Guides

Practical guides for players and parents: how to get noticed by scouts, youth football age groups, legitimate trials.

How to get noticed by football scouts

Practical advice for players and parents: videos, statistics, profile and behaviour. What scouts really look at.

From the youngest groups to Under 19: how youth and amateur football is organised in Italy, and where to find the exact birth years.

Who organises youth trials, what the Italian federation says, why they're free and how to spot a fake agent.