Seychelles is aiming to produce at least three top quality players every year as graduates from the Seychelles Football Institute (IFS), a top official has revealed.

The Institute of Football Seychelles was officially launched in June with the aim of giving promising youngsters from the island nation more specialised and intensive training, so that they can become senior national team members and even be given the opportunity to play professionally.

This past week, the members of the Institute have been partaking in a number of friendly matches, with the aim of testing their abilities against other football academies from the region.

The Toulon and Talenta Academies, both from Madagascar, have been playing those matches along the IFS and Seychelles’ top club, St Michel as part of an exchange programme between the two nations.

Speaking to the media, the Moroccan technical director at the Seychelles Football Federation (SFF), Osama Haroun, has said that the aim of the matches is to be able to give the kids the chance to test themselves against others in the region.

“We are aiming to produce three top players every year, who will eventually become part of the senior national team,” said Haroun, who added that these sorts of exchanges will allow the players to learn from these competitive experiences.

On Wednesday, the two academies from Madagascar played against each other, with one of the teams also featuring young players from Seychelles, as they did not have enough players. Both academies are two of the best in Madagascar.