We all know India is a cricket country, but inspite of that it also has huge number of passionate football fans. This is the reason why many major football clubs love to invest in India. Still why India is not doing good in international football??
Being a 100 crore populated country, India is struggling to provide good players to international stage. The main reason is we don't have enough awareness and our coaching facility is also one of the reason. In India , a person will decide about his career at the age of 20 or nearer to that. At that time most of foreigners will be playing professional football, major draw back of India.
Becoming a professional football player is not an issue actually it only requires proper guiding. Playing a professional football in India is different from playing in Europe and other foreign countries, the reason is our climate condition and playing style.
India is now investing huge amount of money in football, Indian Super League is one the best example for that. Actually ISL is just a tournament, its winners won't even eligible for AFC leagues. India's national football is I league, many of us won't even know this actually.
Let's come to the solution, becoming a pro requires both hard work and born talents. Age limits plays a major role in your tranformation.
If you are 14 to 16 , you have some good chance to play professional league, may be some foreign league. If you are 17 , its quite hard and you need some luck to become a pro. If you are 20 plus and still playing some college football, its better to reach out some local clubs and try to go for trials right now, because after 20 you have maximum if 1 to 2 years . after that, clubs won't even see your performance.
If you are one among the above mentioned age group, you can contact some of the foreign clubs available in India. For example, Liverpool started DSK sivajians in pune, FCBESchola a Barcelona football club in Delhi , Arsenal Fc Indian school of football, Boca Juniors are some of the famous foreign football clubs in India. Arsenal FC has its academies in more than 5 major cities. They have trails and if you are selected, you can play in their academy. Most of them will ask you to pay up to 5 Lakhs / annam. Until you sign a professional contract. And by playing in those clubs, you can actually get more interaction with foreign coaches. These clubs are the best suit for 14 to 16 years boys and girls. Every isl club will also conduct trails every year try to excel in those trails, you may get a wonderful chance out there
If you are above 16, you already wasted a amount if your valuable football year, by 17 most of the foreign players would have professional contract with their club and will be playing U17 and U 19 leagues. It makes it clear, how many years you have for your professional contract, actually its not more than 3 years maximum. You need very good football skills and performance. Make use of your local leagues and tournament, and perform well in each and every stage you get, you may not know where a scout will actually appear. If you are spotted, you may get a professional contract. And go and reach out in trials , I leagues teams will conduct trials then and now, you may not be eligible for trial, but still try your level best
By now most of the players would be playing in Indian Super league for example jerry and uttam rai of Chennaiyin Fc are not even 20. You have very thin chances to become a player in foreign countries, but don't loose your hope you can still become a pro. Reach out to some good local clubs , and play as much as leagues you can. Getting into academies at this age is a nightmare, you have to actually sign a contract by now at least a semi- professional one. So your best choice would be , instead of trying to go trails, join some local clubs where you can actually play as much as you can. See as many as football vedios and improve your skills, you may actually get 15- 20 minutes to prove your skill and ability in front if scouts. So you need some extraordinary skills to do so. And keep in mind never make mistakes in any major stages, in your case local touranments,.
In Europe , the players will joins academies at the age of 8 and even before. They will play at least 9 years of football before signing a professional contract. Even sunil chhetri and bhaichung bhutia was not able to withstand the international clubs duty. Sunil chhetri played for sporting cp only 3 matches and came back. And also he was signed by mls club and came back without even appearing in a match. Bhaichung Butia was actually playing in league 2 in england.
But if you consider India, you can make it to national team if you have skill and luck . Aim for I league clubs like Mohun Began Ac and East Bengal Fc, they contributed a major amount of footballer to the Indian national team. Goain football clubs also played a major role in Indian football.
Its never late to decide your future, try your luck. All The Best!!!!!
Being a 100 crore populated country, India is struggling to provide good players to international stage. The main reason is we don't have enough awareness and our coaching facility is also one of the reason. In India , a person will decide about his career at the age of 20 or nearer to that. At that time most of foreigners will be playing professional football, major draw back of India.
Becoming a professional football player is not an issue actually it only requires proper guiding. Playing a professional football in India is different from playing in Europe and other foreign countries, the reason is our climate condition and playing style.
India is now investing huge amount of money in football, Indian Super League is one the best example for that. Actually ISL is just a tournament, its winners won't even eligible for AFC leagues. India's national football is I league, many of us won't even know this actually.
Let's come to the solution, becoming a pro requires both hard work and born talents. Age limits plays a major role in your tranformation.
TRY TO START EARLIER
If you are 14 to 16 , you have some good chance to play professional league, may be some foreign league. If you are 17 , its quite hard and you need some luck to become a pro. If you are 20 plus and still playing some college football, its better to reach out some local clubs and try to go for trials right now, because after 20 you have maximum if 1 to 2 years . after that, clubs won't even see your performance.
14 to 16 years.
If you are one among the above mentioned age group, you can contact some of the foreign clubs available in India. For example, Liverpool started DSK sivajians in pune, FCBESchola a Barcelona football club in Delhi , Arsenal Fc Indian school of football, Boca Juniors are some of the famous foreign football clubs in India. Arsenal FC has its academies in more than 5 major cities. They have trails and if you are selected, you can play in their academy. Most of them will ask you to pay up to 5 Lakhs / annam. Until you sign a professional contract. And by playing in those clubs, you can actually get more interaction with foreign coaches. These clubs are the best suit for 14 to 16 years boys and girls. Every isl club will also conduct trails every year try to excel in those trails, you may get a wonderful chance out there
16 to 19 years
If you are above 16, you already wasted a amount if your valuable football year, by 17 most of the foreign players would have professional contract with their club and will be playing U17 and U 19 leagues. It makes it clear, how many years you have for your professional contract, actually its not more than 3 years maximum. You need very good football skills and performance. Make use of your local leagues and tournament, and perform well in each and every stage you get, you may not know where a scout will actually appear. If you are spotted, you may get a professional contract. And go and reach out in trials , I leagues teams will conduct trials then and now, you may not be eligible for trial, but still try your level best
20 years and Above
By now most of the players would be playing in Indian Super league for example jerry and uttam rai of Chennaiyin Fc are not even 20. You have very thin chances to become a player in foreign countries, but don't loose your hope you can still become a pro. Reach out to some good local clubs , and play as much as leagues you can. Getting into academies at this age is a nightmare, you have to actually sign a contract by now at least a semi- professional one. So your best choice would be , instead of trying to go trails, join some local clubs where you can actually play as much as you can. See as many as football vedios and improve your skills, you may actually get 15- 20 minutes to prove your skill and ability in front if scouts. So you need some extraordinary skills to do so. And keep in mind never make mistakes in any major stages, in your case local touranments,.
FOOTBALL IN INDIA AND EUROPE
In Europe , the players will joins academies at the age of 8 and even before. They will play at least 9 years of football before signing a professional contract. Even sunil chhetri and bhaichung bhutia was not able to withstand the international clubs duty. Sunil chhetri played for sporting cp only 3 matches and came back. And also he was signed by mls club and came back without even appearing in a match. Bhaichung Butia was actually playing in league 2 in england.
But if you consider India, you can make it to national team if you have skill and luck . Aim for I league clubs like Mohun Began Ac and East Bengal Fc, they contributed a major amount of footballer to the Indian national team. Goain football clubs also played a major role in Indian football.
Its never late to decide your future, try your luck. All The Best!!!!!
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