France High-Performance Football Academy 2025
Professional high-performance football academy located in Evian, France (very close to Geneva) offering a fantastic environment for international students looking for quality training in first class facilities.
This high-performance academy is one of the most important in Europe, and collaborates with Paris Saint Germain Pro in its academies in the USA and Africa.
Who are the ideal candidates?
The ideal candidates are football players who are looking for high-performance training in a competitive environment in order to reach their full potential. The academy welcomes advanced or elite-level students who are committed to the sport and willing to do their absolute best to improve.
Programmes Available at France High-Performance Football Academy
The academy offers short and long-term programmes throughout the year.
Short-Term Programmes:
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The academy also offers tailored short-term programmes of flexible duration. For more information, please contact Ertheo.
What are the Short-Term Programmes for?
Barcelona Football Academy’s short-term programmes are designed to meet the following objectives:
- To achieve considerable improvement in a short amount of time thanks to highly-intensive programmes focused exclusively on football
- To prepare for a tournament or competition
- To get into shape for the next season
- To access a long-term programme
Long-Term Programmes:
- 10-month programme including accommodation
*To take part in a long-term programme, students must first be evaluated in a short-term programme.
Objective of the long-term programmes
- To provide the necessary training to help students make the leap to professional or semi-professional football
- To allow students to continue their academic studies while training
- To provide guidance on physical, psychological, technical, and tactical aspects in order to improve students’ athletic performance
- To provide the opportunity to participate in national or international competitions attended by football club scouts
- To get football tryouts with professional or semi-professional teams for the most prominent students
France High-Performance Academy's Professional Staff
The France Football Academy features a multidisciplinary team of professionals to ensure students receive fully comprehensive training. The training staff is made up of highly qualified coaches with extensive experience training young football players. Furthermore, they are certified by both the UEFA and the FFF (French Football Federation).
The academy works with a broad team of experts to cover every aspect of football training and performance, including sports science, strength and physical conditioning, mobility, physiotherapy, mental preparation, psychology, and nutrition.
Get to know a bit more about the academy’s coaching staff below:
Julien Bernard
The academy’s head coach, who holds a UEFA A licence and a master’s degree in Sports Management. During his coaching career, he has trained a great number of promising young players who made it to some of the best football clubs in Europe, such as Juventus, BVB Dortmund, and Olympique Lyonnais.
Bryan Bergougnoux
The academy’s Football Development Director as well as the head coach for the school’s official team, Thonon Evian Grand Geneve FC. He holds both UEFA A and FFF licences. Bryan played as a professional footballer for 19 years for several European clubs, including Olympique Lyonnais.
Matthieu Ruffet
The academy’s sports psychologist. He works on improving students’ mental strength and confidence, and teaches them how to overcome obstacles both in the highly competitive field of elite sports as well as in everyday life.
Academic Training
The France High-Performance Football Academy works closely with several top-quality educational institutions to offer players the possibility to continue their academic studies alongside their football training programme.
Students attend the Sainte Croix des Neiges school, located just a few minutes from the academy, where they undertake their Middle School or High School studies under the French or the American educational system.
Student athletes are assigned tutors to provide them with academic support. Furthermore, the school schedule is adapted to their specific needs, and lessons are carried out in reduced groups to ensure personalised attention.
The academy also works in close collaboration with Webster University to offer different higher-education options for international students.
Facilities
The France High-Performance Academy is in a vast, 6-acre venue and features first-class facilities, including modern student dormitories with double rooms. The dormitories have round-the-clock supervision and include AC, high-speed Wi-Fi, and professional laundry service. Students also enjoy their own chef, who prepares high-quality and healthy meals using organic products whenever possible.
The academy’s sports facilities include several natural grass standard football pitches, changing rooms, a full gymnasium with cardio, strength, recovery, and spa equipment (including hydrotherapy and balneotherapy), a physiotherapy room, and a video-analysis room.
Former Academy Students
Meet some of France High-Performance Football Academy’s former students who have achieved their goal of starting their football career in a professional or semi-professional club, or have earned a sports and academic scholarship from an American university.
Maugan Bocher – Signed in 2022 to play at Rider University’s First Division Programme.
Pedro Adarillo – Signed as a student-athlete by Eastern Oklahoma State College for the 2022-2023 season.
Clagemi Saenz – Forward signed by the CE Carroi, at the top level of Andorran football.
Justus Molner – Central defender signed by the SV Eintracht Trier, whose youth team competes in Germany’s top division.
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Sports programme, education options, prices, dates etc.
Prices
Signing up for an annual programme at a soccer academy is an excellent investment in the future.
■ Before deciding to make a significant investment and sign their child up in a football academy for a whole year, many parents prefer their children to attend a short-term programme to see if it’s the right academy for them. Besides that, the academy’s coaches will take the opportunity to assess your child’s abilities and recommend the best options for them.
■ Alternatively, as parents, you may feel confident enough in this academy and would like to sign your child up for a long-term programme.
Whatever your case may be, we invite you to fill in the form you’ll find below and we’ll get in touch with you to discuss the different enrolment options for your child.
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