Samuel Taylor from Accra has been selected as finalist for "Future Stars Competition".

Samuel coaches under 13, under 15 and under 17 teams at Em Sporting Club, which is located in a rural area near Accra.

A passionate football player himself, he decided to start coaching to bring together children and coaches from neighbouring villages to enjoy football together.



The eight Future Stars finalists will now compete in a public vote for the chance to attend a personalised training programme with Arsenal Football Development coaches in London - sponsored by online money transfer company, WorldRemit. Two winners will be chosen - one male and one female.

Samuel says that, if he were to win the training session with Arsenal Football Development, he would use the opportunity to share learnings with the local football community and enhance the standard of coaching.

Voting is open until 11th November on www.futurestars.worldremit.com

A panel of judges from Arsenal and its official online money
transfer partner, WorldRemit, have selected eight coaches as finalists for their Future Stars coaching programme.

The eight finalists will now compete in a public vote on: www.futurestars.worldremit.com for the chance to attend a personalised training programme with Arsenal Football Development coaches in London - sponsored by WorldRemit.

About Future Stars

The Future Stars programme was developed by WorldRemit and Arsenal to celebrate the positive impact that grassroots youth football coaches have on their communities, helping the children they train to develop life skills both on and off the pitch.

Now in its second edition, the Future Stars programme received over 1,400 online
applications this year from across Africa and the Americas.

From these entries, a panel of judges selected 20 semi-finalists to receive Arsenal shirts for their youth team as recognition of their hard work within their communities.

The judging panel then narrowed these 20 semi-finalists down to eight finalist coaches – four male and four female.

The Male Future Stars finalists are; Bakit Isaac Agogo from Gulu, Uganda, Feisal Abdi Hassan from Nairobi, Kenya, Luis Alejandro Castañeda Vargas from Bogotá, Colombia, Samuel Taylor from Accra, Ghana

The Female Future Stars finalists are; Beldine Lilian Achieng Odemba from Nairobi, Kenya, Chinasa Ukandu from Lagos State, Nigeria, Joan Nabisenke from Kampala, Uganda, Vivian Johana Pirateque Garzón from Bogotá, Colombia

Two winners - one male and one female - will be chosen by a public vote to fly to London for a personalised training programme with Arsenal Football Development coaches.