Why West Africa Produces So Much Talent! | Explained
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- On this edition of Euro Football Daily Explained, we are exploring why West Africa and other nations on the Gulf of Guinea have been so prolific at producing talent in Football.
We look at the legacy of colonialism in the region, and how that has impacted the migratory routes which are available to players out of the continent. In particular, those coming from former Francophone nations like Senegal, Mali and Côte d’Ivoire, who are regular features in the French Football pyramid. To contrast this, we look at the journey Fenerbahce forward Mbwana Samatta faced arriving to the Premier League from Tanzania.
Then we look at the academies that have produced some of the Premier Leagues biggest stars, such as Patrick Vieira’s Diambars FC, and the highly successful ASEC Mimosas academy in Côte d’Ivoire.
But we also explore the dark side of player procurement in Africa, to understand some of the morally questionable practises that go on from agents and foreign clubs which exploit the region.
And finally we go to Nigeria, and see how some of the brightest of talents have emerged from the toughest of locations.
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With the amount of players of African descent that won the last World Cup, it shows you the potential African football has. But we wrestle too much with corruption.
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algeria has the best talent out of any african country
@@honestpenaldo Historically I agree but honestly right now Senegal is in a golden generation of talent
@@honestpenaldo Nigeria was once one of the best countries in the world in terms of football talent, but it seemed to have dropped massively recently.
I would love to see an African country win the World Cup one day. The continent deserves at least one World champion for the amount of talent they produce
algeria or senegal
Nigeria seems most reasonable to win a World Cup. They have one of the biggest player pools in the world and it will only get bigger. They’re bound to have one or more golden generations at some point this century.
@@Not_Sal Unfortunately our football federation, like most things back home, is very corrupt and they would rather cut corners than actually make solid investments into the team.
@@Not_Sal Facts
France
If Africa had the infrastructure, they’d have the best teams on earth
Who has to provide that?
@@evanzygerrard1215 no one said they should have it he's just saying that if they did have the infrastructure
South Africa has good infrastructure but we royally suck at football
@@minqwenopinyana2327 good at rugby
West Africa*
One of my dreams is to have a top class Footballing academy & advanced scouting network in Nigeria. Once the infrastructure (including better FAs, pitches & academies) improves throughout Africa, we can see a more competitive World Cup!
If corruption stops I can see that happening
@@friction5001 the government not owning all of the clubs would help for private investment
I also dream of this bro.
Same brother.
@@ADAJ3KINGANGEL big dream bro.. I just want to see our talent at least get to World Cup semis before I grow old n weary 😭😂😂
Pats' narration is poetry. Love it.
The sir David Attenborough of football
Yes it is
much love to my AFRICAN BROTHERS and SISTERS!!! much love from USA and MEXICO. it would be great to see AFRICA win a very well deserved World Cup
Africa can’t win the World Cup cuz it’s not a country bro
This is the reason why I feel in love with Football Daily, well researched, well prepared content that entertains. This is a great video!
I'm from west africa, Nigeria in particular. I've traveled around west africa and there's is much more talented footballers here, there are many rising footballers that will never make it to the big stage because of the wide spread corruption in the footballing system. With lots of agent asking for bribes and high fees which are impossible to get just for a player to get a shot at trial at an established footballing organization. Also the medical assistant provided for these young players are awful. I was a FIfa registered player when I was 17 but I had series of injuries in which my mother had to shell out of her own expense to get me patched up, after a while she advised me to quit and I don't say I regret the decision.
Many many extremely talented young players has been lost to silly tiny injuries and agent atrocious bribe request. I now live in Europe and I have seen more talents on the street of west africa than every where I've been in Europe.
Guess you can only dream as much as you can reach in Africa.
so sad to read this.
That's true, in Honduras, I've seen kids with natural talents playing on the streets, I absolutely agree with you, it's the same that happens in Honduras, honduran football federation are child of Satan, we're out of the world cup twice because of these demons and they don't wanna leave their position. That's is why lots of Africans playing for France more than the native French, football it's in their blood
A video about African football, this is great! There's such a huge fan base of the game across such large population. You'll do well to produce more of such content.
