UNDER 16 FUTURES FOUR NATIONS TOURNAMENT

16 - 19.04.2019 BELGIAN FOOTBALL CENTRE TUBIZE

THIBAULT DE SMET

YANNICK CARRASCO

YARI VERSCHAEREN International Conference on Football and Science organized by the Royal Belgian FA - spoken language is English -

The Future Project in different Football Associations Relative Age Effect and Biological Maturity in Football

Wednesday 17 April 2019 (13.00 – 21.00) Belgian Football Centre (Rue de Bruxelles 486, 1480 Tubize)

Programme

12.30 Registration with coffee and soft drinks

13.00 Introduction and the Future Project of the Belgian FA Bob Browaeys, Senior Manager Youth Development Belgian FA

13.15 The Be Gold Project of the Belgian FA David Penneman, Coordinator Future Project Be Gold Belgian FA

13.30 Individualized mental coaching for late mature players Maenhout & Perquy, Mental coaches in Elite Football

13.45 Testing movement and physical potential of a Be Gold future player Prof. Matthieu Lenoir, Ghent University - Department of Movement and Sports Sciences

14.00 The Future Project of the Czech FA

15.00 Game 1 U16 Futures: Sweden - Denmark

17.00 Doubly (dis)advantaged? The Relative Age and Late Maturity Effect in Elite Youth Football Prof. Werner Helsen, University of Leuven - Sport scientist and training expert UEFA

17.15 Indicators of Biological Maturation Dr. Pascal Wernaers, Belgian FA

17.30 The Future Project of the Swedish FA 17.45 The Future Project of the Danish FA

18.00 Pause with coffee, soft drinks and sandwiches

19.00 Game 2 U16 Futures: Belgium - Czech Republic

20.45 Conclusion Bob Browaeys, Senior Manager Youth Development Belgian FA

21.00 Networking

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In youth categories from U14, the body of the players can differ enormously. Late mature players often drop off in the youth categories because of a difference in weight, height and development of the body in general. But late mature players are sometimes more talented than early mature players and have a bigger margin in case of progression. So how can we avoid losing them in our talent development system?

The situation of the late mature more than fifteen years ago was an inspiration. He was very skillful in the youth categories and part of the Belgian FA topsportschool project from 14 to 18 years, but it was so difficult for him to perform against early mature opponents. He struggled in the youth categories and he was about to become one of the talents lost due to his late maturity. And he was far from being the only one…

A huge signal for the Belgian FA to come up with a new project: the Future national teams, founded in 2008. So next to the traditional youth national teams between Under-15 and Under-21, we started organizing activities for Under-15, Under-16 and Under-17 Future teams.

Bob Browaeys (Senior Manager Youth Education and Head Coach National Team U17): “Our talent identification model is based on five criteria: winning mindset , explosivity, game intelligence, body & ball control and learning ability. But you can only assess the first four qualities correctly if players compete against opponents of the same maturity level.”

“The first generation we really worked with regarding maturity was the 1993 generation in 2009. Yannick Carrasco was amongst the players then. And we do not only apply the Futures idea in our national teams, we also use it in the topsportschools and the regional selections”, explains Bob Browaeys, who recently qualified our Under-17’s for the Euro 2019 in Ireland.

David Penneman (Coordinator Future Teams Belgium and Assistant Youth Coach National Team U16/U17): “Next to Futures, we also have the new BeGold teams. A project supported by the Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee, the National Lottery and the Flemish, Walloon and the German-speaking Communities.”

“The projects brought us two extra national teams: BeGold Under 16/17 and U18/U19. The two teams consist of highly talented players. This project gives us the possibility to create a more individual follow up pathway for those players. Not only within one year but during several years. From Under-15 until the Under-21 Olympic team.”

In the meantime, countries such as Czech Republic, Denmark, The Netherlands, Switzerland and Sweden joined us and have also launched similar projects. We are happy to have the U16F teams of Czech Republic, Denmark, and Sweden with us this week and are sure we will have a fantastic four nations tournament the upcoming days where we will see a lot of talented players who will make it in the future.

In the middle of the tournament week the Belgian FA organizes an international conference to share stories and ways of working between the different countries. During the different sessions, we also focus on the relative age effect and biological maturity in a scientific and medical approach and how we can support late mature talents mentally.

Enjoy the games!

3 BELGIUM

SQUAD LIST

1 Van Attenhoven Naim-Nhour 30/01/03 RS Charleroi 2 Stevens Yari 18/12/03 Club Brugge KV 3 Debast Zeno 24/10/03 RSC Anderlecht 4 Jacobs Tibo 4/07/03 YR KV Mechelen 5 Dodeigne Noah 21/01/03 R Standard de Liège 6 Van Hauter Robbie 30/04/03 KSC Lokeren OVL 7 Abid Adnane 23/08/03 KRC Genk 8 Van den Borre Elias 26/03/03 KAA Gent 9 Servranckx Quinten 12/10/03 YR KV Mechelen 10 Sandra Cisse 16/12/03 Club Brugge KV 11 Lefrancq Ilyas 3/12/03 OH Leuven 12 Jacops Keno 11/08/03 R Waasland-Beveren 13 De Ridder Noah 8/10/03 KAA Gent 14 Bourabian Younes 17/02/03 YR KV Mechelen 15 Guler Mert Kemal 5/09/03 KRC Genk 16 Vanrafelghem Keano 2/08/03 Club Brugge KV 17 Lavet Sehwaferaw 19/04/03 R Standard de Liège 18 Wanya Malik 30/07/03 YR KV Mechelen 19 Donnez Romain 15/01/03 RS Charleroi 20 Cappelle Yannick 7/07/03 KAA Gent

