Dubai (Etihad)
Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam has chosen Dubai for the launch of its football academy, which aims to create a new generation of innovators in the world of football, to be Dubai the first stop for Dutch football schools outside its borders, and the Dutch club in cooperation with the International Inventors Schools Group in Dubai to be the strategic partner of the football academy for the club in Dubai And the region, due to its great capabilities, infrastructure, equipped stadiums, and logistics services at the highest level of efficiency, which will ensure the success of the Academy in Dubai, which will help it achieve its desired goals, including making Inventors International Schools in Dubai a center for football development in the region.
Dubai recently witnessed the signing of a partnership and cooperation agreement between the Dutch Ajax Academy Amsterdam, represented by George Kazianis, CEO of the Academy and International Schools Group, and Poonam Bhojani, CEO of the Innoventures Educational Group, in the presence of a large number of officials from the educational and sports sectors in the country.
George Kazianis, CEO of Ajax Dubai Academy, said: “The world-famous Ajax Amsterdam academies are known for building legends, not buying them. Education is at the core of everything the club management does, and we see a tremendous opportunity with them to develop leaders, talented people and their colleagues in the future.”
He added, “The Ajax Dubai Academy will work closely with Innovators Schools to embed the Ajax philosophy in the curriculum and provide a wide range of additional opportunities for its students and community, including participation in international tours, tournaments, training seminars, and the creation of teams to participate in local tournaments.”
Poonam Bhojani, CEO of Innoventures Educational Group, said: The academy will start its work through 3 Dutch trainers during the second semester in 3 innovation sites, which are the Dubai International Academy in Al Barsha, the Dubai International Academy in the Emirates Hills, and the Raffles International Academy, and the academy plans to invest with the school to continue Upgrading facilities, so that Innoventures Schools becomes a hub for youth football and sports development.