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Nacionalinė Futbolo Akademija (National Football Academy), commonly referred to as NFA, is the national
association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
centre of Lithuania; only the best players from the country train there. Established in Kaunas in 2006 with help of
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, it has already produced some high class players. Scouts from clubs like Arsenal,
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are constantly watching academy's players. The main point of this centre is to produce players for
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, Lithuania'a U-19 team is formed mainly from members of the academy, it has 15 players playing abroad.


See also

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Lithuania national football team The Lithuania national football team ( lt, Lietuvos nacionalinė futbolo rinktinė) represents Lithuania in international football and is controlled by the Lithuanian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Lithuania. They play ...
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Lithuania national under-21 football team The Lithuania national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Lithuania and is controlled by the Lithuanian Football Federation. UEFA U-21 Championship record Recent results Players Current squad * The followi ...
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Lithuania national under-19 football team The Lithuania national under-19 football team represents Lithuania in international football at the under-19 age level and is governed by the Lithuanian Football Federation. Recent results Achievements : Under-19 Baltic Cup winners * 2010, ...


References


External links


Lithuanian Football Federation website
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