RESUME OF THE ACTIVITIES

            OF THE ABIDJAN JMG IVORY COAST ACADEMY

                                                             In the rank of the academicians

National Team ivory, Beveren in Belgium, Arsenal in England...  Wherever they evolve today, the old ones raise academy Mimosifcom, created to Abidjan by J-M Guillou, do wonder. 

Abidjan, on Sundays 5 September.  The ball Fans round outfit copious the tribunes of the old stadium houphouët-boigny.  This afternoon, the Elephants ivory confront, in the framework of the first round of the World-wide one 2006, the Soudan.  The French Recruitment Henri Michel, some posts since five months, aligns a team uniquely composed expatriates.  To the point of the attack, a film star, Didier Drogba, the ex-marseille and current before centers of london club of Chelsea.  Around him, four Academicians: Abib Kolo Toure (Arsenal, England), Boka (Strasburg), Gilles Yapi says « Gyapi » (Provide) and Aruna Dindane (Anderlecht, Belgium).  Drogba, lightly injured, leaves the land to the pause and yields his post to a...  Academician, Bakary Kone says « Baky ».  The ivory Coast crushes his opponent: 5 to 0!  Aruna succeeds a double.  It is the star of the match that it flies across of his class.  Kolo reveals itself intractable in defense.  Irresistible Boka on the left flank.  Gyapi confirms its qualities of playmaker, and Baky, that returns twenty-six centimeters to Drogba, shows that the weight and the size do not bridle the talent.  Also could have taken part in the offensive festival of the Elephants at least five other Academicians: Didier Zokora « maestro » (Holy etienne), Yaya Toure and Born Arsene (Metalurg Donesk, Ukraine), Born Marco and Badian (Beveren, Belgium).  The Academicians, this are these fine abidjan imps that, in the afternoon of February 7 1999, always on the lawn of the stadium houphouët-boigny, had done wonder: they had given a lesson of footballl to the fearsome team of the hope of Tunis (3-1) and won high the hand the Africa Super cup.  Five years earlier, all had rejoined the formation center for young football players - the academy Mimosifcom -, created in partnership with the asec Mimosas by the former international one French J M Guillou. 

 At the start, assert Guillou, it was a technical challenge sustained by a simple reflection: what that does that a player becomes good?  Response: it is necessary him to be it when it is small.  From which a first gait: to recruit for the academy of the elements that, very young, already show gifts.  Next, to become a good player, it is essential to play a lot.  From which -second principle - the necessity to organize a playful training that multiplies the meetings, while punctuating them many pauses.  Third foundation: to build, at the level of the supervision, a healthy environment.  And muster the better elements under the direction of confirmed educators. 

         « My goal is to transmit a double message.  To the level football, it is a matter to practice an intelligent and coherent game while respecting all this that does the beauty of our sport and its virtues; at the educational level, it suits to form honest boys, workers, social and tolerant.  To the academy, the life rules are clear: one does

 not cheat, one does not lie and one does not fly.  The human challenge is essential to succeed the technical challenge.  »

« THE ACADEMY Mimosifcom, recognized in October 1999 Me Roger Ouegnin, the president of the asec, is a true oxygen ball for soccer ivory.  She showed that with a methodical and serious work one can form an African elite able to confront the better Europeans.  She already furnished an a lot of of international young ones and allowed the asec to do to know itself everywhere in Africa and in the world.  »

At the end of 2001.  Guillou and Ouegnin « divorce ».  Follows a pitiless juridical war that the instances of the Fifa will split, to the athletic plan, in September 2003.  The academy leaves the asec.  Rechristened « Academy John grounds Guillou », she passes through by Bingerville and Bassam before to install itself no far of Jacqueville, on a baptized new site « promised Earth ».  John grounds Guillou looks for an European opening for its « children ».  It chooses for Belgium, where the number of players extra European community is not limited, and turns itself towards the KSK Beveren.  A club that it except financial liquidation and where it does to sign, previously, four Academicians.  They are twelve today. 

                                                                                                             KSK BEVEREN

To Beveren, Guillou takes a unique experience in Europe.  His team plays with an average of eight to nine young ivory in a considered region as xenophobe.  At first adventure, this were disaffection and the shouting to the stadium Freethiel.  Today, to every match, more than five thousand Flemish ones rush.  They acknowledge to worship « the beautiful soccer » Academicians, their spectacular game.  They move themselves to Brussels to encourage equips for them, finalist of the Belgium Cutting.  And leave the stadium in singing: « We are all black ones to Beveren!  » The club disputes today Cuts it uefa, of which it crossed the first turn.  December 2 last one, it inclined himself to residence in front of the Benfica Lisbon (0-3). 

