CAN 2024: Jean-Marc Guillou, pioneer of football academies in Africa



Jean-Marc Guillou, former international footballer and founder of the JMG academies © LauraMoussetDiallo

Former footballer and coach, Frenchman Jean-Marc Guillou is one of the pioneers of football academies in Africa. He notably created Mimosifcom in Ivory Coast, in the 1990s, where many great players were trained like Didier Zokora, Yaya Touré…France 24 spoke with him in Abidjan, 30 years after the creation of his first football school.

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