A TEENAGE futsal player’s hard work has paid off after being chosen to represent England in the sport.
Summer Maume, from Droylsden, featured for England’s Under-15s team recently against Scotland and Spain.
The 14-year-old plays futsal for Tameside-based Sala soccer schools and Futsal Club, who are the current Under-14s national futsal champions.
Summer, who goes to Laurus Ryecroft secondary school, has been playing futsal since the age of eight.
As well as playing for Manchester City’s girls academy, she also attends Sala’s girls academy sessions on Mondays at Great Academy Ashton.
Summer was part of the Sala girls Under-14s team that were crowned national Under-14s champions in the 2024 England Futsal FA Youth Futsal Cup, live on TNT Sports.
Sala head coach Neil Lucas told the Correspondent: “Summer has amazing technical ability that futsal has helped to nurture on her football journey at Manchester City and now in an England shirt.
“The club is so proud of Summer, whose work-rate and attitude to improve is second to none and that hard work has paid off with her being called up to play for England.”
Over the past 15 years, Sala Futsal Club has helped nurture boys and girls who have gone on to play professionally and internationally – including Hungary’s Callum Styles, England women’s futsal star Sofia Wilby, and Scotland futsal players Kai Lawless and Oscar Lucas.
More information about Sala’s futsal sessions can be found at www.salasoccerschools.com or by emailing neil@salasoccerschools.com
Futsal is FIFA’s official form of small-sided indoor football – a five-a-side game played on a basketball size court – which is well known for being a development tool for footballers.