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Our academy's head fitness coach joins the Hungary U17 national team

Our academy's head fitness coach joins the Hungary U17 national team

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Published: 01/23/2025, 03:14 PMReading time: 1 min
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István Kasper joined our club in 2009, initially working as fitness coach of the first team before beginning work at our academy in 2011.

The Hungary U17 national football team will play three European Championship qualifiers between 19 and 25 March, against Portugal, Serbia and the Netherlands, and that will be the first time our club's coach joins the team.

 “The role of a fitness coach with a national team is completely different from working at club level. There, it is not about development, but about assessing the players' condition at that moment and passing information to the national-team coach about their current physical state. From that point of view, the focus will be different, and recovery also has a particularly important role, something we naturally work on at club level as well. With the national team, this will be the main task.” 

 “I will join for the elite round, which is an extremely intense period in the life of a national team, and I also need to experience that environment and the challenges it presents. Another challenge for me will be that I have only a short time to get to know the players, but I am fortunate because I already know several youngsters from the Magyar Futball Akadémia who will be with the national team. At the same time, I am really looking forward to meeting the others as well. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the club, the academy management and my colleagues for their support.”

 We wish Kaspi every success in his work with the youth national team!

01/23/2025, 03:14 PMClub

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