MSM Football Academy is a professional Football Academy in the capital of the Czech Republic, Prague.
MSM Football Academy is a unique project not only in the Czech Republic, but throughout Europe, which allows young football players to actively combine professional football training with preparation for admission to the best universities in the Czech Republic and Europe.
MSM Football Academy is professional football comprehensive training, a football career, and successful admission to European universities!
Unique programs, lasting 1 academic year, have been developed on the basis of MSM Football Academy. This project gives participants the opportunity to prepare and enter leading universities in the Czech Republic and/or become successful football players!
Program structure
The annual football academy program is structured in such a way that intensive sports training is combined with the study of Czech or English in Prague. Coaches and curators carefully monitor the correct rational balance between sports and study. Upon successful completion of the educational program, its graduates enter leading universities in Europe, and successful athletes have the opportunity to sign contracts with leading clubs in the Czech Republic and Europe.
Training takes place at the leading sports club of the Czech Republic SK Sparta Praha, under the guidance of the head coach of the Academy – Mykhailo Starostyak, a former player of the Ukrainian national team and coach of FC Shakhtar U-21 team.
The MSM Football Academy team has been entered into the official Prague league and the official Czech Cup. All our players have the official status of Czech and therefore European players.
Our A-team plays about 40 official matches and 20 friendly games every year! Scouts from professional Czech football clubs are present at all matches; all major games are recorded on video and posted on our official website and our social networks.
MIKHAIL STAROSTYAK
At MSM Football Academy, all trainings and games are held under the guidance of a formerly super talented and famous football player, and now an experienced and competent coach, Mikhail Starostyak. Mikhail played 17 games for the Ukrainian national team, 254 official games in the Ukrainian top league, and 36 games in European competition. He was the main player of FC Shakhtar Donetsk. After finishing his football career, he received a PRO coaching license and became a coach of the U-19 and U-21 Shakhtar Donetsk teams. Since 2022, he has been the head coach of the MSM Football Academy in Prague.
IGOR YUKHIMENKO
He began his football career at the age of 8 in the legendary Dynamo Kyiv. Together with the Dynamo Kyiv team, he became the winner of the Kyiv Cup and the champion of Ukraine in juniors. Later, he played for the Metalist Kyiv club, and while serving in the army, he played for the national team of Tashkent and the Samarkand region of the Uzbek SSR in the championship of the USSR armed forces. Later, he returned to the Metalist Kyiv team, where he ended his career in 1994. As he himself says: “I get real pleasure from working as a coach, passing on my knowledge and many years of experience to young talents. I always adhere to my life credo – in this world we will remain in the memory of our children and our students.”
MARTIN FRYDEK
In 1990, he made his debut as part of the first “big” club in Czechoslovakia (and later the entire Czech Republic), namely in Sparta Prague. Frydek has 177 matches and 27 goals for the Spartans. He played for the Prague team for 7 years and was noted for his performance in the semi-finals of the European Champions Cup and the quarter-finals of the Cup Winners’ Cup. With Sparta, he won the national championship titles in 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1997, and cups in 1992, 1993, and 1996. After performing at the 1996 European Championship, Frydek went to Germany, where he signed a contract with Bayer, and ended his career in Dukla Prague. In European competition, his total statistics are: 18 games in the European Cup (later the Champions League), 12 games in the Cup Winners’ Cup, and 12 in the UEFA Cup. In total, he scored 3 goals in European competition (one of his goals allowed Sparta Prague to pass Marseille in the second round of the 1991-1992 European Cup). He played a total of 37 games for the national team, 8 of which were for Czechoslovakia and 29 for the Czech Republic. He scored 4 goals and became European vice-champion in 1996. He also played one match at the 1997 Confederations Cup.
EVA GANYAKOVA
Former football player, captain of the Czech national women’s football team. Eva Ganyakova led the Czech women’s youth team for a long time. She also worked at the AC Sparta Praha Academy as the head coach of the U-17 women’s team, which showed excellent results under her leadership. Thanks to her unique coaching methodology and high-quality tactical training, many strong female football players have graduated. Eva Ganyakova is a frequent honorary participant in football conferences and master classes held in the Czech Republic and abroad. In 2014, she was awarded the prestigious Vaclav Jira Doctor of Science award for her invaluable contribution to the development of Czech football. In 2023, Eva Ganyakova was recognized as the most significant football player in the history of the Czech Republic.
