FC Porto and Junior Achievement Portugal strike partnership | OneFootball

FC Porto and Junior Achievement Portugal have formalized a strategic partnership aimed at launching an innovative training program designed to help youth academy players develop important personal and professional skills to achieve success on and off the pitch.

With more than two decades of experience and 500,000 students reached across the country, the non-profit organization promotes educational initiatives based on the “learning by doing” methodology, helping younger generations acquire financial literacy and entrepreneurship skills, as well as essential values for entering professional life.

After defining a “clear path, with a single sense of full alignment with FC Porto,” José Tavares, director of youth football, stressed the importance of “young people understanding that being a football player is much more than simply being on the field” and expressed satisfaction at the possibility of the Club’s athletes being able to “develop their potential in various areas of life.” Bruno Ramos, Chief Operating Officer of Junior Achievement Portugal, welcomed the “connection with an institution of FC Porto’s stature,” which “helps cement and strengthen this initiative that has existed for 20 years”: “It carries tremendous weight, enormous weight, and a very special meaning.”

José Tavares, FC Porto’s director of youth football

“It is a clear path, with a single sense of full alignment with FC Porto in a culture that transcends us, that represents a region, a Club and a passion greater than ourselves, so that our young people understand that being a football player is much more than simply being on the field. There is a social responsibility, there is a personal responsibility towards themselves and their supporters, and there is a recognition that we want them to have in their area of activity throughout their education, during this process in which they are with us. It is something longitudinal, from the moment they are with us until they reach the first team, win titles and manage to show all their talent. We find this training in various areas through the education of values and principles so that they become young people of value and develop their potential in various areas of life.”

Bruno Ramos, Chief Operating Officer of Junior Achievement Portugal

“For Junior Achievement, the connection with an institution of FC Porto’s stature makes it possible to expand the project’s impact and reach more young people, reinforcing the importance of entrepreneurship education from an early age. The importance of this partnership is enormous. Joining forces with an institution with the weight and representation that FC Porto has nationwide gives us an opportunity to promote Junior Achievement’s initiative to as many young people as possible. Therefore, having a brand like FC Porto behind us helps cement and strengthen this initiative that has existed in Portugal for 20 years and, for us, it carries tremendous weight, enormous weight, and a very special meaning.”

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