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Our Mission

FuteBALLER is a high-quality online soccer coaching platform dedicated to American youth by former European players and coaches, who know the game. Our mission is to help kids of all ages improve their game and enjoy soccer. We use our experience as professionals and coaches to create individualized training plans.

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We are excited to announce that in the near future we will offer a wonderful opportunity to travel to Europe and train with top-tier coaches and play against competitive European teams. 

Our Coaches

Joao Plantier
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João Plantier

General Manager and Coach

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My desire is to work in soccer/football at the highest level. Developing, observing and choosing players are some of my great passions. Adding to the considera- ble coaching experience, I've always had a strong connection with youth development which is truly the main goal of my career, to help players to get to the highest level possible. The experience of working with so many players and different nationalities in youth gave me an overall view of what to work and improve to reach professionalism.

Experience:

  • NF Academy

  • Sporting Clube Portugal

  • Manchester United Soccer Schools

  • Degree in Human Motor Skills

Certifications:

  • UEFA Pro

  • Sports Director Course - Portuguese Soccer Federation

Players Coached:

  • Nuno Mendes  (PSG and Portuguese National Team
    Zeca - FC Copenhegan (Captain) and Greek National Team)

  • Chiquinho (Wolverhampton)

  • João Moutinho (Orlando City)

  • Francisco Conceição (AFC Ajax and Portugal National Team U21)

  • Eduardo Quaresma (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and Portugal National Team U21)

Languages

  • Portuguese

  • English

David Gonzalez

David Gonzalez

Coach

I'm David Gonzalez, a 41-year-old football UEFA Pro coach from Spain. I've been coaching since 2000, and I have experience in both men's and women's football. I worked for 7 years at Atlético de Madrid and 5 years at Real Madrid, among others. In that period I was able to learn and work with some of the best professionals in the field and help to develop elite male young players. My biggest goal as a coach is to focus not only on the performance of the team as a whole but also to make sure that I can bring the best out of each player.

Experience

  • Real Madrid

  • Atlético de Madrid

  • Physical Education Teacher

  • Royal Spanish Federation of Soccer

Certifications:

  • UEFA A

Players Coached:

  • Rodri (Manchester City)

  • Koke (Atletico Madrid)

  • Lucas Hernandez (Bayern Munich)

  • Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid)

  • Theo Hernandez (AC Milan)

Languages

  • Spanish

  • English

Pedro Coelho
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Pedro Coelho

Coach

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Pedro is an exceptional youth soccer coach with much experience and has helped lead youth teams to national championships in Portugal. He is a knowledgeable and dedicated educator, who teaches his students the techniques they will need to become successful players at any level of the game.

Experience

  • Sporting Clube Portugal

  • Masters in Physical Education

  • Bachelors in Physical Education and Sports (2009)

Certifications:

  • UEFA B

Players Coached:

  • Nuno Mendes (PSG)

Languages

  • Portuguese

  • English

João Santos
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João Santos

Goalkeeping Coach

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I love football, I love coaching and teaching goalkeeping. It is my passion. All through my Youth, I had the opportunity to be Coached and played with the best so when I became a coach i knew two things: I want to help the best GKs that I can and I want to be the best coach I can be. 

Experience

  • Sporting Clube Portugal

  • Masters Degree in Football Training

  • Post Graduation Coordinator at " Goalkeeping football training"

Certifications:

  • UEFA B 

  • UEFA A Goalkeeping Coach

Players Coached:

  • Luís Maximiano (SS Lazio)

Languages

  • Portuguese

  • English

Ugo

Ugo Klingor

Coach

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My last coaching position in Dinamo Zagreb was with the U19 team and after that I signed with Al Nasr Football Club in UAE as the technical director for the academy teams. After 2 years in UEA, I returned to Croatia to manage an U19 team NK Rudeš in the elite Croatian competition for U19 teams. After managing the team for 2 years, I decided to challenge myself with senior teams and accepted the invitation of Acron Togliatti Football Club as an assistant manager of Ramon Tribulietx (Spain) in Russian FNL league. Unfortunately, my time in Russia was short due to the escalation of the Russian and Ukraine war.

Experience

  • Dinamo Zagreb

  • Al-Nasr SC (UAE)

  • FC Akron Tolyatti (Russia)

  • Masters in Kinesiology

  • Bachelors in Physical Education and Sports (2009)

Certifications:

  • UEFA A

Players Coached:

  • Josip Šutalo (GNK Dinamo Zagreb)

  • Joško Gvardiol (RB Leipzig)

  • Lovro Majer (Rennes FC)

  • Borna Sosa (Stuttgart)

Languages

  • Croatian

  • English

Joana

Joana Tilly

Coach

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I'm Joana Tilly, a 29-year-old football UEFA A coach from Portugal. I've been coaching since 2013, and I have experience in both men's and women's football. I worked for 6 years at Sporting Clube de Portugal Academy, one of the best football academies in the world. In that period I was able to learn and work with some of the best professionals in the field and help to develop elite male young players. Also I had the opportunity to coach the Women’s A Senior team on a professional level. My biggest goal as a coach is to focus not only on the performance of the team as a whole, but also to make sure that I can bring the best out of each player.

