LATEST NEWS

5 of our graduates are now completing their degrees at Loughborough.

College attendance of participating students is up 17% in two years.

33 young people have obtained 46 FA Coaching qualifications. 

19 are now FA qualified referees.

We are delighted that our students have averaged 95.2 % in their first 9 weeks of the their academic year. 

This is our highest average attendance to date.  

Kanu, Djibril, Levin and Sala all still have 100% attendance this year. 

Well done to all the students for their efforts.

17th Noember 2021

The football team beat FC Marylebone 3-0 in the AFA Challenge Cup on Saturday. 

It was an outstanding result for the students, who were all selected to play based upon their excellent college attendance and attitude to their studies. 

Goalscorers Valentin Burcea and Enzo Dos Santos have 95% and 99% respectively.  Well done guys.

14th November  2021 

Last summer, three more of our graduates moved to Loughborough to complete their degrees. 

Younus, Omar, and Isam were reunited with Tenzin and Fabio who had joined the previous year.

Last week, Fabio scored two wonderful goals for the first team in the FA National Futsal Series match against Bolton.

26th October 2021

14 of our hardest-working students were given the chance to visit Manchester United to mark the anniversary of Estudiantes beating the Red Devils to win the Intercontinental Cup in 1968. 

The tour included the chance to go inside the changing rooms, and sit in the dugouts at Old Trafford. 

The team then played a Manchester United Foundation team. 

15th October 2021

We are delighted that James Dawson and Haji Juma have joined our club as English and maths teachers.

They will support our participants in both subjects to enable them to make progress in their education.  

7th October 2021 

The students toured the University of Oxford before playing a football match against their second team. 

The match ended in a 2-2 draw.

27th September 2021 

Two more of our graduates have joined the International Futsal Academy based at Loughborough University. 

Omar and Isam join Fabio and Tenzin in completing their degree whilst being a part of Loughborough Futsal, one of the best programs in England. Well done guys

1st September 2021 

20 students took part in a FA referee course over the weekend of 21st and 22nd August. 

The course was delivered by London FA, and supported by CVC Capital Partners, London Youth and Haringey 6th Form College. 

All of the students passed the course, and they are now able to referee games for the London FA

22nd August 2021 

Despite the challenges of Covid-19 we have continued our work with young people this year. 

The successes of the last year are detailed in our annual report. 

Please visit our downloads section by clicking on the image above.

13th July 2021 

We were absolutely delighted to recognise our best-performing students of the year on what was a wonderful night for everyone at the club. 

Our guest of honour Ossie Ardiles, a World Cup winner with Argentina and a Tottenham legend joined us to present the awards

Isam Belmoudden won student-athlete of the year. 

4th June 2021

18 students from north London were given the chance to visit the University of Cambridge. 

As part of the trip, the students spoke to Saron Mehari, a student from Tottenham who now studies at Cambridge University. 

Following this, the team played a hard-fought football game, a despite a defeat showed great determination and attitude. 

15th May 2021

Marcus lives in London. Has a degree in Economics from Royal Holloway University. He works as a football journalist at Eurosport. He is passionate about the impact of football on youth development. Growing up in Haringey, Marcus knows the role sport can play in building positive futures.

 Darren lives in London. He is currently completing his degree in Development and Sport. He has experience in developing successful programs for some large clubs including FC Barcelona and Tottenham Hotspur Foundation as well as working for some leading football for development organisations

Jon lives in Essex and has been assisting the club since its foundation. Jon works in Scientific research and brings his experience to oversee and direct the club,  A keen football supporter, when possible Jon attends our football and futsal games to support the team.

  Nico lives in London, but is from La Plata in Argentina. Nico works closely with Estudiantes de La Plata to help run the project here, and also runs the social media accounts for Estudiantes London. 

https://www.instagram.com/estudianteslondon/

  Claudio is a Spanish coach with a UEFA Pro Licence. He has experience working in India, China and England with the Premier League Watford FC team. Claudio worked with Darren in India and has a passion for promoting football globally. He is looking for opportunities for the young people of the club.

    Vishnu has a masters in International Political Economy from London School of Ecomomics. He is works as a Senior Program Manager for the Centre of Effective Governance of Indian States. He has a passion for football, and will chair meetings for the organisation, adding his experience to bring a clear direction to our work.

    Fabio is now part of the International Futsal Academy at Loughborough where he studies sport coaching. A talented futsal and football player, Fabio was the captain of the club last season when he led the team brilliant, securing a move to Loughborough that is considered the best University futsal program in England.