Carlos
mIGUEL
Football Coach
ABOUT
Me
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"I initiated my career in Sporting CP at 2011/2012, shortly after finishing my Masters Degree in Porto's University Faculty of Sports.
Followed by FC Porto Dragon Force, Figo Academy (China), GPS (USA/Canadá) and, at 2016/2017, my first experience in professional football at Zamalek SC (Egypt) as assistant of Augusto Inácio.
In 2019/20, I coached at Académica Coimbra, as U 15 Head Coach. Last season (2020/21), after having been assistant coach at Episkopis FC (Greece), I accompanied, at March, Manuel Machado in the latter's return to Nacional da Madeira, acting as Assistant Coach. This season, I am working at União Desportiva de Leiria, as Assistant Coach (First Team).
In my training, in parallel with my activity as a player (see cv), I graduated first in Physical Education, followed by a Master in High Performance FC Barcelona and a Master in High Sports Performance at FADEUP. In these cycles, I came close to the philosophies and operational realities of FC Porto and FC Barcelona, under the ideological mentorship of two great names Vítor Frade and Paco Seirul.lo, respectively, paradigms which firstly influenced and inspired me in the way I´ve been seeing and understanding the art of training, and the game itself.
With the horizon on professional football and a solid career of constant evolution, recently, I went to meet several top professional coaches – Manuel Cajuda, Vítor Oliveira, Luís Castro, Mauricio Pellegrino, Marco Rose - among others - which enabled me to understand more deeply the reality of top coaching in professional football.
To win is my aim, with a career in constant evolution. I want to make improving the teams and the players I work with. I want to win and make others win. That´s my mission in Football."
Coaching Experience
2021/2022
UD LEIRIA
(Portugal)
First Team Assistant Coach
Portugal LIGA 3
2020/2021
CD NACIONAL (Portugal)
First Team Assistant Coach
Portugal LIGA NOS
2019/2020
A. ACADÉMICA COIMBRA O.A.F.
(Portugal)
Head Coach U 15
U15 Portugal League
2016/2017
ZAMALEK SC
(Egypt)
Assistant Coach First Team
CAF Champions League
Egyptian Premier League
2016/2017
GLOBAL PREMIER SOCCER (USA)
Head Coach U 12
New England U12 League
2015/2016
WL FIGO ACADEMY
(China)
Head Coach U 9
2013/2014
FC PORTO DRAGON FORCE
Assistant Coach U 13
Development Coach
Porto FA U13 League
2011/2012
SPORTING CP
(Portugal)
Coach U 11
Lisbon FA U11 League
Qualifications
UEFA A Diploma
2020/21
Master in High Performance in Team Sports
(INEFC | FC Barcelona Found.)
2010
Mc s in Sports Sciences
2012
Physical Education Degree
2008
Mohamed Donga, Zamalek SC Player at 2016/17
"Very good coach, tremendous motivation, varied exercises. Although new, he reveals strong character. A great future awaits him. "
Testimonials
Osama, Zamalek SC Player at 2016/17
“Very promising coach. I learned a lot, but really a lot with him, because he can see what each player needs and how to make him better.
"He has the character and aptitude of a leader."
Prof Vítor Frade,
Reference of Football training methodology
Author of Tactical Periodization Methodology
“I have no doubts in recommending Coach and Master Carlos Miguel, regarding his merit as football coaching methodology specialist”
José Gomes Pereira, MD, PhD
Clinical Director of Portuguese Olympic Commitee ( COP)
Full Professor Lisbon Un. Human Motricity Faculty
Former Clinical Director at Sporting CP and Portugal National Teams
"In addition to the excellence of his professional, academic and research career in the Field of Sport Sciences, he has all the conditions to be successful: deep knowledge, vivid imagination, ability to work under various conditions and, above all, humility" .
João Dias
UD LEIRIA Captain at 2021/22
Winner of Portuguese Cup 2011/12
João Dias
UD LEIRIA Captain at 2021/22
Winner of Portuguese Cup 2011/12
"Carlos Miguel is a multifaceted Coach who dominates training in its different aspects, both physical preparation and technical/tactical preparation. He is a person attentive to details and with great ambition. The fact that he was a player and had an academic background makes him an asset without a doubt."
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Panagiotis Panagiotidis
Actual Player of Niki Volou FC
"An ambitious coach with good mentality. He is very cooperative and hard worker. He achieved to take the 100% of my self and improve my disadvantages. Finally, developed my personality and help me to understand the purposes of every exercises."