Fulham F.C. Academy

The Fulham Academy, headed by Huw Jennings, runs along the lines of many of the English football academies as deemed appropriate by the national governing body, the FA. Players dealt with by the academy can be aged as young as nine years old. As part of their training, young players are guided with the aim to gain a BTEC and NVQ qualification.

It was run by Steve Kean who upon Chris Coleman's appointment as first team Manager in summer 2003 was named as his assistant. The new manager has been Paul Nevin and currently Billy McKinlay as the development team squad, with Huw Jennings as director of the academy. It is based at Fulham's training ground in Motspur Park.

Academy squad

(As of the 2011-12 season) [1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Jesse Joronen 2 FW Lauri Dalla Valle 3 MF Alexander Kačaniklić 4 MF Tom Donegan 5 MF Courtney Harris 6 DF Stephen Arthurworrey 7 DF Alex Smith 8 FW Marcello Trotta 9 MF Josh Pritchard 10 FW Omri Altman 11 DF Kim Min-Jae 12 DF He Yang 13 GK Ryuichi Kamiyama

No. Position Player 14 MF Buomesca Tue Na Bangna 15 MF Charles Banya 16 FW Richard Barroilhet 17 DF Dan Burn 18 MF Lasse Vigen Christensen 19 FW Jonathan Cosgrove 20 MF Lyle Della-Verde 21 MF Jack Grimmer 22 MF Ronnie Minkwitz 23 FW Muamer Tanković 24 FW Cauley Woodrow 25 MF Lucian Lamont 26 GK Marcus Bettinelli

Academy 'graduates'

Still at Fulham

• Matthew Briggs
• Neil Etheridge
• Pajtim Kasami
• Kerim Frei
• Danny Hoesen
• Alex Smith
• Josh Pritchard

Now playing elsewhere

• Robert Milsom, now at Aberdeen
• Sean Davis, now at Bolton Wanderers via Portsmouth and Tottenham. Only player to have played in all 4 Divisions of the Football League with one club (Fulham). Scored once in twelve games for the England U21s, has been a non-playing squad member for the full national team.
• Zat Knight, now at Bolton Wanderers
• Chris Smalling, now at Manchester United
• Liam Fontaine, now at Bristol City.
• Adam Green, now at Dartford.
• Elvis Hammond, now at Woking, has played for Ghana.
• Dean Leacock, now at Leyton Orient.
• Zesh Rehman, now at Kitchee, has played for Pakistan.
• Michael Timlin, now at Southend United and the captain of the Ireland U21s.
• TJ Moncur, now at Cray Wanderers.
• Troy Brown, now at Rotherham.
• Joe Anderson, now at A.F.C. Hornchurch
• Michael Kamau and Aaron Pierre, now at Brentford
• Paudie Quinn, now at Limerick FC
• Wes Foderingham, now at Swindon Town
• Corrin Brooks-Meade, now at Ermis Aradippou
• Ismael Ehui, now at R.R.F.C. Montegnée
• Karim Laribi, now at Palermo

Recently released

• Luca Moscatiello
• Suliaman Bangura
• James Dunn
• Matthew Reece
• Matthew Saunders
• Keanu Marsh-Brown
• George Abebrese

External links

• Academy page at FulhamFC.com