Here for it. 👌🏾👌🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I second that, never knew this channel, but just saw this vid so I'm subscribing, hoping for more
As an East African, this is very accurate. Africa is the largest hotbed of talent. Many the world will never get to see play, sadly
Nice username
Proudly Ghanaian ❤🇬🇭
Yesss
What’s you top 3 best players that still play for Ghana?
@@bjurredadadadada9987 I go with Asamoah Gyan, Jordan Ayew and Andre Ayew
@@XenoX106 partey?
@@okatakyiebaboadu1829 He is there too but those I mentioned are more famous in their experience and exploits
1. It's the second largest continent.
2. Widespread poverty leads to good work ethics. People want to escape their situation and the best athletes are always poor.
3. Sports and athletics are increasingly important to African cultures and representation internationally.
I don't think poverty is a benefit for producing athletes. You may see a few footballers make it from being poor but in reality it is a hindrance that can end many careers. Because when you're poor your family will not support your football dreams, you can't take time to be a pro when you've got to work to feed your family from when you're 10. There are probably millions of young boys across Africa who never got the chance to go pro because they were too poor.
By the best athletes being poor you mean Western born athletes who live in relative poverty instead of absolute poverty like poor of Africa.
@@zizoushifty1483 also nutrition... It's hard to afford good diet
Number 3 is of particular importance I feel because football has the power to bring people together, regardless of race, religion, background etc. As a result of former European colonialists just creating countries out of nothing by drawing lines on a map, which didn't take into account people who lived in the areas, nations now contained people of various religions, tribes and races who don't necessarily get along. This is obvious with how many civil wars have occurred based on religious and blood lines down the years. Football has the power to unite the people regardless of these differences.
@@zizoushifty1483 this is almost always the case. Especially considering how corrupt our countries are, the scouts and officials usually ask for bribes to take you abroad. In Nigeria we have a lot of talent but they mostly go to waste as their is tribalism and a lot of corruption. For the U17s in Nigeria you have to pay around $3000 to $5000 to be put in the squad, which is a lot of money for a country with less than $100 as the monthly minimum wage, high unemployment and poverty. So poverty is 100% a hinderance as our domestic leagues are too poor to pay players well enough for them to play football for a living.
this is such a good video Pat - really appreciate seeing something that examines the geo-political and social dimensions of the game (especially when it's addressing the neo-colonialism still at play in the modern game!). more stuff like this please!
This was a Henry Hill script, lovely VO from Pat though!
(Dougie)
@@EuroFootballDaily love Henry hill
Finally you’ve done the video Iv been requesting since forever 🤲🏻😆
I've lived in Lagos all my life and I had never known the meaning of Ajegunle. All I had known was that life there is really hard
It means you only have a Yoruba name but you don't understand the language. Aje means wealth/riches. In Yoruba religion, Aje is the goddess of wealth. Gunle means arrive/reside.
that small sample of a video at the end where Big Sam and Jay-Jay Okocha are dancing together and then hugged is so wholesome
Its my dream to one day help establish a successful football academy here in my country Zambia. Big ups to our boy Patson Daka.
Dont forget about Mwepu
@@Jose-im1ch of course, talented players
Over aged player
@@chineduokoye9402 I didn't know 22 is "over aged" 🙄🙄🙄
I’m from Egypt but I love Ivory Coast my favorite and Nigeria and Senegal’s kits
I am from the ivory Coast , I love the Egyptians passion for football too. I spent a couple years in Cairo, I really enjoyed playing football there as a teen.
Greetings from Mr. George’s country- Liberia!
Lol the way Pat pronounced Ajegunle, great vid FD
when you initially mentioned east Africa you used a southern African countries flag i.e zimbabwe. please correct it next time
Lawe, tshiya kunjalo lathi sike sikhanye.
@@dalubuhlelunga1430 lolz
Wow, I love this channel. This video is the best
Great video but how could you completely forget about the ‘right to dream academy’ in ghana with talent going to Norway every few years to play europa league football?!! Come on lads
Very simular situation to ighalo and his story!
