The JMG Academy is a sports organisation and training company established by French international football player

Jean-Marc Guillou Jean-Marc Guillou (born 20 December 1945) is a French football coach and former player, who played at the 1978 World Cup. Club career Guillou was born in Bouaye, Loire-Atlantique. He played for Angers SCO, OGC Nice, Neuchâtel Xamax, FC M ...

Overview

Guillou had established

Académie de Sol Beni The Association Sportive des Employés de Commerce Mimosas, literally Mimosas Commerce Employees' Sporting Association, is an Ivorian football club based in Abidjan. The club is also known as ''ASEC Mimosas Abidjan'' and ''ASEC Abidjan'', especi ...

Abidjan Abidjan ( , ; N'Ko script, N’ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the economic capital of the Ivory Coast. As of the Demographics of Ivory Coast, 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of overall population of the country, ...

in 1994 via a partnership with

ASEC Mimosas The Association Sportive des Employés de Commerce Mimosas, literally Mimosas Commerce Employees' Sporting Association, is an Ivorian football club based in Abidjan. The club is also known as ''ASEC Mimosas Abidjan'' and ''ASEC Abidjan'', especi ...

. JMG Academy was established in 2002 following a disagreement between Guillou and ASEC over control of the Academy. The success of the academy in Abidjan saw JMG expand into other parts of the world.

Locations

The company has nine academies throughout the world:

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...

from 1994;

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

from 2000;

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...

from 2005;

Mali Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Ma ...

from 2006;

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(in partnership with

Paradou AC Paradou Athletic Club ( ar, نادي أتليتيك بارادو), known as Paradou AC or simply PAC for short, is an Algerian football (soccer), football club based in Algiers. The club was founded in 1994 by members of the Hydra AC junior team, ...

), Egypt, and Vietnam from 2007; Ghana from 2008. The projects in Egypt, Thailand and Vietnam have all been assisted by

Arsenal An arsenal is a place where arms and ammunition are made, maintained and repaired, stored, or issued, in any combination, whether privately or publicly owned. Arsenal and armoury (British English) or armory (American English) are mostly ...

Notable players

Blankson Anoff Blankson Anoff (born 24 March 2001) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swift. Career As a youth player, Anoff joined the JMG Academy, which was originally in Ghana but later relocated to Ivory Coast. In 2019, he signed fo ...

Nene Dorgeles Nene Dorgeles (born 23 December 2002) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Austrian club Red Bull Salzburg and the Mali national team. Club career Dorgeles started his career with FC Guidars and JMG Ac ...

* Jason Denayer *

Khalil Lambin Khallil Moustapha Lambin (born 3 August 1992) is a footballer who plays as a forward. Born in the Ivory Coast, Lambin also holds French citizenship. Career As a youth player, Lambin joined the JMG Academy in Thailand, before trialing for French ...

Salis Abdul Samed Salis Abdul Samed (born 26 March 2000) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for club Lens and the Ghana national team. Club career Clermont Abdul Samed played for JMG Academy originally in Accra, befor ...

Ramy Bensebaini Amir Selmane Ramy Bensebaïni ( ar, أمير رامي بن سبعيني; born 16 April 1995) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a left-back or centre-back for Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach and the Algeria national te ...

Youcef Atal Youcef Atal (born 17 May 1996) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club Nice and the Algeria national team. He mainly plays as a right-back, but can also play as a left winger. Club career Atal joined French club Nice f ...

References

External links

JMG Football, académies de football Jean-Marc Guillou

web archives of old Academie JMG website
{{in lang, en JMG Academy Education companies established in 2002 Sports organizations of France Training companies of Europe Football academies in Africa Football academies in Asia Football in Vietnam Football in Thailand 2002 establishments in France