Mongolia – ‘Deren Club’ offers opportunity for football national team to train round year

Location: Ulaanbaatar – Mongolia

Language: Mongolian

Voice: Natural

Duration: 00:06:05

Source: A24

Restrictions: A24 Clients

Dateline: 27-01-2022

Storyline:

The Deren Club, founded in 2008, is Mongolia’s first first children football club, D.Munkhchuluun, the founder of the club, said it started by recruiting 20 children from the Yarmag ger district Ulaanbaatar. Now, many of those children play in the national football team. Today, the Daren Club has more than 200 regular players with more than 600 members. Now there is an Airdome where winter training could also take place. B.Batmunkh, the first athlete of the Deren club, is currently teaching his club’s young members. He shared his optimism that the development of Mongolian football has the potential to reach the world.

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(SOUNDBITE): (Founder and director of Deren club D.Munkhchuluun)

“In the beginning, we used to take 10-year-olds to clubs. Currently, we are accepting adults from the age of 6. As for the team’s success, we have followed the advice of many foreign coaches and teachers for many years, and last year we won a silver medal in the sub-league, Mongolia’s largest competition. In particular, it has achieved many successes in children’s and youth competitions and has successfully participated in domestic and foreign competitions. The weather has a great influence on the development of football in Mongolia. In order not to miss the winter training, we train in the gym. Sometimes we try to stop training because we can’t find halls and squares. So we have long wanted to have an Airdome to train all four seasons of the year. But before the new year, it was put into operation. Now we can play football in the new Airdome for 4 seasons of the year. This is very important for the development of football.

(SOUNDBITE): (B.Batmunkh, National Premier League player, Deren club’s first athlete)

‘I’m a Deren player. I started playing football in 2009 when I was 10 years old. I studied for a total of 13 years. Now I play in the senior league in the national major leagues. I am now a member of the national team. I also coach the Deren club and contribute to the development of football. In my opinion, the development of Mongolian football is developing much faster than when I first started playing, and it is developing on par with most Asian countries. In some ways, it seems even better. I see the development of Mongolian football in the future and the opportunity to go out into the world.

(SOUNDBITE): (M.Tuguldur, club player)

We’ve been playing football since we were six years old. Played football for 3 years. I am 9 years old now. My father founded the Deren football club and my brother joined to play football, but I joined the club with my brother. That’s how I fell in love with football. Abroad, I like Manchester United and I like Cristiano Ronaldo. I like my Mongolian Deren club.

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