Photo credits: Esportelândia Brazil was always known for exporting football talent around the world. But while Brazil had many players shining in many leagues around the world, the coaches were not so well regarded. Right now, the main coaches in the country are foreigners. Certainly, the reasons are multifactorial, but some are at the…
Photo credits: RTV Oost Theo ten Cat is a UEFA A Youth licensed football coach, the owner of DutchCan Soccer and a former Vitesse, FC Twente, FC Groningen and Aberdeen soccer player. In this exclusive interview conducted by Nuno Milheiro, the 57-year-old coach tells us about his recently founded project, which forms a bridge…
Jon Cotterill is a South American football expert, television commentator and the author of the book “Anatomy of a football scout: an in-depth look at player recruitment”. Currently living in São Paulo, Brazil, he has been covering South American football since 2002 and has worked for FIFA, the Brazilian Football Confederation and the South American…
José Chieira is the former Head of Scouting & Recruitment at Sporting CP and Head Researcher in Portugal at Sports Interactive, the British video game developer of the Football Manager series. During his extensive career in the football world, he worked for clubs such as FC Porto, Panathinaikos FC, Académica de Coimbra and Vitória FC….
Photo credits: Swiss Football League João Carlos Pereira has extensive experience as a head coach in incredibly diverse competitive contexts – Portugal, Switzerland, Cyprus, Qatar, and Kuwait. In the second part of this exclusive interview, he describes the operating dynamics at Aspire Academy, reflects on the significance of his youth football experience to his…
Photo credits: Grasshopper João Carlos Pereira has extensive experience as a head coach in incredibly diverse competitive contexts – Portugal, Switzerland, Cyprus, Qatar, and Kuwait. In this first part of an exclusive interview, he tells us about how life contingencies led him to become a football coach, his initial contact with youth football, and…
Photo credits: Legionisci.com Ricardo Pereira is the goalkeeper coach of Legia Warsaw and has performed the same role at clubs such as Standard Liège, Independiente del Valle, Nottingham Forrest, Al Fateh, and SL Benfica B. In this latest edition of Soccer HUB Talks, the current Polish champions’ coach spoke with Nuno Milheiro about the…
Photo credits: Fenerbahçe Mariana Jaleca is a Portuguese footballer who currently plays for Fenerbahçe. At 24, she already has ample experience in international environments, such as the United States of America, Italy, and Finland. In this interview, the midfielder speaks about her childhood memories, the process of becoming a professional, evaluates her first months…
Immediately after this exciting 2022 Winter transfer window, Soccer HUB took the opportunity to speak with Fábio Torres (Sports Manager at Team of Future), Marcelo Robalinho (CEO of Think Ball & Sports Consulting), and Raquel Sampaio (CEO of Teammate Football Management) about how the preparation of this transfer market was carried out in their different…
Photo credits: Transfermarkt Almami Moreira is a former Partizan, Standard Liège, Hamburger SV, FC Dynamo Moscow, and Boavista FC player and currently is the General Director of the Football Federation of Guinea-Bissau. The former international soccer player by the Portugal and Guinea-Bissau national teams reflects on the importance of role models in young players…