- published: 09 Jul 2016
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Le Centre Technique National Fernand Sastre (English: Fernand Sastre National Technical Centre), commonly referred to as INF Clairefontaine ("Institut national du football de Clairefontaine"), INF, or simply Clairefontaine, is the national football centre that specializes in training French football players. The academy is one of twelve élite academies located in and around France that are supervised by the French Football Federation (FFF). Only the best players from the Île-de-France région train at the Clairefontaine academy. The eleven other academies are situated in Castelmaurou, Châteauroux, Liévin, Dijon, Marseille, Ploufragan, Vichy and Reims, Réunion, Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire, and Talence.
Clairefontaine opened in 1988 and is named after Fernand Sastre, the president of the FFF from 1972–1984. The academy is located 50 km southwest of Paris at Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines and is one of the best known football academies in the world. It has a high reputation of producing some of the most gifted French players including Nicolas Anelka, Louis Saha, William Gallas, Hatem Ben Arfa, Abou Diaby, Sébastien Bassong, Mehdi Benatia, Blaise Matuidi, Olivier Giroud and national team top scorer Thierry Henry. The academy is also used to house the national football teams of France and the centre drew media spotlight following its usage as a base camp by the France team that won the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
claire fontaine
who are you
i like the paper you make
we were introduced by a lover of mine
and now she's gone and i still have you claire fontaine
claire fontaine
you seem to bring
the best out of me and the things that i write to sing
claire fontaine
claire fontaine
are you a lumberjack or something
does your father own a forest of the nicest trees for chopping
claire fontaine
claire fontaine
your sheets are very smooth
i like to rub my pen across them do you feel the way i do
claire fontaine
claire fontaine
you seem to bring
the best out of me and the things that i write to sing
claire fontaine
if the newspapers used your paper for the news
things may seem less terrifying just because of you
claire fontaine
and were you in the garden
when they said the war had started
did you think you'd write a letter that would start
my dear departed
claire fontaine
claire fontaine
you seem to bring
the best out of me and the things that i write to sing
claire fontaine...
claire fontaine
i'm going home for christmas
they may refuse me entry 'cause your native to this country
claire fontaine
but as a foreigner
reliquish a pad of paper so distinguished
i say never never never i'll take this pad of mine to heaven
claire fontaine
but maybe i will choose to write a fan letter or two
i might write one to andy warhol and the other one for you
and you can rest assured in knowing
they'd be on your paper too
claire fontaine
who are you
claire fontaine
you seem to bring
the best out of me and the things that i write to sing