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Former Kaizer Chiefs Defender Impressed With Varsity Football Developing Young Talent in SA

Former Bafana Bafana and Kaizer Chiefs defender Fabian McCarthy believes football development is key to improving South African football standards. McCarthy, 47, is impressed with how Varsity Football has changed and transformed the lives of young talents. “I was an under-20 when I made it to the national team, there was a bank sponsoring a …

Former Bafana Bafana and Kaizer Chiefs defender Fabian McCarthy believes football development is key to improving South African football standards.

McCarthy, 47, is impressed with how Varsity Football has changed and transformed the lives of young talents.

“I was an under-20 when I made it to the national team, there was a bank sponsoring a program where we go through. There were companies that were sponsoring June tournaments where your Quinton Fortune, your Delron Buckley, those came from and went straight to Europe,” said McCarthy.

McCarthy says it’s time to go back to basics and filter it down to the schools, and high school tournaments all the way to the university level.

“I think we need to start changing this, under 12 tournaments, there’s under 15 tournaments, there’s under 17, there’s under 19 tournaments,” he says.

“So we just need to go back to the basics and start properly and say to coach Hugo Broos [Bafana Bafana coach], I mean, he is giving us hope again to come out. We saw the last game in Bloemfontein, it was sold out, but the boys played good football.

“I like what Varsity Football is doing, it’s also giving us a life again to believe with their programs.

MacCarthy has also called on the South African Football Association (SAFA) to rally behind Varsity Football programs.

“Look, I just graduated as a CAF A license coach recently, so for me, it’s just a question of SAFA sending out the footprint to say this is how we want SA football to be run,” he said.

“Varsity Football is a big project. I mean it’s working, players are coming from there, they’re making it into the Motsepe Foundation Championship, some teams in the PSL sign them, they make it into the Diski teams of the PSL teams.”

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Author: Karina van den Heever from Asem Engage on behalf of Varsity Sports.

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