4 CZECH REPUBLIC

SQUAD LIST

1 Kruta Milan 20/10/03 Viktoria Plzen 2 Malek Metodej 26/01/03 Viktoria Plzen 3 Lehocky Maxmilian 29/09/03 AC Sparta Praha 4 Vyhlidal Jakub 10/08/03 Sigma Olomouc 5 Absolon Nikola 28/05/03 1. FC Slovacko 6 Skopal Dominik 10/12/03 Sigma Olomouc 7 Visinsky Denis 21/03/03 SK Slavia Praha 8 Adamec Radek 3/07/03 Zbrojovka Brno 9 Langhamer Dnaiel 20/03/03 SK Slavia Praha 10 Rehwald Adam 30/04/03 Banik Ostrava 11 Jurcak Oliver 1/08/03 MFK Karvina 12 Fablanek Jakub 22/05/03 Sigma Olomouc 13 Fojt Radek 3/05/03 Dukla Praha 14 Ferko Matyas 2/09/03 Viktoria Plzen 15 Kostia David 17/06/03 FK Teplic 16 Kadlec Jan 2/08/03 Sigma Olomouc 17 Vorel Jakub 9/01/03 Sk Slavia Praha 18 Vanc Martin 1/10/03 Viktoria Plzen 19 Strnad Jiri 9/07/03 Hradec Kralove 20 Stoppen Tadeas 30/12/03 Sigma Olomouc

5 DENMARK

SQUAD LIST

1 Olesen Villads 9/01/03 Aarhus GF 2 Paulsen Thais 10/03/03 Haderslev Fodbold Klub 3 Fisker Philip 4/10/03 Hjørring 4 Kiilmark Malthe 21/02/03 Esbjerg fB 5 Kryger Oliver 30/01/03 Lygnby FC 6 Larsen Marinus 30/12/03 Brøndby IF 7 Vaegter Mathias 13/07/03 Aalborg BK 8 Jelert Elias 12/06/03 FC Kopenhagen 9 Mokdad Yousuf 3/07/03 FC Nordsjælland 10 Nibe Andreas 31/05/03 FC Midtjylland 11 Østergaard Nikolaj 15/01/03 FC Kopenhagen 12 Lind Julius 31/10/03 FC Kopenhagen 13 Adelgaard Aske 10/11/03 Odense BK 14 Ravn Lucas 22/10/03 Lygnby FC 15 Madsen Julius 1/08/03 FC Midtjylland 16 Melbin Felip 3/04/03 Akademisk Boldklub 17 Koch Fazal Noah 6/07/03 FC Nordsjælland 18 Clement Adam 20/02/03 Lygnby FC 19 Satake Victor 29/12/03 Randers FC 20 Kamilji Endrit 21/04/03 Lygnby FC

6 SWEDEN

SQUAD LIST

1 Arvidsson Nils 28/04/03 IFK Grimslöv 2 Jehsoh Amin 28/08/03 Angered MBIK 3 Johansson Joanthan 28/07/03 Hammarby IF FF 4 Langwagen Erik 10/08/03 IK Sirius FK 5 Mansson William 14/06/03 FK Karlskrona 6 Nyberg Mattias 12/04/03 Enskede IK 7 Pergel Hampus 25/01/03 AIK FF 8 Ayari Yasin Abbas 6/10/03 AIK FF 9 Aaltonen Felix Felder 20/08/03 Djurgardens IF FF 10 Gatjetjiladze Guga 26/02/03 IFK Göteborg 11 Hellqvist Adam 10/01/03 IF Brommapojkarna 12 Nilsson Zackarias 8/08/03 Halmstads BK 13 Kiani Adam 18/03/03 Västeras SK FK 14 Pärleholt Algot 12/12/03 IFK Göteborg 15 Rosengren Otto 16/05/03 Mjällby AIF 16 Shraim Mallek 24/07/03 Landsrona BoIS 17 Bolin Hugo 24/07/03 Sandareds IF 18 Borstam Hugo 12/07/03 Mjällby AIF 19 Olsson Gavin Sosa 20/03/03 Athletic FC Eskilstuna 20 Negash Noah Tesfai 3/01/03 AIK FF

7 UNDER 16 FUTURES FOUR NATIONS TOURNAMENT

CZECH REPUBLIC VS DENMARK TUESDAY 16 . 04 . 2019 – 15 : 00 BF Centre T2

BELGIUM VS SWEDEN TUESDAY 16 . 04 . 2019 – 19 : 00 BF Centre T1

SWEDEN VS DENMARK WEDNESDAY 17 . 04 . 2019 – 15 : 00 BF Centre T2

BELGIUM VS CZECH REPUBLIC WEDNESDAY 17 . 04 . 2019 – 19 : 00 BF Centre T1

CZECH REPUBLIC VS SWEDEN FRIDAY 19 . 04 . 2019 – 11 : 00 BF Centre T2

DENMARK VS BELGIUM FRIDAY 19 . 04 . 2019 – 14 : 00 BF Centre T1

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FRIDAY 19 . 04 . 2019 – 14 : 00 BFC T1