Second AMAPRO League Kicks-Off October 10th 2017

All is now set for the second edition of Amateur and Professional Championship, AMAPRO Football Championship slated for Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria on October the 10th 2017.

The mini football championship, organised by Phreestyle Sport is aimed at developing amateur and non league footballers through interaction with their professional counterparts.

According to the Chief Executive Officer of the sports firm, Shogo Shodunnke, this year’s competition would add more glamour and be more beneficial to the participating players and invited football stakeholders.

He said that apart from the football championship which will see four teams comprising players from NPFL, NNL, NLO and Non-Leaguers, there will also be vocational trainings for players to equip them for life after football.

Shodunnke added that invited ex internationals and former league players will light up the final day with a novelty match as well as launching a campaign called PlayPlan which is aimed at advising footballers to plan while they are playing.

“Arrangements are in top gear for us to stage the next edition of AMAPRO and we expect all our invited guests and players to be part of it,” Phreestyle Sports CEO.

“We are taking a step further in this edition apart the competition proper, we want to use the opportunity to train the players on vocational studies to learn some few handworks which will be good for them during and after their careers”.

NPFL team comprising players like Ismaila Gata, Ichull Lordson, Seun Sogbeso, Abdulrahman Bashir, Kazeem Yekeen, Wasiu Jimoh, Lateef Adigun won the maiden edition of the AMAPRO beating the NNL team 2-1 in the final

Players Need To Plan For Their Future – PhreeStyle Sports CEO Shogo Shodunnke

With footballers generally having short professional careers, their futures’ are often not accounted for, despite earning good money during their playing days.

While player wages differ, some players are on seven figure annual salary packages.

Many players live below the poverty line after retiring from the game. This has led to the PhreeStyle Sports CEO, Shogo Shodunnke, urging players to invest in their futures.

The resource expert said that he does not mind players driving expensive cars, however they have to think about life for after their playing days.

“I wouldn’t want to see the players driving fancy cars now and living in poverty after their playing days are over,” he said.

“I urge all the players to think about the future and invest their money. We don’t want to see our heroes suffer in the future,” Shogo Shodunnke explained.

PhreeStyle Sports, a fast growing firm recently organized seminars for Nigerian league clubs like Enyimba, Nasarawa United, Lobi Stars, Giwa FC, Remo Stars, Crown FC and Imperial Academy.