They can't put every academy on a 9 minute video
Please do Southern Africa countries next. Thank you
Your research work is unprecedented. You are wonderful
This was such a great video. Wonderful job done by all involved. Love it guys ❤
First and I'm African ✨
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V nicee
This is informative, thank you. From Nigeria.
Your voice sounds like a guy from the B1M channel though.
This inspires me thanks and first
The Nordsjaelland academy is helping improve both player and coaching quality in Ghana
And Slzburg helps mali
Yes thanks for muhammed kudus ❌❌❌
There is also a Real Madrid academy opening in Nigeria
We all know the talent factory of south america but i want to hear about asia and also want to hear about north america and their improvements in youth football
This was a good listen. Really informative. Hopefully that region's football infrastructure and influence continues to grow in a regulated way that avoids exploitation
A well researched and very interesting video, good job lads!
as an african tht met jj okocha i am proud of this im giving u a sub and like
Once these countries start getting just decent infrastructure , West Africa will start ruling the world of football.
Brilliant video. I loved how you touched on the ways some players are exploited by agents in pursuit of moves to Europe.
Great insight and well researched! 👌🏽
tbh its not only west africa, its almost the whole of africa!
Would love to see a similar EFD explained on asian countries
Asia is shit
Yea thats why am asking for it. How come one of the biggest fan base of almost every top team be in asia and still there is not a lot of players from here.
@@imfc1330 They might be shit in football, but when it comes to intelligence and economic development they're light years ahead of you
@@thebeatnumber Nonsense! You were helped by capitalist from the west that sent there industries to Asia for cheaper labour
@@okuomose1 We were helped by a superior IQ. How many Africans have the Nobel Prize for Physics, Chemistry or Biology?
Great video. Great topic. Would love to see more videos about African football / footballers.
Finally I’ve been waiting for a video like this forever
Really hope to see Nigeria win the world cup one day. This would really help the country and Africa as a whole
Why and How ?
West Africa best footballers, East Africa best long distance runners. Very talented guys from this continent, but the problem is a low rate of infrastructure, a big rate of corruption, a high poverty rate and etc.
I feel like this is not the real narrative it deprives not only quality players but many good African countries this will continue because not only in West Africa, Europe should be focusing on the whole African continent
Please do why South African exports don’t succeed or play in top leagues like they African counterparts do like Nigeria and Senegal and Ghana
Well prepared and researched content.
Hey could u do a thing on South American talent ?
Respect an love from Cameroon 🇨🇲
It's not in the west.
@@VIVIHESS best Cameroon 🇨🇲 have a best football ⚽️ history in Africa
@@abboss4013 Still not in West Africa.
Pat is a legend for this
😭😭Give Us a chance from South of Africa give us a trail plz I beg you
People are talented in different ways, same can be said about other parts of Africa in other sports
it's in our blood
From Cameroon❤️
Love to see video like this
Damn very informative love these type of videos
Nice, interesting watch
I'd like you to do one about east Africa
Really well done video
top class pat...can be understood your class is involved in the vid !!!!
Henry wrote this script, Pat on VOD duty!
(Doug)
maybe make video about the Asian side of football
It's to do with simply because the 3 hour flight from Europe to west Africa. Vs the 10 hour flight to southern Africa agents have to travel
Great video
Absolutely brilliant
But Nigeria is West Africa and not colonised by French but Britain so you analogy of why east Africa isn't so successful due to Britain is B.S
I think it's down to talent, interest and genetics.
Facts. West African genetics work well for explosive games like football.
showing some love for africans you love to see it
Africa never gets its praise on its football players some of the best in the world all over any league
Because in West we love football more 🇨🇮 and more talented it's simple it's in the blood
Great Video! Was that the only pic you could use for Emmanuel Eboue given the issues he has had with that woman?
Pat and Adrian from Rabona tv narration is so soothing
West Africa is football while
East Africa is Athletics,..
West Africa and North Africa have been exploited by France. But the French maximised the development of football there, in comparison to the British. Of course, some former British colonies like Nigeria, Ghana and Egypt are typically good as well, but they lack something.
Overall, I'd like to see a team from North or West Africa to conquer World Cup. It'd be interesting.
