Abuja will take middle stage in African soccer growth subsequent month as FC Footwork of Abuja hosts a serious Scouting Match from October 6 to eight, 2025, on the prestigious FIFA Aim Venture Pitch.
The extremely anticipated occasion will function 10 high groups competing for the eye of scouts and brokers from throughout Europe, with Belgian soccer expertise specialists Dirk Engelbinck and Jordy Engelbinck already confirmed to attend. Their mission is obvious — to unearth the following technology of African stars able to step onto the worldwide stage.
The event is organized and hosted by Sir Alhaji Labeeb Rabiu Yarima, the CEO of FC Footwork, a famend academy with a monitor file of manufacturing worldwide footballers. Over time, FC Footwork’s Scouting Tournaments have opened doorways for a number of Nigerian skills who now shine in high leagues world wide.
Notable alumni of previous editions embody Alhassan Yusuf (New England Revolution, USA), Umar Abubakar (Famalicão, Portugal), Hafiz Ibrahim (Stade Reims, France), Ibrahim Aliyu (Houston Dynamo, USA), Peter Nnemeka (HNK Hajduk, Croatia), Anthony Raymond (HNK Hajduk, Croatia), Suleman Abubakar (Celta Vigo, Spain), Marcus Haruna (FK Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina), and Ahmed Adepoju (Albania).
The Abuja event is anticipated to attract vital native and worldwide consideration, not solely due to the presence of high-profile scouts but additionally due to the confirmed popularity of FC Footwork in nurturing expertise. For younger Nigerian footballers, this represents a golden likelihood to impress European scouts and probably earn life-changing alternatives overseas.
With pleasure already constructing, Abuja is about to develop into the heartbeat of African scouting in early October, because the FIFA Aim Venture Pitch transforms right into a stage the place uncooked expertise meets international alternative.
