La Liga and Zambian giants Zanaco Football Club have announced a partnership that will see the Spanish professional league transfer its football expertise and knowledge to Zanaco Football Club’s coaches.This is the third agreement between La Liga and a major African club after similar strategic consultancy and business partnerships with Tanzanian champions Yanga SC and Angolan champions Petro Atletico de Luanda, and further showcases La Liga’s continued commitment to the growth and development of African football at all levels.The sports consultancy partnership between La Liga and Zanaco was signed in Lusaka and will see physical coaching sessions run twice a year at Zanaco Football Club by La Liga coaches, the first of which will be held in September this year.It will be followed up with a series of digital monitoring sessions and a football and business exchange between the parties, as La Liga continues to demonstrate its international leadership in football management.“We are delighted to conclude this partnership agreement with Zanaco Football Club, which again affirms La Liga’s ambition of contributing tangibly to the development of African football and to a strong and sustainable global sports industry. Zanaco is an ambitious club with clear goals of producing players to play on the biggest stages in Africa and Europe.##NAJAVA_MECA_6572645##We are confident this strategic partnership will continue to unlock international doors and expertise for Zanaco and we look forward to working with the club to help it reach the lofty goals they have set for themselves,” said La Liga Southern Africa Managing Director, Marcos Pelegrin.”We are very delighted to have signed the sports development partnership agreement. The signing resonates well with our strategic focus of identifying and developing young talent into professional footballers for the benefit of Zambian football in particular and African football in general.Laliga has the football expertise and knowledge that will be of great value to Zanaco in its quest to produce professional football players for the world market and improve technical skills of our coaches. Zanaco Football Club looks forward to the implementation of the agreement,” said Zanaco Board Chairperson, David Musunga.Ismael Gonzalez joins new team in SpainFounded in 1978 as a social team by management trainees of the Zambia National Commercial Bank Plc, Zanaco has become one of the most successful and decorated teams in Zambian football history.They have won seven Zambian Super League titles, four Charity Shields, one Coca Cola Cup, one Mosi Cup and three BP Cups in its history.The sports partnership between La Liga and Zanaco FC was signed on Wednesday afternoon and will see physical coaching sessions run twice a year at the Lusaka-based club by La Liga coaches, with the first one starting in September next month. pic.twitter.com/83wbTEneMj— FAZ (@FAZFootball) August 17, 2022 LaLiga’s latest commercial agreement in Africa is part of the internationalisation strategy the league began in 2016, which has seen it promote knowledge sharing between leagues, organisations and clubs on every continent. It is a unique initiative showing how clubs, leagues and partners can come together to support the growth of football around the world.
