Dani Carvalho was the last player using Ajax’s iconic number 14 shirt, which was famously worn by the football legend Johan Cruyff. During his short senior career, the Portuguese international player represented clubs such as Ajax, Atlético Madrid, Benfica, Sporting, and West Ham. The former attacking midfielder tells us about his post-career and experience as…

Panayotis Alexander Lalas, commonly known as Alexi Lalas, was a charismatic center-back that represented the United States of America (USA) national team and clubs such as LA Galaxy, New York Red Bulls, Sporting Kansas City, Emelec, and Padova. In this talk conducted by Nuno Milheiro, the current Fox Sports soccer analyst reflects on the evolution…

As Osho once said, A tree doesn’t just grow a trunk and branches and leaves in a singular direction towards the sun. It grows roots, too— it grows downward. And without a proportional amount of roots, the tree cannot stand.” We are all watching what could be a change in football that we all know,…

Paulo Cardoso is currently an Academy Director at CSKA Sofia in Bulgaria. Throughout his career, he worked as Academy Director at Melbourne Victory FC, Technical Consultant at the South Africa FA, KZN Safa Academy, Fluminense FC, Al Ahli, and Technical Coordinator at Sporting CP. The success of Sporting CP Youth Academy, the transition to professional…

The Spanish Club, based in the city of Marbella, will have now the opportunity to learn from some of the world’s top specialists through the courses available at Soccer HUB! We are very pleased to have been recognized by Marbella FC as an entity responsible for improving the staff of this Spanish club ” –…

Alex Bunbury is a Canadian former International football player. Born in Plaisance, Guyana, Alex was the first Canadian playing abroad and represented clubs such as West Ham and Marítimo, where he became the club’s all-time leading goalscorer. During this interview conducted by Nuno Milheiro, the former striker reveals to us his first steps as a…

José Vítor Roque Júnior was part of the Brazillian winning squad at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, winner of the Copa Libertadores and the Champions League. Throughout his career, the former center-back has represented clubs such as AC Milan, Bayer Leverkusen, Leeds United and Palmeiras. Roque Júnior talks to us about his post-career steps and…

Life is made up of cycles, and soccer is no exception. We can say soccer began to be played in a competitive and global way in the late nineteenth century, early twentieth century, with the first World Cup played only in 1930. A cycle has its beginning that is typically something progressive, its peak and…

Sport, in all its guises, provides us with numerous healthy past-times, builds confidence, develops team-working skills, is used in rehabilitation after illness or injury and sometimes develops into a career – either as a sportsman or woman or as sports-focused allied health professional. In fact, some people go on to be both. When we think…

Over the past 12 months, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected nearly everyone in the world, from children to the elderly, public sector employees to private business owners, and of course, front-line health care workers and medical staff. Sports have endured large-scale shut-downs, cancellations, postponements of athletic training and competition, at both the amateur and professional levels, and everything in between. Of course, over the Summer and…