Paris Saint-Germain to open an Academy in the Antilles

This ambitious and multi-site project aims to welcome more than a thousand 4 to 15 year-olds from the two islands in its opening season.

Pierre-Yves Bodineau, director of football at the Paris Saint-Germain Academy, will arrive on site on 4 August for two weeks of training with the coaches at the Paris Saint-Germain Academy Antilles, whose job it will be to pass on the club’s values and playing philosophy to local young players. They will be responsible for implementing the methodology and ensuring the quality of the coaching provided.

The Paris Saint-Germain Academy will operate on a permanent basis from September 2019. Paris Saint-Germain’s young fans in the Antilles will thus benefit from quality facilities, a unique training methodology, and the expertise and know-how of the Academy’s director of football, Garry Bocaly, a former Ligue 1 player and two-time French league champion, who is in charge of the footballing side of the project.

“The opening of an Academy in the Antilles is a powerful symbol for the club and only strengthens the ties between Paris Saint-Germain and the islands,” said Fabien Allègre, Paris Saint-Germain’s director of merchandising and brand diversification. “Several players have emerged from these two islands to enrich the history of the club. Paris Saint-Germain have many fans in the Antilles, where there is a genuine passion for the club and where fan clubs are very active. Thanks to this project, Paris Saint-Germain will now play a part in the everyday lives of young players in Guadeloupe and Martinique, offering them unique and innovative coaching and sharing with them our values and vision of football.”