The JMG Academy is a sports organisation and training company established by French international football player
Jean-Marc Guillou.
Overview
Guillou had established
Académie de Sol Beni
The Association Sportive des Employés de Commerce Mimosas, literally Mimosas Commerce Employees' Sporting Association, is an Ivorian football club based in Abidjan. The club is also known as ''ASEC Mimosas Abidjan'' and ''ASEC Abidjan'', espec ...
in
Abidjan in 1994 via a partnership with
ASEC Mimosas
The Association Sportive des Employés de Commerce Mimosas, literally Mimosas Commerce Employees' Sporting Association, is an Côte d'Ivoire, Ivorian Association football, football club based in Abidjan. The club is also known as ''ASEC Mimosas A ...
. JMG Academy was established in 2002 following a disagreement between Guillou and ASEC over control of the Academy.
The success of the academy in Abidjan saw JMG expand into other parts of the world.
Locations
The company has nine academies throughout the world:
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...
from 1994;
Madagascar from 2000;
Thailand from 2005;
Mali from 2006;
Algeria (in partnership with
Paradou AC
Paradou Athletic Club ( ar, نادي أتليتيك بارادو), known as Paradou AC or simply PAC for short, is an Algerian football club based in Algiers. The club was founded in 1994 by members of the Hydra AC junior team, the club colours ...
), Egypt, and Vietnam from 2007; Ghana from 2008.
The projects in Egypt, Thailand and Vietnam
have all been assisted by
Arsenal
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.
Notable players
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Blankson Anoff
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Dorgeles Nene
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Jason Denayer
Jason Grégory Marianne Denayer (born 28 June 1995) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Emirati club Shabab Al-Ahli and the Belgium national team.
He made his professional debut while on loan at Celtic, being na ...
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Khalil Lambin
Khallil Moustapha Lambin (born 3 August 1992) is a footballer who plays as a forward. Born in the Ivory Coast, Lambin also holds French citizenship.
Career
As a youth player, Lambin joined the JMG Academy in Thailand, before trialing for French ...
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Salis Abdul Samed
Salis Abdul Samed (born 26 March 2000) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for club Lens and the Ghana national team.
Club career
Clermont
Abdul Samed played for JMG Academy originally in Accra, befor ...
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Ramy Bensebaini
Amir Selmane Ramy Bensebaïni ( ar, أمير رامي بن سبعيني; born 16 April 1995) is an Algerian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, left-back or Defender (association ...
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Youcef Atal
Youcef Atal (born 17 May 1996) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club Nice and the Algeria national team. He mainly plays as a right-back, but can also play as a left winger.
Club career
Atal joined French club Nice f ...
References
External links
JMG Football, académies de football Jean-Marc Guillouweb archives of old Academie JMG website{{in lang, en
JMG Academy
Education companies established in 2002
Sports organizations of France
Training companies of Europe
Football academies in Africa
Football academies in Asia
Football in Vietnam
Football in Thailand
2002 establishments in France