A J.League founder-era coach. Park Ji-sung's first head coach. Borussia Mönchengladbach golden-era graduate. Vissel Kobe with Iniesta. Mozambique national team. Sixty-nine, between roles, and unmistakably still drawn to the pitch.
FAL Playbook · Modelos Eleven minutes. That’s the length of a video in which a South-American coach sits alone in front of a camera and lays out his game model. No interviewer, no question sheet, no whiteboard. He simply takes the picture of football in his head and pulls it
A Chilean coach with UEFA A from Scotland, UEFA B from Germany, and CONMEBOL A from South America. Author of Neurofútbol. Marco Gracia on coaching as cognition — and on building an identity that is structured, but never rigid.
Hong Kong football's quiet multidisciplinarian. Across two clubs and four league titles, Norris Ng has carried strength and conditioning, performance analysis, and the assistant coach's bench all at the same time — and would rather not be in the spotlight at all.
South African strength and conditioning coach Riedoh Berdien — across two decades, four federations, and a dozen clubs — on the TAC-TEC method, the chasers and hunters of the modern press, and why a young African dreams of the K League.
Forty years across Brazil, Ukraine, Spain, Fiji, Japan, and India. Over €110 million in net transfer profit at Shakhtar Donetsk on three signings alone. Luiz Greco on the eye behind the transfer — and what data still cannot replace.
Twenty-eight years, fourteen countries, three continents. Marco Ragini on legacy as a coaching principle, the FIFA U17 World Cup that put Tajikistan on the map, and what comes next.
A Dutch football architect on academies, attacking principles, and why being demanding and being empathetic are the same thing. From Feyenoord to Riyadh, by way of Pep Guardiola's Bayern Munich.
From Montevideo to Riyadh, by way of Brighton, Sunderland, and a domestic double in Korea. Gus Poyet on positioning, decision-making, and what twenty years on the touchline have taught him.