HAGL - Arsenal JMG Academy strengthens coach

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

This leaves the academy with only coach Nguyen Van Dan. In order to prevent talented players from having their training interrupted without a good coach, the general director of the JMG Global Academy, Jean-Marc Guillou, decided to send coach Otta to Pleiku to replace coach Guillaume from the beginning of this week.

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

Coach Otta (French nationality, 37 years old) said that before attending international coaching classes and becoming a member of the JMG Academy, he played as a striker for AS Nancy Lonnaine Club (from 1992-1998) in the French Second Division, then moved to play for RC Besangov and then Lisboune in the French Third Division. From 2003-2005, he played for Bondean Stata and International Clubs in the Congo Championship before hanging up his boots to attend coaching classes.

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

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