The Nike Academy offers non-contract players unattached to professional clubs a chance to enter the professional game through world-class coaching and games against elite academies and professional reserve teams. Since the academy's start in 2009, eight players in the UK have received professional contracts.

Nike launched the global search with support of Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger. "Providing young players from around the world with the opportunity of elite coaching and state-of-the-art facilities to reach their full potential is a very powerful proposition," said Wenger. "I look forward to actively participating in the scouting and review of exciting young players as they compete in 'The Chance'."

This marks the next stage of Nike's "Write the Future" campaign, where some of the world's best players including Ronaldo, Didier Drogba and Wayne Rooney featured in a short film about iconic game moments where headlines are written from a single pass, or one strike can bring a nation eternal happiness, while bringing others to their knees.

Now, players can write their own future at here, by generating videos and visuals of their own football skills to get noticed and selected to participate in local events and trials in their country. The best 100 players from across 40 countries will then be invited to a final trial in England, where they will compete for one of eight international places in the Nike Academy. The eight who are chosen will have their expenses paid to come and live in the UK for a year starting in July 2011 and be a full-time member of the Nike Academy.

As members of the Nike Academy, players become full-time participants at a residential training centre in England with access to elite coaches, nutritionists, psychologists and fitness conditioners, along with world class facilities to perform at the highest level. So get you profile up online and do Australia proud!