Ponyjeong Foundation, Football Association to deliver scholarships to 60 youth players
Ponyjeong Foundation, Football Association to deliver scholarships to 60 youth players
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The Korea Football Association announced on the 21st that it held the "9th Pony Jung Foundation and Korea Football Association Scholarship Award Ceremony" at the Sinmun-ro Football Center in Jongno-gu, Seoul in the afternoon with the Pony Jung Foundation and delivered scholarships to 60 male and female middle school players.
The recipients are 44 male players including López Thomas (Mokpo FC U-15) and Han Ho-dam (Gyeongnam Treasure Island Namhae Football Club U-15), as well as 16 female players including Joan (Ulsan Hyundai Chungun Middle School). They were given 2 million won each. A total of 120 million won was spent on scholarships.
Based on last year's performance, the selection committee selected the scholarship selection criteria after being recommended by full-time leaders in charge of training of the provincial and provincial associations, the K-League Youth Team, the Korean Women's Football Federation, and the Korea Football Association Golden Age. In addition to the players who were evaluated as having excellent skills and growth potential, players who overcame difficult family situations and showed great performance were also selected.
The Ponyjeong Foundation was established in 2005 to continue the innovation spirit and talent-oriented philosophy of the late Hyundai Industrial Development Honorary Chairman Chung Se-young, and operates a project to select and support talented people in various fields of society and domestic scholarship projects, academic support projects, and society. 토토사이트
The scholarship award ceremony with the Korea Football Association and the Ponijeong Foundation began in 2015. Yang Hyun-joon (Celtic), Jung Sang-bin (Minnesota), Hong Yoon-sang (Pohang), and Lee Eun-young (Changnyeong WFC) received the scholarship when they were middle school students. A total of 540 people received scholarships during the nine sessions, and the cumulative scale is KRW 1.08 billion, the largest among sports-related scholarship projects in Korea.