Our Founder

Alp Oezen

( Founder )

Born 2001, nationality Turkish/German
Occupation : student of business at Maastricht university, founder of elite performance coaching
Alp is a versatile and ambitious leader. Raised and born in Ankara, he grew up with the culture of street football which is why his passion for football is so deeply rooted. His father would take him to games of his favorite club Galatasaray and ever since he has been a lover of the beautiful game. When he moved to the Netherlands at age 12, he started playing for amateur clubs while also pursuing competitive swimming and participating in swimming tournaments in the EIndhoven Olympic complex. He continued his football journey until age 17 until and even received an invitation from Galatasaray academy after submitting his videos. However, he had to take a very unfortunate pause after having to get his knee drained following a traumatic non-contact injury. At age 21, Alp was feeling ready again and decided to hit the green pitch, playing for local top amateur clubs such as Germania Teveren, Sporting Heerlen and was even called on trial with the academy of Belgium second division side patro eisden. At 23, Alp decided to realize his vision of building one of the few elite football academies based in Netherlands but one that does not limit itself to borders. Since its one year establishment, Elite performance has received multitude of players internationally from Canada and Australia who have leveled up their performance and athleticism. Similarly, many players who participated in the various showcase games received several trials leading to a prosperous future for them. In the long term, Alp’s vision is to make elite performance one of the well recognized training academies across Europe and to become a flagship for elite player development.

Doğukan kitapli

( Co-founder )

Born 2000,nationality Turkish/Dutch
Occupation : Assistant coach at Fortuna Sittard women’s team, bachelor degree of science in biology
Doğukan is a elite level coach with uefa C certification and is currently in process of receiving his uefa B. His bachelors degree in biology with a thesis on football specific injury and healing method further allows him to employ his expertise on his occupation. He is also coming from a football background having been scouted by MVV Maastricht at age 17, called for the academy selection but has had to abruptly stop his career due to a miniscus injury. The decision to completely stop was a very difficult and emotional one for him. However, he did not let this demotivate him and decided that instead he would invest full time in a coaching career which is paying off for him. After spending several years forming has foundation as a coach and receiving his uefa C at amateur club in Maastricht RKSV HEER, he has a current position as assistant coach at Fortuna Sittard. His ambition is to be play a head role in the success of Elite performance academy teams U19 and U23 as we participate in international tournaments. As for his own prospects, his dream is to become a first team coach at the pro level one day.
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