5:47 these are the smoothest of moves
East Africa here we come...
I really liked this video and I hope African players will play more often for their original nation. I would like a vid art asian football
The entire of Africa produces more talents but some fail to reach there potential
Yaya Toure?
Drogba?
Etoo?
Well for those saying cameroon is in central africa and not west.
Technicaly it's in between with its South western part being closer to west africa and its eastern part being closer to central africa. Just because it is a member of the CEMAC does not make it a complete central african country
Just to clarify
No.
There was more African players than actual french players in the the 2018 World Cup winning team.......
The lost boys by Ed Hawkins is a fantastic read on this subject.
I’m from west Africa
hopefully we can get some serious football minds here in Southern Africa cause there is SO much talent that is never realized here its crazy
South African football is perplexing. There is a great passion for the game there. You have great infrastructures, professional teams, I don't get the lack of success of your teams.
@@coulj6917 neither do I, certain things need fixing but I'm not South African so i don't know exactly what
Then why don’t we win anything or qualify for wc
@@Dribble69_ We are not winning WC because producing great individual talents is not enough.
1- The quality of football in local leagues have to improve.
2-Economic life of Africans in each country has to improve in order to prevent kids from leaving home too early to go waste their talents in leagues like India, Thailand, Vietnam...
3-Corruption, age manipulation have to reduced significantly.
4- Mentality, coaching has to change, detecting a talented young player is not enough, you need to nurture him, but he will need to be taught skills he doesn't have like Ball control, passing accuracy , decision making under pressure, movement without the ball.... so that when he reaches age 18-19, he's a complete footballer.
To win a WC you need 22 very good players including 3 or 4 great talents. There is too much of a gap between our great talents and the rest of the respective teams.
Our African physique helps us sail through this beautiful game
Point of correction, Cameron is a central African country.
No its not, Cameroon is right next to Nigeria
West Africa Borders Cameron from central Africa. Geography!
@@abdulaibundu5963 Cameroon is west Africa dumbass
North Africa is also killing it these days (Ziyech, Mahrez, Salah, etc)
That's little... West Africa got like 20 legends better than them
Jay Jay Okocha can never be forgotten
Great video! Would be cool to see the opposite of this. Like, why Mexico doesn't produce more talent
Pat said something about the domestic teams not getting the players cus they're taken away early.
I blame the teams cus they don't have their own academies to recruit young talent, its not only cus the leagues aren't of a high standard
You mentioned East Africa but show the flag of Zimbabwe which is a Southern African country
I just think they were talking about Africa in general
@@tm_yt496 Africa is too vast and diverse to talk about it in "general"
@@astin3078 exactly west Africans have a similar way of living that's different from southern Africa or east Africans, east Africans are the ones most forget are African sometimes
Zimbabwe is East Africa, according to wikipedia lol
When you mentioned colonial legacy i thought you would mention how Southern African countries also play British sports like cricket and rugby as well, whereas the west had a mainly football related culture
I have asked concacaf the following. If in case the Suriname VS Canada game is tied after 99 minutes, an additional 30 minutes is played. If after the 30 minutes it is still tied, the team with the better goal difference continues
Best part of this video is when Big Sam dance with Jay Jay Okocha
Vr7 s family is from cape vrrdr
East Africa in the house
No wayyyyyyyy, I literally played in the ASEC Mimosas academy when I was a kiddo, like back from 2012-2014.
it's not easy to be born in Africa no matter how good you're if you don't push yourself in football, u cnt never get far ask me I know 🤞
You forgot Aldo Gentina in Senegal where most players from the 2002 WC team come from
Senegal got a team that could match the worlds top nations !
this guys french pronunciation is honestly beautiful 😫
can you do southern Africa
South Africa,Namibia and other countries will produce talents.there is a possibility
Kenya has sporting talent but unfortunately because of mismanagement and corruption I'm extremely sorry that's the bitter truth by Steve Irungu Jermaine
True, and not just football the likes of volleyball, cricket, experienced nepotism in players recruitment leading to failures in the international matches ,when they used to dominate global matches.