Advanced Centre

CACT offers talented players from within their community programmes an opportunity to train each week at our Advanced Centre.

All players selected will be coached by UEFA A and UEFA B licence coaches at CAFC Training Ground. We deliver a specialised CAFC Academy curriculum focusing on enhancing technical, physical, social and psychological abilities in players aged U5-U13s. As well as this matches will take place against local academies and CAFC Academy teams.

Unfortunately, after assessment some players will be asked to leave the centre, but most will be invited to either carry on or potentially attend a trial to try and gain a place within the Charlton Athletic Academy.

Players are selected for the Advanced Centre through attending one of a number of CACT Football and Sports Development programmes. Please see a list of programmes available below:

• Football Holiday Courses
• Toddler Soccer and Charlton Challenge
• Primary School Delivery

If a player within one of these programmes shows the CACT coaches signs of great technical ability, good game understanding and excellent movement skills, they may be asked to attend one of the Advanced Centres.

The Advanced Centre programme is just for male players at the moment, but CACT work closely with the Charlton Athletic Girls Centre of Excellence programme and any female players who attend Football and Sports Development programmes and show signs of ability will be recommended to them.

Read about some of the young people who progressed through Advanced Centre into the Charlton Athletic Academy:

• Jonathan Beqiri
• Seyi Kolajo
• Kyan May
• Roman Douglas-Boast
• Malachi Ige
• Josh Hunt
• Harrison Wickers
• Raheem Offiah
• Kairo Sage
• Enrik Legasi
• Jake Maloney
• Niall
• Kayden Bashir
• Yemi
• Dylan Burns

Watch the video below to learn more about Kaylen's story, which highlights the impact of the Advanced Centre on his development.