99 % fail at professional football

99%  of footballers starting out at academy level will fail.Of all the guy's who come into football, there's only 1% who will make it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/28950665

Football academies

The statistics are really sobering. Out of all the boys who enter an academy at the age of 9, less than half of 1% make it. Or a make a living from the game either.

http://uk.businessinsider.com/michael-calvin-shocking-statistic-why-children-football-academies-will-never-succeed-soccer-sport-2017-6