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The official youth skills certification program of the Korea Football Association 'KFA Challenge' proved its performance on overseas stages.
The KFA Challenge is an official youth soccer program jointly developed and operated by the Korea Football Association and Project With, a sports IT company, objectively evaluates the growth stages of players through a systematic level certification system to expand the soccer base and improve the basic skills of professional players and supports data-based development that leaders and parents can trust.
Hoang Ain Zalai, a member of Vietnam's first division of professional football, recently announced that he had signed the youngest professional contract with goalkeeper Nguyen Tying Roy, who was born in 2009. Tying Roy is a former Park Hang-seo International Soccer Academy led by former Vietnamese national soccer team coach Park Hang-seo who grew up through the KFA Challenge level certification system during the academy training process.
Tying Roy first revealed his dream of becoming a goalkeeper at the age of 14 when he enrolled in Park Hang-seo Academy's hobby class. Despite being a late start, it grew quickly in the academy's systematic training. In addition to professional goalkeeper training to strengthen basic skills such as catching, saving, and footwork, he joined the professional team as a founding member and built comprehensive skills by developing foot skills with field players. In particular, using the KFA Challenge program, it has continued its unwavering efforts toward the clear goal of 'professional player and national team' by receiving systematic evaluation from the supervisory team every quarter.
The KFA Challenge is a systematic training and certification program consisting of five areas, including pass, dribble, shooting, ball-filling, and complex movements, and a total of 15 stages, and not only improves the basic skills of domestic youth players, but also has been introduced by overseas academies, including Vietnam, contributing to the discovery and development of players.
This case shows that the KFA Challenge is becoming a reliable education and certification system used on the global stage beyond simple technology measurement. In addition, through cooperation with overseas academies, it is expected that fostering players through the KFA Challenge will spread throughout Asia.
The sports blockchain company 'Project With', which signed a contract with the Korea Football Association in May last year to develop the overall operation of the KFA Challenge, said "This achievement is a good example of the systematic training program of the KFA Challenge leading to actual player growth and professional advancement. We will continue to do our best to help more youth players challenge their dreams in cooperation with domestic and foreign academies in the future."
In addition, the KFA Challenge will strengthen links with the Office of Education and local soccer associations to improve and specialize in youth sports education, and continue to seek various cooperation measures.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
