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 athletes 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 nonprofit 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 total alignment with FC Porto,” José Tavares, director of youth football, emphasized the importance of “young people understanding that being a football player is much more than simply being on the pitch” and expressed his 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 has very special meaning.”

José Tavares, FC Porto’s director of youth football

“It is a clear path, with a single sense of total alignment with FC Porto in a culture that transcends us, that represents a region, a Club and a passion that is greater than ourselves, so that our young players understand that being a footballer is much more than simply being on the pitch. There is a social responsibility, there is a responsibility to oneself and to the fans, and there is a recognition that we want them to have in their sphere 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 are able to demonstrate all their talent. In many areas, we find this training through the education of values and principles so that they may be young people of character 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 broaden 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. Associating ourselves with an institution that has FC Porto’s weight and representativeness 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 very special meaning.”

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