Paulo Rainha da Silva
A UEFA B-level coach with a degree in Sports Science from Portugal, with experience across all age groups and competitive contexts in football. Coaching since the age of 19, the career includes roles as an analyst, assistant coach, physical trainer, and goalkeeper coach, primarily within the regional divisions of Braga. Demonstrated success includes leading FC Tadim’s senior team to a championship title in the Braga district league. Additionally, the coach has a strong foundation in Braga’s football community, beginning training at SC Braga at age 10.
International experience was gained during an Erasmus internship with the Prague Raptors academy in 2021/2022, where the coach also played for the men’s team. Currently serving as an assistant coach in the Czech Republic’s second division women’s league with the Prague Raptors. Additional expertise includes conducting individual football training sessions, coaching at multi-sport and summer sport holiday camps, and functional training certification for gym environments. Fluent in Portuguese, Spanish, and English.
We pay special attention to the exchange of experience and cooperation with other coaches and scouts from top teams in the Czech Republic.
Specially invited coaches and scouts from major league teams add variety to the training process while closely monitoring our players as potential recruits for their clubs.
Tactical training classes are mandatory at the Academy. The games are filmed and then analyzed in detail together with our coaches.
Our football players become full-fledged official players at the Czech Football Federation and get the opportunity to play in official matches of the leagues of the Czech Republic, the Czech Cup, and local and international tournaments.
MSM Football Academy members have first priority viewing rights throughout the year! Coaches and scouts monitor the training process, carefully selecting potential candidates to sign professional contracts. MSM Football Academy was founded in 2011, and since then it has achieved significant results and recognition in Czech football. Our graduates play in the second, first, and highest leagues of the Czech Republic. We have the unique opportunity to train on the club’s fields with natural and artificial turf, depending on the weather. The fields are maintained daily by specialists, thoroughly preparing them for training and games. Over the years of impeccable work at MSM Football Academy in Prague, we have partnered with many eminent football organizations and famous sponsors who want to continue fruitful cooperation in the future and receive promising young players from us. Among them are the Football Federation of the Czech Republic, the Football Federation of Prague, the Football Federation of Kyiv, the Football Federation of Kazakhstan, FC Sparta Prague, FC Bohemians Prague, NIKE – known worldwide, and one of the best fitness networks in the Czech Republic – Explore Fitness, with which we have signed an exclusive cooperation agreement.
The MSM International Football Academy meets the highest modern sports standards and has all the necessary equipment. A special feature of our Academy is the support of team spirit while maintaining an individual approach to each participant, which guarantees success for both novice players and experienced professionals. We are equally concerned about the high level of the training process and achieving the best possible results. We have two main goals: achieving a winning result for our team in any match and developing the individual skills of each player. The more success stories of football players we have, the more new players will come to us.
MSM Football Academy, based on many years of successful cooperation with the world’s leading fitness network Xplore Fitness, has signed an exclusive cooperation agreement.
MSM Football Academy, based on many years of successful cooperation with the world’s leading fitness network Xplore Fitness, has signed an exclusive cooperation agreement.
MSM Football Academy pays a registration fee to the Czech Football Federation for the official registration of the player in the Czech Republic. This registration is issued once and remains with the player for the entire duration of his stay in the Czech Republic, regardless of whether the player plays for the MSM Academy or for FC Sparta Prague in the future.
The combination of your talent, ambition, desire, and most importantly, effort is the key to your successful football career on the European football arena.
The cost of the program includes full equipment:
The annual program International Football Academy MSM + preparatory courses in Czech and English languages is focused on the successful study of Czech or English, in addition to football. It is also intended for successful preparation and subsequent admission to state universities in the Czech Republic. The curriculum is developed considering the requirements of entrance exams to universities in the Czech Republic. We would like to remind you that studying in the Czech language at public universities in the Czech Republic is free. Thanks to high-quality preparation and intensive training, program participants will have the opportunity to become professional football players, enroll and study for free at a university, or achieve both goals within just one year!
You can choose whether you want to play football and learn Czech or English at the same time.
All training sessions are taught by experienced teachers, native speakers. The main emphasis is on the successful passing of entrance exams to universities.
To study for free in the future at public universities in the Czech Republic, foreigners need to pass an exam in the Czech language or present a certificate of completion of Czech language courses. All MSM programs include preparation and receipt of a certificate of successful completion of the course.
If you want to enroll and study in English, no problem, you will have this opportunity! We will teach English and prepare you for successful admission to university. The cost of studying at universities in the Czech Republic in English is much more affordable than in other European countries.