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A football scrapbook lies at the feet of Amza Sylla, age 26, amid his foootball decorated room in the Abobo neighborhood of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire February 18, 2006. Sylla is the founder and director of the Olympic Sport Abobo club one of more than 300 football academies have arisen in Abidjan, amid the success of the ASEC academy. Sylla also acts as a scout of local football talent for ASEC directors and earns the equivalent of 10 U.S. dollars per player that he recruits for the academy.

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A football scrapbook lies at the feet of Amza Sylla, age 26, amid his foootball decorated room in the Abobo neighborhood of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire February 18, 2006. Sylla is the founder and director of the Olympic Sport Abobo club one of more than 300 football academies have arisen in Abidjan, amid the success of the ASEC academy. Sylla also acts as a scout of local football talent for ASEC directors and earns the equivalent of 10 U.S. dollars per player that he recruits for the academy.