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 Mulh ...

Overview

Guillou had established

Académie de Sol Beni ASEC Mimosas (short for Association Sportive des Employés de Commerce Mimosas; ) is an Ivorian professional Association football, football club based in Abidjan. The club is also known as ''ASEC Abidjan'', especially in international club compet ...

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

in 1994 via a partnership with

ASEC Mimosas ASEC Mimosas (short for Association Sportive des Employés de Commerce Mimosas; ) is an Ivorian professional football club based in Abidjan. The club is also known as ''ASEC Abidjan'', especially in international club competitions. Founded in 194 ...

. 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 and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country, while its largest List of ci ...

from 1994;

Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...

from 2000;

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

from 2005;

Mali Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is the List of African countries by area, eighth-largest country in Africa, with an area of over . The country is bordered to the north by Algeria, to the east b ...

from 2006;

Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

(in partnership with

Paradou AC Paradou Athletic Club (), known as Paradou AC or simply PAC for short, is an Algerian football club based in Algiers. The club was founded in 1994 by members of the Hydra AC junior team, the club colours are blue and yellow. Their home stadium, A ...

), 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 * Yves Bissouma * Dorgeles Nene *

Jason Denayer Jason Grégory Denayer (born 28 June 1995) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Saudi Pro League club Al Fateh and the Belgium national team. Denayer made his professional debut while on loan at Celtic, being nam ...

* Khalil Lambin * Salis Abdul Samed * Ramy Bensebaini * Youcef Atal

References

External links

JMG Football, académies de football Jean-Marc Guillou

web archives of old Academie JMG website
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