December 6 – The Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) has signed a cooperation agreement with the Johan Cruyff Institute, the educational institution founded by Dutch great Johan Cruyff, aimed at educating athletes, sport and business professionals in the field of sport management.
The academic body was founded in 1999 with a program for 35 athletes as part of the Johan Cruyff Academy of Amsterdam and has since then become a global network. In 2002, the Johan Cruyff Institute Barcelona was opened and established as the international headquarters, and the expansion proceeded to sites in Mexico, Amsterdam, Stockholm and Peru.
“This cooperation marks an important step in strengthening the Bulgarian football industry and aims to implement a series of training courses for the qualification of local personnel,” the BFU said.
“We are honored to announce our partnership with an internationally recognised institution such as the Johan Cruyff Institute, one of the most elite sports and educational institutions in the world. This alliance is in line with one of our main strategic pillars of being a high-performance federation and is another step forward for our organisation,” said Andrey Petrov, Executive Director of the Bulgarian Football Union.
The Johan Cruyff Institute is committed to the development of future professionals and the training of Bulgarian talent to stimulate the development of football not only in Bulgaria, but also globally.
“Welcome to the family of our partners,” said the institute in reply to the BFU.
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