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ARUNA DINDANE

but better which passport than the talent?  This is him that allowed the artist of the dribbles Aruna Dindane to impose on Anderlecht, the rich club of the of brussels suburbss, and to be elected, in last, better June professional soccer player of Belgium.  Again him that, in some months, did abib Kolo Toure the defensive pillar of the prestigious Arsenal, of Gyapi the offensive coordinator of the FC Provide, of Baky the gunner of Lorient, of Yaya Toure the metronome of Metalurg Donesk, and of Kalounho (brother of the auxerre Kalou Bonaventure) the darling of the coach Ruud Gullit to Feyenoord Rotterdam... 

                                                                                                   KALOU                 

Never, before the hatching of the Academicians, as much of professional players ivory of high level had not trampled the lawns of europe.  Never Recruitment of the Elephants had not had access to an effective one of such a wealth.  By vanity, Robert Nouzaret, the henri predecessor Michel, did not know to draw from it profit.  His current successor seems, him, conscious of his happiness, but delays liberating itself certain influences.  It could regret his politics of half-measures.  Surround Didier Drogba of a true bones of academicians (they speak, in the field, the same language), this is definitely to clear the road of the World-wide one 2006.  Spoil the German appointment would be a lamentable a pity for the ivory  football .

                                     THE BEST FOOTBALL PROFESSIONAL ACADEMY    

                                                                            IN THE WORLD

                                                         FIRST PROMOTION 1994 - 25 ACADEMICIANS – 21 PROFESSIONALS

                                                        Boubaca Bakary- COPA-              KSK BEVEREN                    - BELGIUM

                                                        Kolo Toure    -KOLO-                    ARSENAL FC                       - ENGLAND

                                                       Alain Zokora -MAESTRO-            AS ST ETIENNE                    - FRANCE

                                                       Aruna Dindane                              ANDERLECHT                     - BELGIUM

                                                       Abdoulaye Djire –JUNIOR         KSK BEVEREN                     - BELGIUM

                                                       Gilles Yapi Yapo-GYAPI                FC NANTES                          - FRANCE

                                                        Venance Zezeto –ZEZETO          FC BRUSSELS                       - BELGIUM

                                                        Siaka Tiene –CHICO-                     FC SUNDOWNS                  - SOUTH AFRICA

                                                        Seydon Bidan                                 KSK BEVEREN                     - BELGIUM

                                                        Mamadou Dansoko MADINHO FC LORIENT                         - FRANCE

                                                        Bakary Kone –BAKY                     FC LORIENT                         - FRANCE

                                                        Arnaud Monney                            ASEC ABIDJAN                   - IVORY COAST

                                                        Ahibo Beugre -PATCHECO -       KSK BEVEREN                      -BELGIUM

                                                        Koffi Romaric                                  KSK BEVEREN                     -BELGIUM

                                                        Ibrahim Amuha- DIAKY-              ABOU DABI                          -EMIRATS

                                                        Aboubacar Traore –SECRETO-   KSK BEVEREN                     - BELGIUM

                                                        Abdoulaye Diawara –DIABIS-    KSK BEVEREN                     - BELGIUM

                                                        Antonin Koutouan –TONY-        ABOU DABI                         - EMIRATS

                                                        Arsene Ne                                       DONESK                               - UKRAINE

                                                        Lolo                                                   DONESK                               - UKRAINE

                                                        Marco Ne                                         KSK BEVEREN                     - BELGIUM

                                                        Ousseni Bagre –BAGRITO          ACADEMY JMG

                                                        Eric Kanda –ERICO                       ACADEMY JMG  

                                                        Charles Banga –BANGA-             ACADEMY JMG

                                                        Stephane Pehe Joss                      No team                                    

                                                                   Second promotion 1996

                                                        16 academicians-11professionals

Arthur Boka                                                  RC STRASBOURG                                                     - FRANCE

Yaya Toure                                                    METALURG DONESK                                              - UKRAINE

Salomon Kalou –KALOUNHO-                FEYENOORD                                                             - HOLLAND

Armand Mahan Mandakan                       KSK BEVEREN                                                           - BELGIUM

Constant Kaiper Kipre                                KSK BEVEREN                                                           - BELGIUM

Moussa Sanogo                                            KSK BEVEREN                                                           - BELGIUM

Alexandre Topka                                           KSK BEVEREN                                                          - BELGIUM

Mohamed Diallo –DIALITO-                       KSK BEVEREN                                                           - BELGIUM

Romeo Seka Affessi                                     KSK BEVEREN                                                           -BELGIUM

 Emmanuel Eboue                                         ARSENAL FC                                                             -ENGLAND

 Franck Guela                                                  SUNDOWNS                                                             -SOUTH AFRICA

 Brahima Kone –BRAMKO-                          ASEC ABIDJAN                                                         -IVORY COAST

Aboulaye Aziz                                                ASEC ABIDJAN                                                          -IVORY COAST

Paterne Boulou                                             LANDRY GOME                                                          -TOGO

Alain Aka                                                       ACADEMY JMG                                                                                                   

 Marc Koffi -MARKOF                                   ACADEMY JMG