HH Football Academy Hua Hin Welcome to HHFA Community
Our International Team
At HH Football Academy, we're proud to be a big, diverse family.
Our players come from over 25 different countries, and our team of 10 coaches brings together four unique nationalities and backgrounds. Some of our assistant coaches are even former soldiers from the Thailand National Army.
Our Academy Manager is French, and our Head Coach hails from Belgium.
He's not just any coach—he's a former professional player (Belgium League 1 and England Championship), as well having presented Belgium National Team from U14 to U21.
Football for Everyone
Here in Hua Hin, we adapt to meet everyone's needs. \
Whether you're an elite player or just starting out, there's a place for you here. We have 3 to 4 levels for each age group, ensuring that everyone gets training tailored just for them.
While the fundamentals remain the same, we adapt our methods to suit each age and skill level, ensuring top-quality training for all our players.
Success Stories
Let me share a couple of success stories with you. There's Kaïli, a Japanese player I started coaching when he was U13. Today, he's the captain and defender of the U16 Youth Team at Port FC. We sent him there for a trial, and within a week, they confirmed his enrollment!
Then there's Zino, an 11-year-old who came to us for help with his skills and to secure a scholarship at a school in Bangkok. We worked on his technique, ensuring he could play confidently with both feet, and gave him daily drills to boost his confidence. He aced his scholarship test, finishing first out of 580 players!
Our Roots, Paris, France, Clairefontaine
Farid Beng., the founder of HH Football Academy in Hua Hin, grew up in a highly competitive environment where kids played football for hours every day. His experience with top academies and years spent with the feminine team at INF Clairefontaine has shaped our approach.
Goalkeeper Academy
For the past two years, we've had a dedicated Goalkeeper Academy with two 90-minute training sessions each week. Since 2025, we've been collaborating with Hua Hin City, inviting their goalkeepers and coaches to join our sessions on our natural grass pitch.
Empowering Girls
We're proud to promote and highlight feminine football. With a regular group of 25-30 girls across two levels, we use specific methods tailored to their physiology. Advanced girls even get to play competitive matches with the boys, and we've started sending feminine selections to play against boys' teams.
Emotional Control
Emotional control is crucial for happiness and well-being.
Our kids face challenges on and off the pitch, and we help them understand that emotions are natural.
Mastering emotional control is key to performance in sports and life, leading to stronger relationships, reduced stress, better decision-making, and increased resilience.
Feedback and Follow-up
Our Academy Manager evaluates each level group, discussing progress with players and coaches to identify barriers and measure improvement. Daily discussions with players and parents are essential to guide them on their football journey.
Other Sports and Competitions
While football is our main focus, we encourage our players to try other sports and participate in local competitions. Some of our players represent the academy in endurance sports like road races, triathlons, and obstacle races like Spartan. We highly encourage this diversity.
Consistency and Participation to competition
We congratulate players who rarely miss training, emphasizing that consistency is key to sports progression. We stimulate participation in competitions and organize Friendly Festivals every weekend during the high season, inviting players of all levels to compete against other academies.
Matches and Tournaments
Training hard with consistency is matched with regular matches and tournaments. We're one of the few academies that organize Friendly Matches where every player, including beginners, can play against other academies. We also arrange matches for our feminine groups, and the most skilled girls get to play with the boys.
Educative Mission
Repeating matches highly contributes to our educative mission. However, we don't build squads prioritizing results. We rarely publish or record match results, as they aren't pertinent to learning football.