Aspire Football Dreams
Aspire Football Dream is a unique and fascinating humanitarian football project currently existent in 15 developing countries on three continents, and aimed at identifying the future talents of world football. Prepared and planned in 2005/2006 and launched on the ground in 2007, the ASPIRE Football Dreams project has already tested over two million young footballers from Asia, Latin America and Africa, as part of the largest-ever talent search within the sport. The project relies on a team of professional coaches and scouts, as well as thousands of volunteers. It was established in 2005.
The team has participated in international events, such as the 2011 VFF Cup, where they competed against national teams, and placed runners-up.
Aspire cooperates with the national football associations of the youngsters involved.
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