baccalaureate School, the venue for the Barça Academy Jordan which launched its course in the school’s theatre yesterday. At the presentation the players and the parents of those taking part in the first day at the FC Barcelona football school in Jordan received their training kit for the season as well as finding out more information about the project.

The presentation was attended by the Director of Barça Academy in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Iñaki Andreu, who gave a short speech to the assembled young sportsmen and women and their parents explaining the global dimension of the project.

There were also words from the local authorities, the first director of the Local Project (DPL) of the Barça Academy in Jordan, Alex Roca, who will lead the application of the training methodology and values that are the basis of the international project. He will also fulfill the role of getting across this way of working that has made FC Barcelona famous across the globe to the local coaches and the players themselves.