Ex-fooftball player Marco Plomp. He has invested a lot in his wife's country, Brazil.
Foto by Jorge Luiz da Silva, Parana On Line 24/10/2008
In 2007 Dutch entrepreneurs Marco Plomp, Arie Treffers and Wim Jansen used some of their millions to found a boarding football school called "Laranja Mecanica" in Arapongas, Parana, Southern Brazil, for kids and teens from 11 to 16 years old.
The main idea behind such project is to make a marriage between the European technical expertise and the Brazilian natural talent with the ball. One of the responsible minds behind this project, Marco Plomp (ex-soccer player at Sparta Rotterdam and presently married to a lady who was born in Arapongas), confesses they want to detect the new football phenomena. Willy van de Kerkhof, famous Dutch soccer player during the World Cup Games of 74 and 78, has been lecturing the boys on the importance of "mastering one's mental capacity combined to physical talent". Counting with 104.000 m2, two swimming pools, dorms and cafeterias the club structure is of a high class. The kids have also to be good at school and not only be good football players. E.C. Laranja Mecanica is not a philantropic organisation and has high commercial goals. The founders' dream ? The club must become self sustainable and breed Brazilian top talents of international level to be exported to Europe.
Today the boys playing at Laranja Mecanica Sports Club will be wearing green and yellow and rooting for Brazil. After the match, they will be wearing again their white and orange shirts.
Today the boys playing at Laranja Mecanica Sports Club will be wearing green and yellow and rooting for Brazil. After the match, they will be wearing again their white and orange shirts.
Source: Lancenet. Here - in Portuguese.
For more photos: www.laranjamecanica.eu
For more info and photos go here (in Dutch. Scroll down, photos and text are at the bottom of the page.)
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