The Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) has launched the Talent ID Framework, which focuses on four objectives: Scouts education and development Pathway, reaching every Talent from Everywhere, Connection to Talent Development pathways and ICT Integration in scouting process.
The event, which took place at the FUFA Complex, was graced by FUFA President Hon. Magogo Moses Hassim, Executive Committee Member in charge of Football Development Ronnie Kalema, FUFA CEO Edgar Watson, Football Development Director Ali Mwebe, Communications Director Ahmed Hussein, among others.
FUFA TID Framework is part of integration of FIFA Talent Development Schemes (TDS) the specific high performance football development program aimed at “increasing global competitiveness” that followed the global football talent eco-system analysis conducted by FIFA on member associations in 2020
The FIFA TDS sets a high-performance youth football development environment for talented young boys and girls with a theme of “giving every talent a chance”. FIFA through the High-Performance Unit of the Global Football Development Department under Arsene Wenger the FIFA Chief of Global Football Development is very close to us with technical support in terms of Education, technical consultancy and expertise as well as financial support in coming up with these high-performance football development projects like the TID framework launched today.
Ali Mwebe, Football Development Director
While addressing the audience, the FUFA CEO informed attendees that new staff have been recruited to manage development—Petros Koukouras, Technical Development Staff, and Brian Umony, Pro-Football Development Manager.
Ronnie Kalema, the Executive Committee Member in charge of Football Development, reiterated the FUFA President’s 2021-2025 manifesto, stating that he had a document to implement concerning Football on the Pitch. He noted that strides are being made, including capacity-building activities, and now another aspect of it is ready for the country.
The FUFA President, Hon. Magogo Moses Hassim, emphasised the importance of mass football for effective talent identification.
We can only identify talent when there is mass football. When someone is 10 years old, FUFA must have a system in place to identify and develop them.
Hon. Magogo Moses Hassim, FUFA President
In addition, he highlighted that the Federation has plans to work with players nearing the end of their careers, as well as those who have retired, to prepare them for new opportunities that are emerging.
We want to work with players about to finish and those that have finished to prepare them for the positions that are coming up.
Hon. Magogo Moses Hassim, FUFA President
The FUFA Technical Master Plan is the foundation to help develop and improve the quality of football on the field with a specific mission to;
1. Install mass football for all and create a high-performance culture for elite performers.
2. Install a universal playing style for Uganda National Teams and clubs, producing entertaining and purposeful football.
3. Installing Ugandan football players in the world’s topmost leagues.
The Talent ID Framework
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