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How to get your first international opportunities

Published on: 04/02/2025
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How to get your first international opportunities

NF Selection Future Cup is the perfect tournament for you who want to get your first international experience together with NF Academy. 

The Future Cup is a great opportunity for young players, who want to have their first encounter with international competition.

Like Magnus Olsen did in 2024 after two local programs with NF Academy. Nine months later, the Danish midfielder was named best striker in the internationally renowned youth tournament Riga Cup.

Future Cup was my first international program. It was also the first time I traveled out of Denmark, and it was a different experience. I saw it as a great opportunity to show myself on a bigger stage than at home.

I wanted to show the NF coaches that they would want to continue working with me. You could say that I convinced them of that, says the 16-year-old. 

Read more about all the 2025 International Programs

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How to get your first international opportunities

NF Selection Future Cup is the perfect tournament for you who want to get your first international experience together with NF Academy. 

The Future Cup is a great opportunity for young players, who want to have their first encounter with international competition.

Like Magnus Olsen did in 2024 after two local programs with NF Academy. Nine months later, the Danish midfielder was named best striker in the internationally renowned youth tournament Riga Cup.

Future Cup was my first international program. It was also the first time I traveled out of Denmark, and it was a different experience. I saw it as a great opportunity to show myself on a bigger stage than at home.

I wanted to show the NF coaches that they would want to continue working with me. You could say that I convinced them of that, says the 16-year-old. 

Read more about all the 2025 International Programs

International references

In Sweden’s second largest city, players, coaches and family members live at the fantastic Gothia Towers. A 4.5-star hotel with modern rooms, a central location and great facilities.

While the whole family gets the perfect Easter holiday in Gothenburg, NF Academy selection teams in seven age groups with a total of around 100 players in this international tournament.

The program runs from April 17-21, which means Maundy Thursday to Easter Sunday.

This is a good place to start, for those players who are looking for bigger international tournaments or programs with NF Academy towards summer and autumn. Future Cup attracts the best clubs from all over Scandinavia, but also includes a number of larger and medium-sized clubs from Sweden, Denmark and Norway.

For many teams and players, the Future Cup is the final touch to their form before the domestic league starts.

Future Cup is one of NF Academy’s most popular tournaments, always with fantastic feedback from parents and players. It is a very well organized tournament, with hundreds of teams participating and many challenges for our players.

With competitive teams from all over Scandinavia, our players get to develop a lot under the guidance of our Portuguese coaches, says NF Academy coach Pedro Cebola

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First step

In addition to group and cup games, NF Academy has added two training sessions before the tournament starts. There will be team meetings and concrete individual feedback, in addition to fun and learning for all the players.

All teams are managed by an experienced Portuguese staff, including the head coach, assistant coach, goalkeeper coach and physiotherapist to ensure the best possible experience and great development for everyone.

It was a very great tournament for me. Much higher level than what I was used to at home. I was challenged more technically and physically, and that was good for my development. I think it also matured me a little more both on and off the field, Magnus Olsen continues. 

NF Academy fields teams in all classes from U11-U17. The Future Cup is a tournament that provides good international references against foreign teams, but also forges new friendships between young players with the same goals on the football field.

Here, the understanding of the game will be strengthened, and the players will gain important experience in integrating into new player groups with players from different countries. Something that will make the transition to a new club at a later stage easier.

UPCOMING NF ACADEMY EVENTS

NF International Tranining Camps

Date Program Country Place Age Group
16 - 22 Feb 2025 NF Elite Training Camp
Week 8
Portugal Lisbon / Estoril 2010-2016
23 Feb - 01 Mar 2025 NF Elite Training Camp
Week 9
Portugal Lisbon / Estoril 2010-2016
14 - 24 Jul 2025 NF High Performance Portugal Rio Maior 2009-2006
28 Sep - 04 Oct 2025 NF Elite Experience Fall
Week 40
Portugal Lisbon / Estoril 2010-2016
12 - 18 Oct 2025 NF Elite Experience Fall
Week 42
Portugal Lisbon / Estoril 2010-2016
26 Oct - 01 Nov 2025 NF Elite Experience Fall
Week 44
Portugal Lisbon / Estoril 2010-2016

NF International Tournaments

Date Program Country Place Age Group
05 - 09 Feb 2025 NF Selection Riga Cup Latvia Riga 2013
12 - 17 Apr 2025 NF Selection Costa Daurada (BOYS) Spain Salou 2009-2014
12 - 17 Apr 2025 NF Selection Costa Daurada (GIRLS) Spain Salou 2007-2010
17 - 21 Apr 2025 NF Selection Future Cup Sweden Gothenburg 2008-2014

Check the complete Event Calendar here.

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