International Fútbol X-Change (IFX) has been a leading international soccer organization since 2003. IFX provides professionals, amateurs, and youth soccer players total immersion programs in a variety of international destinations. International soccer academy? Summer soccer camp? Football Trials? We do it all. Our programs enable participants to train within a foreign club, to enjoy a true international soccer experience in some of the finest international soccer clubs
INTERNATIONAL SOCCER CAMPS & IMMERSION PROGRAMS:
Real Madrid Soccer Camp
German Soccer Camp: IFX Germany - Nürnberg
Italian Soccer Academy: Francesco Totti Academy
Soccer Training in Argentina: IFX Buenos Aires
Total immersion soccer programs in Germany, Spain, England & Brazil
Professional & semi-professional soccer/football trials
Nürnberg, Germany
CLUB: SpVgg Ansbach, SG Quelle Fürth
Jordan Ferrell during a match with SG Quelle Fürth
The PRO IFX Program has given me an opportunity like none other. In my search to ...
Since 2003, International Fútbol X-Change (IFX) has been a leading international soccer organization offering unique and world leading international soccer camps, academies, and programs in Europe and South America:
YOUTH YEAR IFX is a unique program offering players from around the globe a chance to play for a club for a full season or more in Germany, Spain, England, Brazil and Argentina while living with a host family and studying in a foreign high school. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE.
PRO IFX, is a one-of-a-kind program designed to provide up and coming players opportunities for soccer trials and ultimate placement to play for German and Spanish clubs. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE.
FALL PLAYERS SET OFF FOR EUROPE:
IFX: A unique international soccer academy alternative and soccer school
International Fútbol X-Change (IFX) has been a leading international soccer organization since 2003. IFX provides professionals, amateurs, and youth soccer players total immersion programs in a variety of international destinations. International soccer academy? Summer soccer camp? Football Trials? We do it all. Our programs enable participants to train within a foreign club, to enjoy a true international soccer experience in some of the finest international soccer clubs.
Whether you are considering joining an international soccer academy, looking for a summer soccer camp, or desiring to compete overseas, IFX can help you to reach your soccer goals.
IFX’s international programs are structured to provide immense development in both soccer and cultural awareness.
Youth Year IFX Video – Germany
August 2011
Another year kicks off for the Youth Year IFX. Participants from around the world have packed their bags and set off on what will likely be their most amazing journey yet – playing soccer in Europe for one year while living with a host family and studying at a local foreign high school.
IFX President Michael Carlson alongside Martin Kruszewski, IFX player in Cádiz, Spain.
Good luck to all our 2011-12 IFX players!
For more information on how to apply for the Youth Year IFX, click here.
NATE WEISS SIGNS WITH FSB ERLANGEN-BRUCK
Nate Weiss shown above
After participating in the Pro IFX program this past October and November 2011, Nate Weiss signed a 2 year deal last week with Oberliga club, FSV Erlangen-Bruck. Weiss also had a trial with 3rd Bundesliga club Vfl Osnabrück which didn’t turn into an immediate opportunity but the door remains open with them potentially for the summer.
Best of luck to Nate! Click here for the Yanks Abroad article on Nate Wiess.
VANYA KLEIN SIGNS WITH SG QUELLE FURTH
After participating in the Pro IFX program this July with SG Quelle Fürth, in Fürth, Germany, Washington D.C. native, Vanya Klein, was offered the opportunity to play for this top Landesliga squad.
Klein, 19, impressed the Quelle coaches during the month long training program where IFX players trained mornings with Quelle coaching staff and afternoons with the 1st and 2nd teams. Klein’s impressive technique, quickness, and young age was attractive enough for him to find a soccer agent and for the German club to give him a spot on the roster.
Best of luck to Vanya during this incredible opportunity.
2nd SEASON WITH SPVGG WEIDEN:
August 2009
McClay just 20 years old, set out in April 2008 on his journey to Germany after enrolling in the Pro IFX program, which he selected after looking for more serious ways to train than an international soccer academy. During his initial training period, he trained with various local clubs in the Bayreuth, Germany and proved that he could play within the top league in the state, the Bayern Oberliga. After several weeks of training, SpVgg Weiden offered him an attractive contract to stay with their club to play for the next two seasons.
For more on Brandin McClay, click here.
IFX President Michael Carlson (left) alongside
US native Brandin McClay before a match with
SpVgg Weiden of the German Regionaliga.
2008-9 SpVgg Weiden Team, McClay third from bottom left
The Youth Year IFX program, a soccer exchange program and the latest alternative to international soccer academies, soccer camps, and boarding soccer schools, gives high school soccer players the opportunity to compete within a foreign youth soccer club while studying abroad at a foreign high school and living with a host family.
Sebastian Mantello, above, a 16 year-old from Melbourne Australia, trained with Hamburger SV of the German Youth Bundesliga, during his Youth Year IFX experience with Bavarian powerhouse club, FC Schweinfurt 05 where he competed for the 2007-8 season.
With official partnerships with academic exchange institutions, the IFX soccer exchange program provides a unique opportunity for immersion into a foreign culture through soccer.
Most international soccer camps and soccer boarding schools train participating players in large groups amongst themselves, but our soccer exchange program enables players to:
Participate in the normal training activities of the foreign soccer club
Compete as fully registered players of the youth team according to their age subject to FIFA regulations and approval by National and State Soccer Federations
Learn from licensed European soccer trainers
Learn from other highly competitive European soccer players
This advantage of being the sole IFX participant on the foreign squad forces rapid technical development and enhances the players’ ability to learn and adapt to a foreign environment. Players also learn tremendous life skills in communication, foreign language, and take away a heightened sense of accomplishment.
The program is open to both high school age girls and boys, who have a good scholastic record, a strong interest and desire to excel in soccer, an interest in experiencing a foreign culture and language and are looking for an alternative to an international soccer academy.
The Youth Summer IFX, our Summer Soccer Camps alternative, also provides young American players with a unique two-week long summer program.
After participating in the Pro IFX program this July with SG Quelle Fürth, in Fürth, Germany, Washington D.C. native, Vanya Klein, was offered the opportunity to play for this top Landesliga squad.
