Ardor Football Academy (ADA) came into existence in 2012. The firm, registered in Delhi under the name Ardor Football Academy LLP, was set up with a single-point agenda to develop football at the grassroots level in India and currently runs the largest and most intensively researched community soccer program in the country, impacting more than 4000+ lives.
The bitter fact of zero penetration of any grassroots football training academy in Eastern India, which has a rich sports culture, inspired the AFA team to start the organization. The academy was primarily focused on under-privileged kids through free training, thereby channeling their negative energy into something positive through the tool of football.
Players in the Making
AFA’s high-impact training module is designed to create an assembly line setup to deliver international level players year on year. Its international training module develops multidimensional aspects; tactical, technical, physical, mental, and social. The academy does not only focus on making them players but also provide them with a platform to take up sports as a career through its Coach Development Program.
AFA is committed to take care of player’s nutrition, equipment, and gear requirements along with focusing on their physical and mental health through periodic health checkups and counseling free of cost. The academy focuses on its USP – free grassroots football training for all. Its high impact training module, free focused training for government schools and community, coach development program, and education integrated programs makes AFA stand apart from the competition.
The Golden Gloves
The academy is working hard to generate players of a highest calibre. And the hard work paid off some fruitful achievements in the form of successful and high achievements players such as –
2016: Chandan Nayak selected for Bayern Munich U15
2017: 20+ Cadets selected for Youth ILeague Clubs
2019: 4 Cadets elected for India U15 National Camp, Ranjan Soren won U15 SAAF Championship for India
2020: 2 Cadets (U-16) signed professional contract with Punjab FC.
Mission: Right to play- football for all.
Vision: AFA aspires to become the largest grassroots community-football academy in the world through its ‘Football for All’ campaign. AFA aims to have 2,00,000 active cadets PAN India by 2031.
Core Values: AFA’s low cost with high impact module is based upon core values like fairness, equality, discipline, professionalism, perseverance, and respect.
Future Goals
Action speaks louder than words. AFA has been continuously pumping in cadets from under privileged society into national team and different clubs.
“We will keep doing so exponentially. We aim to create the first truly international cadet player from East India, who would get to play with European clubs. Started with our Coach Development Program, we are soon going to start with Cadet Exchange Programs and Sports Fellowship.”
Founder Jayadev Mohapatra
BHUBANESWAR (HEAD) OFFICE
Contact:
+91 9937 311 119, +91 9938 620 310
jd.mahapatra@afa-fc.com, admin@afa-fc.com