Chertanovo Education Center
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Chertanovo Education Center , also known as Chertanovo Football Academy
Youth system
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 or Chertanovo Football
Football (soccer)
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 School - is a Russian youth football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 academy based in Moscow
Moscow
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, Russia
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.

The Academy was founded in 1976 as The Sport School of Moscow's
Moscow
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 Soviet Region. It is based in Chertanovo Severnoye district of the city's Southern Administrative Okrug
Southern Administrative Okrug
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 (former Soviet Region). Academy develops young talents from all over Russia and is open to boys and girls from 6 to 17 years.

Chertanovo Education Center consists of several units: the Football Academy itself, grade and secondary school and sports boarding. Amateur FC Chertanovo Moscow and Women's FC Chertanovo are also included into the Academy structure.

The youth teams are trained by fully qualified UEFA license coaches. The training and education are free of charge.

Alumni

Chertanovo Academy is well known for its graduates - former forward Igor Kolyvanov
Igor Kolyvanov
Igor Vladimirovich Kolyvanov is an association footballer and coach. During his playing career he accumulated 90 goals scored in 333 games at the Top level in the Soviet Union as well as in Italy....

 (FC Dynamo Moscow, Foggia Italy, Bologna Italy, Soviet and Russian national teams), former defender Vasili Kulkov
Vasili Kulkov
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 (FC Spartak Moscow, Benfica Portugal, Porto Porugal, Alverca Portugal, Russian national team), Diniyar Bilyaletdinov
Diniyar Bilyaletdinov
Diniyar Rinatovich Bilyaletdinov -Lokomotiv Moscow:A native of Moscow, Bilyaletdinov began his career in the Lokomotiv Moscow youth teams. After making his debut in 2004, he became a first team regular. In his first season the club won the Russian Premier League and was named the league's Young...

 (FC Everton England, FC Lokomotiv Moscow, Russian national team), Renat Sabitov
Renat Sabitov
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 (FC Tom Tomsk, FC Spartak Moscow, Russian national team), Andrei Gordeyev
Andrei Gordeyev
Andrei Lvovich Gordeyev is a Russian professional football coach and a former player who is currently an caretaker manager with FC Anzhi Makhachkala...

 (FC Anzhi Makhachkala coach, former FC Saturn and FC Metalurh Donetsk head coach) and many others.

Youth teams

Besides men's and women's amateur teams there are 12 boy's teams (from U-6 to U-17) and 8 girl's teams (from U-10 to U-18) in Chertanovo Academy system.

Tournaments

As of 2011, FC Chertanovo Moscow plays in the Russian Amateur Football League, Zone Moscow, Group A (D-4). Women's football club Chertanovo plays in First Division of Russian women's football championship
Russian women's football championship
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(D-2).

Youth teams (boys and girls) play in Moscow Top League (D-1) vs best Russian Football Academies, including Spartak Moscow, CSKA Moscow and others.

Youth teams also take part in a number of youth tournaments all around Europe, Africa and Asia.

In 2010 Chertanovo boy's U-14 team took part in Tokyo International Youth Football Tournament as Moscow selected team, boy's U-17 team won the International Tournament in Morocco and U-11 girl's team won silver medals of Vildbjerg Cup in Denmark.

Chertanovo Academy also organizes two International tournaments: The Kolyvanov Cup for boy's U-9 teams in January and The Chertanovo Cup for girl's U-12 teams.

In 2011 The Kolyvanov Cup was held in January. FC Dynamo Kyiv, Skonto FC, Lokomotiv Moscow, CSKA Moscow, Spartak Moscow, Strogino Moscow, Khimki were among the participants of the tournament.

External links

Official site
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