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Location: Albania

Albania: Soccer Training / Coaching Internship

Opportunities

Join the coaching team at KFJeta (Football Club ‘Life’)  which seeks to train Albanian youth for success both on and off the field. Interns will serve with and be mentored by Luis Artoni, a FIFA and ATFA certified trainer with over 12 years of international coaching experience (Argentina, Turkey, Guinea Bissau, and Albania). Luis is currently also the head coach of the Albanian Amputee Football Association team.

Qualifications

We’re looking for a person with a heart to use sports as an avenue to show the love of Jesus to young people in Albania. As our team also ministers in the disability community, willingness to adapt training to the needs of these individuals is needed as well. We are looking for a self-starter and implementor with an approachable personality and flexible attitude to work.

Location

Vlashaj, Albania (a village thirty minutes outside Tirana, the capital)

Training Provided

Orientation to culture and ministry along with language lessons in Shqip—the Albanian language

Language Requirements

Mid-termers will take a beginner’s Albanian language course. It will be important to learn commonly used phrases in Albanian. Translation will be provided when necessary.

Long-termers will engage in language and culture learning to attain a level of conversational fluency.

Length of Service
  • Mid-term: one to twelve months
  • Long-term: two or more years
Ministry Description

The Jeta (Life) Ministry Center was dedicated in May 2022. You will be joining a multi-cultural team of WGM missionaries and Albanian believers working with Planters Seed Foundation to serve the community of Vlashaj and the neighboring villages. The activities provided at the center are holistic-- addressing spiritual, physical, and educational needs.

Your weekly activities would include helping to train about 50 boys and girls in three levels of soccer school. Also, there will be daily opportunities for adaptive exercise with the Valued Treasures students. If you have experience leading group workout sessions in a gym (or would like to try your hand at it), Jeta has multiple opportunities in this area as well. Depending on the season, participation in training for the Albanian national amputee team may be a possibility.

While the focus of this internship will be on sports ministry, there is unlimited potential for reaching all ages of the surrounding communities through recreational activities and special events so come with ideas, energy, and a desire to build relationships that convey the love of Jesus. Additional practical skills such as ESL training, cooking, sewing, crafts, etc., can also be put to good use. English is not commonly used by the older generations or in the villages but many young people speak some English. The ministry team language is English.  

Quick Facts
  • Albania is the only predominately Muslim country in Europe. Approximately 70 percent of Albanians are Muslim, and less than 1 percent are evangelical Christian.
  • Under communism, all mosques and churches were closed and all religious observances were prohibited. Private religious practice was not allowed until 1991, and the first complete Albanian Bible was not printed until 1994.
  • Mother Teresa, who spent the majority of her life ministering to the poor and dying in Calcutta, India, was born an ethnic Albanian.

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