While numerous top-level European teams have shown a keen interest in the activities of the Professional Football Players Observatory, an African club will be the first to enter into a formal collaboration with our organization. A leading West-African team, having won the CAF Champions League, ASEC MIMOSAS of Abidjan (Ivory Coast) will benefit from the expertise of the PFPO researchers in order to better target the leagues and clubs that offer the best career opportunities for talents trained within the MimoSifcom Academy.

Different PFPO studies have shown that a premature departure abroad can often have a negative impact on future career prospects. Our objective is to create conditions so the players leave for teams that are not only in the best position to host their talents, but also at the right moment once they have acquired sufficient high-level experience in the ASEC A-team. The Ivory Coast remains to this day the African country which has the greatest number of players in the Big-5 European leagues. The majority of these footballers were trained by the MimoSifcom Academy and have played for ASEC MIMOSAS.

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