Football as a career is highly competitive. Only a minority of aspiring young hopefuls secure paid employment with a league club and only a few amateur clubs offer salaried positions.

You are a skilled young soccer player (or what we call football in the UK) and you dream of getting scouted playing as a student athlete at a top

What exactly is an Academy?
Academies are special training schemes set up by clubs to help them develop young players. All Premiership clubs have them. Other League clubs run either Academies or Centres of Excellence, which are run along the same lines. Many non-league clubs also run their own development schemes or community projects.

Dedication and consistency - this is what marks professional footballers like Cristiano Ronaldo out from the rest of us.

Football is a sport enjoyed by millions in UK. Whether you pull on the shirt for your local team on a Sunday, or just pull on your favorite team's jersey and cheer them on with a pint and a pie, making it as a professional football player has crossed the minds of every single one of us.

A few weeks back, I went to the Swansea Schools Football Association Centenary Dinner at the Liberty Stadium with family, friends and colleagues from TCSA. It was a great night out. Three course meal, the works.

After numerous interviews with some of the best footballers on the planet, we have gained some insight into their careers and how they made it as professionals.

Becoming a professional in the sport you fall in love with as a kid is an ultimate dream. Scoring a goal in front of thousands of fans in the Champions League Final, diving over the try line to win your country the World Cup or hitting the winning runs to clinch an Ashes series.

Whether you’re a young player, or a young sports leader, taking part in a football trial represents an exciting opportunity. But how do you get involved, and most importantly, how do you win? Read on to find out more.

One of the most common questions that gets asked around goalkeeping websites is how to get noticed by scouts and how to make it in football.

My teammates and I lived on fast food, spent hours playing football and never studied. It sounds like every boy's dream but it was the hardest thing I've ever done.

We asked the pros about what distinguishes the good from the bad, and even how to become a scout yourself...

Rod Ruddick is rummaging around in his office at his home near Bath and has just found a piece of paper that ought to be in a frame on his mantelpiece.

How To Get A Club To Select You Ahead Of Many Good Players

Full disclaimer I've never played pro in Europe or abroad outside of the United States. I'm not speaking from experience on how I did it but rather how I think it's done. 

Football academies were developed by the leading clubs so that they could identify and nurture talented players from as young as eight. The 9,000 boys in their ranks are desperate to succeed, but only a handful will make it to the top.

Our scouting operation works so that before any boy comes to our club, he will have been initially assessed by one of our scouts.

I work as a football scout for a professional club in Scotland and also provide player information for club...

It’s probably just about every young or amateur league footballer’s dream to get scouted by a top Premier League club.

This is a question that is often repeated and goes through every football player’s mind. What is it that scouts want to see and how to get them to notice you?

For many, when their child is spotted by a scout for a professional football club and is selected to be groomed as a future football star.....

#13 WHAT IF I'M REJECTED, BY A FOOTBALL ACADEMY?

You've got to be realistic.

Just think. How many new young players does a club like Liverpool or Arsenal sign every season?

How To Get Scouted In Soccer and Stand-out EVERY TIME You Play You never know who’s watching. This webesite gives you the trials and tools on how to get scouted.....

What are scouts looking for from young players on a Sunday morning? Which attributes, personality traits and raw skills set kids on the road to footballing stardom?

There are different routes to being a pro, and here is how to get scouted in USA these are just a few key points, and you will find players and clubs in this website to get you scouted in the USA....

So, you wanna become a professional footballer? Well you’ve come to the right place because we've got everything you need to know about turning pro

Here sees Nick Haycock, a top scout for Premier League side Southampton, outline 10 key points for players trying to pave themselves a career in football.

It is difficult not impossible. First you must understand, very few of them make it big (club/national team etc) but it’s all about the talent you have and hard work you are going to do during the period.