The world of professional football is not just about the stars, glitter and other XXL salaries that the general public and the media observe, praise and criticize every week.
Quite the contrary.
On the starting line to caress the dream of becoming a footballer, there are many motivated young people eager to follow in the footsteps of Kylian Mbappé, Antoine Griezmann or Paul Pogba, but very few elected on arrival.
Sector of excellence obliges, skimming turns out to be ruthless.
The proof in a few figures.
On average each season, of the 100,000 young footballers under the age of 12 licensed, only 700 will enter a training center, then 300 will win a first training contract.
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Only 55% of professional footballers have passed the baccalaureate
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