Tahiti’s national coach Etaeta: "We need more professionals" After a few weeks in the FIFA Confederations Cup spotlight, Tahiti returned home with a few lessons learned and a couple of projects in mind. “The Confederations Cup was a key experience that enabled us to better understand the gap between amateur and top international football,” explained coach Eddy Etaeta. “ To do better at an international level we will need more professional players in our team. This is our main objective for the future.” “The participation in the Confederations Cup was to a great extent the result of the development projects implemented in Tahiti,” he said. “We had one of the youngest rosters of the Confederations Cup, with an average age of 26, and a few of our players like Rainui Aroita and Yoann Tihoni benefited from training at our Elite Player Development Academy. We have to keep on promoting the development of young talents in order to be able to export them to professional clubs.” Now the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup that will take place from 18-28 September 2013 in Papeete is set to become a new boost for Tahiti’s football. You can read the full article on FIFA, direct links below. English Français Español Português Arabic Deutsch Editorial photo (copyright: FIFA/Getty Images) Editorial photo 2 - Beach Soccer in Tahiti (Copyright: Beach Soccer Worldwide)
Posted on: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 11:51:06 +0000
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