Morten Haug, a journey of success

Morten Haug as the lastest Goalkeeper scouted by Sporting CP thought NF Academy. He started this journey by participating in an NF International event.

His performance was very impressive which gave him a spot in the NF Qualification Camp 2019, where Sporting CP  attended. He was chosen to get a Trial in Sporting academy during one week, a unique opportunity to show his talent and get a chance to stay playing in the club.

Check below the upcoming NF International events in your country.

Filip Melbin, Danish National team player

– During the easter of 2018, I was in Cascais, Portugal with NF Academy to participate in IberCup. It was my first time with NF Academy, and a great experience. I got a lot from the trip. The training, matches, coaches and players were a fantastic mix of both fun and serious football.

Filip is playing at Akademisk Boldklub (AB) U-19 team. He believes that it is important to experiment and learn with different challenges to reach the next level.

NF Academy has a clear objective on contributing to the development of goalkeepers that are able to reach a high international level by offering specialized goalkeeper training from a young age and individual consistent follow up over time.

During this program we will be working with the different phases of the game, according to a methodology, based on technique, positioning, decision making and game awareness. The keepers will be divided into groups based on age.

In our goalkeeper camps we work on developing skills within these areas:

• Shots
• 1 vs 1
• The passes back to the goalkeeper
• Goal kicks
• Sweeper position

• One experienced Portuguese goalkeeper coach
• Two daily training sessions
• Combination of specialized goalkeeper training and exercises with the players
• One theory lesson every day
• Four players (2007 – 2004) progresses to NF Qualification Camp with all local costs covered
• The possibility of winning a week-long stay of training with Sporting CP
• Diploma to all participants

João Santos, NF Academy Goalkeeper Coach

João Santos is the NF Academy`s goalkeeping head coordinator and he has a huge background in many different coaching contexts at Portuguese top-clubs as Sporting CP. In the last 10 years, João Santos developed dozens of international and national goalkeepers.

He is very demanding during training sessions, as he believes it is the only way to improve, but always in a good mood and motivated in his work.

– The fact, that the most dedicated goalkeeper talents in Nordic Countries, can not get a better place to train and learn than Portugal, where knowledge of modern goalkeeper training is the greatest in the world, is very clear to me, says João Santos.

Have a look at the overview of all of our events here