By Akeem Lawal
A UK-based company, ASQ Training and Development, has
launched a mobile application App for a “Level Three Certificate in
Football Intermediary” qualification, to train and support budding football
agents and players.
The ASQ Group Managing Director, Samson
Adeosun, in the company of renowned football intermediaries and players’
representatives, John Viola and Philip McTaggart, made this known in
Lagos, Nigeria at the weekend.
Adeosun said that there were lots of football
agents in Nigeria and Africa, but that unfortunately, majority had no
proper experience coupled with bad reputation due to unscrupulous activities of
a few.
“The idea for a developmental program for football intermediaries
was born out of my personal experience. It was after I get my intermediary
license from the English FA that I realized that I virtually did not know what
next to do and this is the experience of most agents in
Africa” Adeosun noted.
He added that though there are no stringent
qualifications before someone is allowed to represent players but it is
important that individual agents acquire knowledge and skills that
will make them effective and productive in the player management value
chain.
“There are lots of agents in Nigeria, but the fact
remains that they do not know what to do when it comes to
international business player management. The Level Three Certificate in
Football Intermediary program is to empower the intermediaries in the areas
of identification, marketing, protection and management of players thereby
helping them to get out the best out of the playing careers”, Adeosun, who also
is an English FA licensed Intermediary added.
In his own contribution, an internationally renowned
football intermediary and player manager, Viola said that
ASQ had identified the need for such a training and certification to
support and encourage budding football agents to get their
acts right. Viola who was part of the success careers of
players like Luis Figo and Roberto Carlos, noted that the training
would help those looking to succeed in the complex but lucratively rewarding
profession of player management.
On his own part, Philip McTaggart, another established
player manager advised that intermediaries should embrace the
ASQ training for the general interest of football.
"Aside getting the
ability to sell quality players, participating in the ASQ development training
will avail the agents the many advantages including a
rich global network. The participants will learn the rudiments and
dynamics of the global football market thereby reduce the incidences of
Nigerian players being rejects abroad”, McTaggart concluded.
The ASQ “Level Three Certificate in Football
Intermediary” qualification was created in partnership with ProQual,
a UK skills and training awarding body, regulated by the Office of
Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual).
The various courses which will be holding in Nigeria at
different times will open empower the participants to practice and be
recognized globally. According to the Executive Director of ASQ, Adedayo
Adeniyi the App, ‘ASQ Sports Hub’ is already available on the Android store
while the IOS version will be out soon.
He added that the hub has a lot to offer already
accredited football intermediaries as well as aspiring ones, scouts and players
who which to be scouted too.
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