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Guyanese Trio set for one-month Pre-Season Camp at Madureira Esporte Clube, Brazil
Following on the heels of an historic visit to Brazil last week where Guyana Football Federation President, Wayne Forde met with Brazi
GFF President Wayne Forde (2nd right) pictured with the players and other officials from right, Toledo Wilson (Director of Coaches Education), Ryan Hackett, Kelsey Benjamin, Ryan Hackett and GFF Technical Director, Ian Greenwood.
lian Football Federation (Confederação Brasileira de Futebol – CBF) President Rogerio Caboclo, the Brazilian partnership has already begun to bear fruits.
The GFF is proud to announce that Ryan Hackett of Fruta Conquerors, Kelsey Benjamin (Georgetown Football Club) and Sese Norville of Milerock FC in Linden will spend one-month at Brazilian second-division side, Madureira Esporte Clube where they will undergo pre-season training.
The trio, who have been part of the senior national Golden Jaguar set up will be exposed to another level of training over a four-week period with the possibility of landing a Pro-Contract based on their performances during the period of exposure.
As a matter of fact, the trio would have been part of the historic Brazil Tran and Play Camp last August when the Senior National Team spent two weeks there and would have played against the said club in a practice match.
In hailing this historic venture, President Forde said that this is the first of many such initiatives and the goal of the GFF, which has also presented an MoU to CBF President Rogerio Caboclo aimed at holistic development of the sport on and off the field of play, is to ensure that as much as forty (40) players between the ages of 18 – 22 gain exposure in Brazil over the coming months and years. Ideally, we would prefer to have the players enter into the Brazilian Football system much younger, but unfortunately, language challenges, immigration Laws and parental consideration are yet to be fully explored.”
Forde commented: “The GFF is very pleased that our work to develop a partnership with our Brazilian neighbors has started to bear fruit. This is a wonderful opportunity for the players ahead of our preparations for the Olympic Under-23 Qualifying competition in July. I would like to join the rest of Guyana in congratulating these players and wish them every success whilst in Brazil.”
President Forde in also offering congratulations to the management of the respective clubs, Milerock FC, Georgetown Football Club and Fruta Conquerors and thanking them for the work they have put into molding these players, indicated that the young Guyanese will likely feature in a friendly match Madureira Esporte Clube would play against the Qatar national team on June 9th.
Qatar was invited along with Japan to play in the world’s oldest continental tournament – Copa America, the 46th edition of the event which will be played in six stadiums across five cities in Brazil. The stadiums are Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and Sao Paulo.
The opening is set for the Morumbi Stadium (Sao Paulo) while the final will be held at the Maracaná Stadium (Rio de Janeiro).
About Madureira Esporte Clube: Madureira was founded on August 8, 1914 as Fidalgo Madureira Atlético Clube. … Madureira competed in the Federação Metropolitana de Futebol (Metropolitan Football Federation) state championship in 1939, winning the amateur competition and the Torneio Início, which is disputed by professional players.
Madureira Esporte Clube was founded on October 12, 1971, after Madureira Atlético Clube, Madureira Tênis Clube, and Imperial Basquete Clube fused. The foundation date was determined to be, again, August 8, 1914.
Madureira beat Americano 1–0 on March 29, 2006, winning the Taça Rio for the first time, and qualifying to play the Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro final against Botafogo. In the final, played on April 2, 2006 and on April 9, 2006 the club was defeated in both legs, finishing as the competition runner-up.
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