DEUST Animation et Gestion des activités physiques, sportives et culturelles - spécialité Football at Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale

The DEUST trains professionals in the management and development of football within a federal sports structure: technical resources (training, planning, programming), structural development (accounting, management) and club project administration. Students take the Responsable école de football qualification in year 1 and the Coach jeune qualification in year 2 in partnership with the Hauts-de-France league, plus federal certificates. Taught in Calais at the Centre Universitaire de la Mi-Voix.

Faculty: Centre Universitaire de la Mi-Voix, Calais  |  Duration: 2 years (4 semesters), alternance-based  |  Study mode: full-time (alternance/initial); language of instruction: French  |  Location: Dunkerque, Hauts-de-France, France

What you will study

Five areas of competence per semester (professional environment, football knowledge for coaching, understanding players and public, intervening in the professional setting, professional communication), with ecology awareness added in year 2. A minimum 200 hours of placement in a football club each year with an end-of-year report.

Career pathways

Football school manager within a club, youth educator in charge of a U13 to U18 league-level team. Further study options include the Licence STAPS Entraînement sportif and Masters in physical and mental preparation.

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