does anyone know what the success rate for a 9 year old footballer in a local football team becoming a professional footballer in england asked by my grandchild jordan.
2007-03-01 04:59:45 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football ➔ English Football
At 9 years old theres a long road ahead! You can never tell at the age of 9. some players develop later than others, generally the chances of them making it is very low. the time to start thinking proffesional is around 15/16!
But my advice is just stick at it attend practice regulary and become the best player you can be. and who knows you might be one of the lucky ones!
2007-03-01 06:59:01 · answer #1 · answered by the southern dandy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say that a 9 year old footballer playing in a team would have a high higher success rate than a 9 year old footballer NOT playing in a team.
Stay with it Jordan, you need years of practice !
2007-03-01 13:10:32 · answer #2 · answered by savs 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well...if you presume that every single professional player in England was once also a nine year old in a local team...then I'd say pretty good! But the truth is that very, very few young players "make it"...for every 20 junior apprentices employed by a club, only one will be eventually offered a professional contract, and an even smaller percentage will then end up playing for the first team.
2007-03-01 13:09:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He needs to be serious and work hard. Most kids will grow away from football as they get older.
He needs to look after himself- right foods, fitness, attitude. Bigger and stronger kids tend to do better. Right foods and gym is important when he gets older if he's serious.
Get in touch with the local Premiership clubs. They all run training schemes. They want kids to succeed as much as the kids do.
2007-03-03 10:57:04 · answer #4 · answered by Edward F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 in 396 000 make it as a proffessional at the age of 9
1 in 390 000 make it as a proffessional at the age of 9 and currently playing
1 in 12 500 000 make it as a proffesional at the age of 9 and are the second best player in the team
and 1 in 350 000 000 make it as a proffessional at the age of 9 and are not one of the top 5 in their team
good luck i dropped out dont you
2007-03-01 14:28:37 · answer #5 · answered by Mr Mister 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know the statistics but realistically they are not very high. Just keep up the learning curve, keep practicing, devotion and enthusiasm and maybe, just maybe he will do it.
2007-03-01 15:49:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well being realistic very few make it
but i wish u all the luck in the world
good luck jordan
2007-03-01 13:22:37 · answer #7 · answered by Frihah Anti-Milanist 4lyf! 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
depends how much publicity he gets n how good he is
2007-03-01 14:01:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