Bundesliga: FC Bayern Munich to open football school in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)

FC Bayern Munich (Bundesliga) will open a football school in the Ethiopian capital city Addis Ababa, in partnership with the Ethiopian Football Federation, announced the German club on 17/04/2019.

Jörg Wacker, member of the board in charge of internationalization and strategy of Bayern Munich, and Giovanni Elber, former Brazilian player of the club of which he is now ambassador, took part in the official announcement of the forthcoming opening of the FC Bayern Football School in Addis Ababa, attended by Markus Söder, Minister-President (CSU) of Bavaria, currently visiting Ethiopia.

"The partnership with the responsible Ethiopian Football Association (EFF) includes an ongoing exchange of experience plus the regular presence of youth coaches from FC Bayern to train local players and coaches in Addis Ababa," said the Bavarian club. Ethiopia is the sixth country to have at least one FC Bayern academy, after the United States, China, Thailand, Japan and Singapore.

• "With the FC Bayern Football School in Addis Ababa we are opening our first football school of this type in Africa,” said…