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Every year, at the start of the football season, around 300 professional players find themselves without a club. An application has been developed to help them find a team.
At 24, Stone Mambo has just signed for two years at the Rodez club (Aveyron) in the second division. Without a club after two years spent in Orléans (Loiret)the footballer had to deal with the specter of a blank season. “It only takes one season where we don’t find club and we can disappear”he assures. This is thanks to a six-week internship organized by theUNFP that he was able to bounce back. Each year, around 300 players expire at the end of the season.
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Most find a club. For others, initiatives are planned, such as learning a new profession while continuing to play at a lower level. “A hundred leave the professional world, but can continue it at the federal level”explains Philippe Lafon, the general director ofUNFP. To help young people without perspectivean application has been created. Its objective is to connect amateur players and recruiters, uno boon for Paco Mathis Marinho who now finds himself without a club.