Australia’s Under-16 national team will converge in Canberra this week in preparation for two-major international tournaments later this year.
The nation’s top young talent will spend three days at the Australian Institute of Sport under the tutelage of Joey’s Coach Tony Vidmar and Technical Director Peter de Roo.
Thursday's training camp will be the first of a monthly program designed specifically for players born in the year 2000, with 28 young faces from around the country taking part.
Coaches will be focusing on developing the technical ability of Australia's next crop of football stars with an eye the AFF U16 Youth Championships being staged in Indonesia in July, and the AFC U16 Championships 2016 Qualifiers in September.
2015 U16 Camps (Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra)
February: 19th-21st
April 9th-11th
April: 20th-22nd
May: 21st-23rd
June: 25th-27th
2015 U16 Tournaments
25th July – 7th August - AFF U16 Youth Championships, Indonesia
12th – 20th September AFC U16 Championship 2016 Qualifiers, location TBC
Coaching staff for this group will be as per the U17 Joeys:
Peter de Roo (Technical Director)
Tony Vidmar (Head Coach)
Ufuk Talay (Assistant Coach)
Fernando vaz Alves (Goalkeeper Coach)
February 19-21 Camp Attendees:
Wilfred Armand FQ
Zachary Bates FFV
Jacob Botic FNSW
Zachary Duncan FNSW
Jesse Gibbs FQ
Samuel Hamilton FNSW
Joshua Kelic FFV
Brandon Lauton FFV
Leo Mazis CF
Mersim Memeti FFV
Mirza Muratovic FNSW
Ramy Najjarine FNSW
Yianni Nicolaou FNSW
Alex Parsons FQ
Yerasimakis Petratos FNSW
Michael Piccolo CF
Dylan Pierias FFV
Nathan Prince FFV
Leus Romeo CF
Lachlan Sayers FQ
Patrick Scibilio NSW
Jerry Skotadis FNSW
Noah Smith FFSA
Nicholas Suman FNSW
Ahmed Sweedan FNSW
Lachlan Watson NNSWF
Tony Yang FNSW
Jacob Young FW