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Our founder, John Textor, is the majority owner and Chairman of Eagle Football Holdings Ltd., the leading shareholder of Olympique Lyonnais (Lyon, France), Botafogo Futebol (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Racing White Daring Molenbeek FC (Brussels, Belgium) and Crystal Palace Football Club (London, UK).
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While we are proud of our focus on providing high academic opportunities for our graduates, we are equally proud to have established a true pathway to professional football with 8 recent FC Florida graduates having been signed to professional contracts by Crystal Palace (2), Botafogo (3) and RWDM (3).
Olympique Lyonnais
Olympique Lyonnais is a football club founded in 1950 in the city of Lyon, France. The men’s team competes in Ligue 1, and has won 7 League 1 titles and made 16 UEFA Champions League appearances in the past 25 years. The women’s team was founded in 1970 and is the premier women's team in the world, having won 15 French Division 1 titles and 8 UEFA Champions League titles in recent years. The OL Training Academy is ranked 3rd globally.
Botafogo
Botafogo de Futebol is an historic football club based in the neighborhood of Botafogo, in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. The men’s team was founded in 1904 and currently compete in the Brasileiro Serie A, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system. The women’s team was founded in 1995 and currently competes in the Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino, the top tier of the Brazilian women’s football league system.
RWD Molenbeek
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace F.C. is a football club based in Selhurst in the Borough of Croydon, South London, England. The men’s team was founded in 1905 and currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of the English football league system. The women’s team was founded in 1992 and currently competes in the FA Women’s Championship, the second-highest tier of the English women’s football league system. CPFC operates a Category 1 academy in South London.
