Leicester City Football Club is offering you the opportunity to do just that! The FA runs a Female Centre of Excellence programme which has 52 Centres running nationwide. Each one offers talented female footballers that next step up from school and club football into a professional environment.
Leicester City was one of the first Centre’s to gain a licence to develop players on this programme back in 1999, now completing it’s tenth season Leicester is one of the most established Centre’s in the Midlands.
The aim of all Centre’s is to recognise talent and devise a programme appropriate to that age group to ensure their development needs. We employ highly qualified FA coaches, Chartered physiotherapists, an exercise scientist and a Welfare Officer to ensure the programme is effective and players are getting the most out of their learning experience. This allows them to progress through the structure further and strive towards international football which is the next step up. Leicester City has seen 21 players be involved in the International set up across the age groups of U15/U17/U19/U23.
The Centre runs at U10, U12, U14 and U16 level with the best players recruited from trials and scouting across a large part of the East Midlands. We have over 400 players in attendance every year at trials across the age groups so the selection task is tough but worth it for all involved.
In the season we train twice a week and give out extra sessions with guidance from our Exercise Scientist to help develop the fitness aspect to the players game. The sessions are based on maximum participation at all times in an enjoyable environment supervised by our Centre Director Rehanne Skinner who has completed her UEFA 'A' Coaching Licence.
Leicester City Girls Centre of Excellence play in the Midlands fixture programme versus the likes of Birmingham City, Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa. Fixtures are played on Saturday mornings throughout the year and each age group plays a full programme from September through to May.
If you are interested in attending the LCFC Girls Centre of Excellence then please contact Rehanne Skinner via email at rehanne.skinner@lcfc.co.uk