HAGL - Arsenal JMG Academy strengthens its coaching staff.

(Baonghean) - From February 24th to the end of October 2014, coaches Guillaume and Duong Minh Ninh will be responsible for leading the Vietnam U-19 team (of which 16 out of 22 players are members of the Hoang Anh Gia Lai - Arsenal JMG Academy) to training camps in England, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Japan, and to compete in the Southeast Asian U-19 Championship and the Asian U-19 Championship finals.

This leaves the academy with only Coach Nguyen Van Dan. To ensure that the talented players' training is not interrupted by the lack of a skilled coach, Jean-Marc Guillou, the CEO of the JMG Academy Global, decided to send Coach Otta to Pleiku to replace Coach Guillaume starting this week.

Coach Otta (right) and Vietnam U-19 coach Guillaum.

Coach Otta (French national, 37 years old) stated that before attending international coaching courses and becoming a member of the JMG Academy, he played as a striker for AS Nancy Lonnaine (from 1992-1998) in the French Second Division, then moved to RC Besangov and Lisboune in the French Third Division. From 2003-2005, he played for Bondean Stata and International in the Congo Championship before retiring to pursue coaching courses.

Vietnam U-19 coach Guillaume said: “I am very happy and relieved to have the support of my colleague Otta during my busy time as head coach of the Vietnam U-19 team.”

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