Interview with Augustin Senghor, President of the Senegalese Football Federation

Senegal is a football country. Many academies have recently been established in this country. In early December 2019, the French club Olympique de Marseille announced that it had entered into a partnership with one of the country's most famous private academies, the Diambars Institute. It is in this context that Football Legal decided to give the floor to Augustin Senghor, lawyer and President of the Senegalese Football Federation. He shares his vision - both optimistic and vigilant - on private academies.

Interview with Augustin Senghor

Lawyer
President of the Senegalese Football Federation

Member of the Executive Committee of the CAF & Member of the FIFA Football Stakeholders Committee

Dakar - Senegal

What is the main training system for young players in Senegal, and in neighbouring countries?

Until recently, there wasn’t a predominant training system in Senegal and in its neighbouring countries.

Several models coexisted in Senegal from the country’s independence to the 2000’s, namely: training in schools, training in the...

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