Boca Juniors Football School joins hands with the Brigade Schools in Bangalore

Oct 9, 2013: Boca Juniors Football School India (BJFSI), school to one of the premier football clubs in the world, Club Atletico Boca Junior, announced their association with The Brigade Schools in Bangalore today to impart Football training as a part of School Curriculum to students of The Brigade Schools across Bangalore.

BJFSI will provide football training to students of The Brigade School at J P Nagar, Malleshwaram and Mahadevapura on an ongoing basis round the year and provide progressive training to the students following Boca Juniors methodology.

David Moliner Monerdero, National Technical Director, BJFSI commented, “We are excited about our association with The Brigade Schools and this is a great opportunity for students of The Brigade Schools to learn nuances of football under professional supervision. Additionally, students will learn to work as a team through football and respect each other, inside and outside the field “.

Ms Githa Shankar Chairperson , Brigade Foundation, commented, ” We have made football training compulsory for our students at The Brigade Schools as it also helps students to work as a team in a disciplined manner.The professional framework of BJFSI will benefit our students – both at elementary and advanced levels. It is important that the students learn it right from the beginning to enjoy the game and advance their skills under professional supervision”.

Additionally, students of The Brigade Schools would be given the opportunity to visit Buenos Aries, Argentina where they would live the life of a Boca Juniors football player. The students would be housed in the Boca Juniors Academy and they would be a privileged lot who would train under the first team coaches.

About Club Atlético Boca Juniors:

Boca Juniors is the most important club in Latin America and one of the most recognized in the world. Boca Juniors is also known as the World King of Clubs, being the Club winning most international titles worldwide.It was founded on April 3, 1905, in the neighborhood of La Boca, Argentina.In 1940 opened La Bombonera, the stadium that has transformed into a symbol of world football. About 50.000 fans attend each game.In 2001 was opened the Museum of Boca Juniors’ Passion, which is visited by 300.000 tourists per year, making it one of the most visited sports museums in the world.

Boca Juniors has football schools across the world in 13 countries with 10000 students being trained under professional supervision following Boca Juniors methodology.

About Brigade Foundation:

The Brigade Foundation is a not-for-profit trust established by the Brigade Group; one of Bangalore’s best known and most trusted property developers. The Brigade Foundation is interested in education, health and community development. The present focus is on education at the school level.

The Brigade Foundation, with Ms Githa Shankar at the helm as Chairperson, has set up three ‘neighbourhood schools’ that would help the community near these schools, in different areas of Bangalore city. The schools have good facilities and a healthy ratio of students to facilities, so that every child has an opportunity to avail the facilities on a daily basis. Each stage of schooling is carefully constructed, to make a student’s journey from one level to the next as seamless and rewarding as possible. All this at an affordable fee.The first school was established at JP Nagar in the year 2004, the next one at Mahadevapura, Whitefield road in 2009 and the third one at Malleswaram in the year 2010.