Academy Striker Gets International Call

Last updated : 02 September 2005 By Covsupport
Coventry City Academy striker Jamie Vadasz has been selected to play for England in the Danone Nations Cup in Lyon,France this week. The eleven year old came through a series of trials involving 3,000 players on a nationwide basis before the national trials at QPR's Loftus Road ground last Saturday.
The father of Jamie who lives in Wellsbourne said:"They did skills work on Saturday and then divided into teams for a knock-out stage at Queens Park Rangers' Loftus Road ground on the Sunday.

"Jamie's side played well, but went out at the semi-finals - and we thought that was the end, because all bar two of the squad came from the winning team.

"To say I was stunned when they called his name out was probably an understatement - we'd packed our bags and passports back on the bus and then suddenly he was being interviewed on television as a wild card player of the weekend.

"I'm very proud, but Jamie has good games and bad games just like anyone else and most of all I want him to go out there and enjoy the experience."

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