By: Mohamed Abu Conteh
Stars Sport Academy in Sierra Leone has on 2nd August 2023 confirmed will stage a Detection Tournament for players within the ages of (15), (17), and (19) years.
The main reason of the detection Tournament is to give an opportunity to Football Academies that are operating in Country and for foreign scout to eye mark upcoming players and to groom them for the future.
According to the a Press Release from the Stars Sport Academy “ it has pleased Stars Sport Academy to kindly inform the Sierra Leone Football Family that the Management has facilitated the coming of renowned CEO and Football Agent Bevan Dicks of Antalyaspor JMP of JMN Cape Town and Peter Smith from Belgium to undertake detection and scouting of young”.
The Release forward that the management is inviting all Football clubs Academies that intend to market their talented young players to partake in this exceptional opportunity.
The Detection Tournament will be held in Makeni from the 4th to 6th August 2023 for players within the ages of (17) to (19) years and from the 7th to 10th August 2023 for players below (15) years in Freetown.
Alimamy Kurish Conteh the Coordinator of Youth Football at the Sierra Leone Football Association said the Detection Tournament is good for the Country young talents as there are lots of Promising talents in the Country that need the exposure to bigger clubs for them to achieve their dreams of playing Football, noting that after this tournament a lots of players who break through will be taking to out of Country which will be plus to the various national categories.
He called on all Academies owners and Premier League clubs that have Youth Teams to go through the registration process and be part of the Detection Tournament, because the opportunity is now close at their door step they need to make use it now to give more exposure to their Youth players.
Few Months back Stars Sport Football Academy team was in Guinea and Senegal where they took part in Friendlies matches it from there they build the connection of the foreign scouts to come in and scout more players. The Country has huge potentials for Youth Football and with the current man in helm of Affairs there has been massive progress for Youth Football in the Country.
In another development, the Stars Sport Football Academy Star sensational defender is on trial in Morocco Star sport. The right back Henry Komeh departed the shores of Sierra Leone on the 29th of July 2023 to join other players from different countries to participate in the international challenge cup in Rabat Morocco.
The sixteen years of age player is one of the potentials of the star sports Academy. According to the owner of Star Sport Academy Ing Yankunba Tawarally, he aims to see those young players in his academy reach their professional height in football.