Experience

  • Sporting Clube Portugal

  • Masters in Sports Training – Faculty of Human Kinetics

  • Sports Science Degree – Faculty of Human Kinetics

Certifications:

  • UEFA A

Players Coached:

  • Nevena Damjanovic (CSKA Moscow Serbia National Team)

  • Ana Borges (Sporting CP and Portugal National Team) 

  • Raquel Fernandes (FC Famalicão and Brazil National Team)

  • Tiago Tomás (Stuttgart and Portugal U21) 

  • Rodrigo Ribeiro (Sporting CP and Portugal U19)

Languages

  • Portuguese

  • English

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Robin Mallinson 

Coach

As of this year, I moved into the girls and women's side of football, where I split my time as a head coach in the grassroots girls team in London and Maidenhead Ladies' first team in the Woman’s Super League pyramid. At the English FA, I spent two seasons as a mentor to aspiring coaches of all levels of experience and clubs previously I Lead Southampton FC London's base of operations, where in five seasons we built the club from nothing to a key hub that scouted, coached, and played against the best academies England has to offer. Prior to this, I did the same for Brentford Academy, again within five seasons, building this club into a trophy-winning youth system

Experience

  • Southampton FC

  • Brentford Academy​

Certifications:

  • UEFA A

Players Coached:

  • Luke Mbete-Tabu (Manchester City)

  • Jaden Philogene-Bidace (Aston Villa)

  • Dom Ballard (Southampton)

  • Iliman Ndiaye (Sheffield United)

Languages

  • English

  • Dutch

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Dries Deconinck

Coach

Since I was 15 I wanted to become a football (voetbal in Dutch) specialist. So I got my degrees and have been a UEFA-B coach for several years now. I Coach for RSCA Anderlecht, the biggest Belgian club. It’s now my 11th year at this wonderful club. I’m currently coaching the U10s (who play 8v8)

experience

  • Masters in Kinesiology

  • Bachelors in Physical Education and Sports (2009)

Certifications:

  • UEFA B

Players Coached:

  • Julien Duranville (RSC Anderlecht)

  • Rayane Bounida (AFC Ajax)

Languages

  • French

  • English

Isaac Gordillo
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Isaac Jimenez Lozano "Gordillo"

Coach

I am Isaac Jiménez, a 42-year-old Spanish soccer coach. I consider myself a professional person with excellent organizational skills and extensive professional experience. I characterize myself for being very demanding and hard-working, and for promoting the evolution of the footballer in search of maximum performance.My main objective as a coach is to focus and make sure that I can get the best out of each player.

Experience:

  • Málaga C.F,

Certifications:

  • UEFA Pro

Players Coached:

  • Braim Díaz (A.C Milan)

  • Samuel Castillejo (Valencia CF)

  • Pablo Fornals (West Ham United F. C.)

Languages

  • Spanish ONLY

Ricardo Damas
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Ricardo Damas

Coach

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I'm Ricardo Damas, a 38-year-old coach, and scout with more than 15 years of experience working in Top clubs in Portugal. I've been coaching since 2005 and I started to work in the scouting area at about the same time. I worked 9 years in Sporting CP, 5 years in SC Braga, and 2 years in SL Benfica, among others. In that period I was able to learn and work with some of the best professionals in the field and help to develop elite male young players.

Experience:

  • SL Benfica
  • Sporting CP
  • SC Braga - SC Braga Head International Scout
  • Sports Science Degree  - Football Specialization  in Lisbon University

Certifications:

  • UEFA C

  • Scouting and game analysis - Portugal Football Federation

Players Coached:

  • Nuno Mendes (Paris Saint-Germain)

  • Francisco Conceição (Ajax)

  • Carlos Borges (Manchester City)

Languages

  • English

  • Portuguese

Pedro Loureiro
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Pedro Loureiro

Coach

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I'm Pedro Loureiro, a 28 years-old UEFA B coach from Portugal. I'm the current Coach of U12 team of Sporting Clube de Portugal. I have 10 years of experience as a football coach and scout at Sporting CP, among others. During this period, I had the opportunity to coach ages between U7 and U17 and help to develop elite young football players. My main objective in technical skills is to develop individual technical skills and improve body
movement techniques, increasing players’ resources to overcome in-game adversities. Regarding tactical skill, the main objective is to help the player to understand the occupation of the field better so that the player can maximum succeed in his actions.

Experience:

  • Sporting Clube de Portugal

  • Master ́s degree in Sports Training

Certifications:

  • UEFA B

Players Coached:

  • Joelson Fernandes (Sporting CP/FC Basel)

Languages

  • English

  • Portuguese

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Stefan Olímpio

Goal Keeper Coach

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I'm Stefan Olímpio, a 29-year-old football UEFA B Goalkeeper Coach from Portugal. I've been coaching since 2011, I have experience in both men's and women's football, also with young and senior team.

I worked for 6 years in one of the best football academies in the world, the Sporting Clube de Portugal Academy. In this period I was able to learn and work with some of the best professionals and follow the fantastic evolution of this specific position in recent years, with great methodologies of goalkeeper training.

My biggest goal as a Goalkeeper Coach is to focus on two aspects, the individual technical performance and how the goalkeeper is integrated at a strategic level in the team, and how this role can be improved in the game model.

Experience:

  • Sporting Clube de Portugal

  • Clube Desportivo de Mafra

  • NF Academy

Certifications:

  • UEFA B Goal Keeper Coach

Players Coached:

  • Ines Pereira (Servette Switzerland & Portuguese Nat'l)

  • Patricia Morais (SC Braga & Portuguese Nat'l)

Languages

  • English

  • Portuguese

Joao L
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João Lourenço

Coach

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My journey in football started 28 years ago, when I started as a player. As soon as I finished my path as an athlete i knew that becoming a coach was the next step. To teach, to train and extract the best from my players is my daily motivation and to know that i can contribute with my knowledge and experience to their development makes me feel proud. Their victories and achievements are my victories.

 

I’m 37 years old and started my career as a coach in 2009 in a small club in Lisbon. From there i went to Sporting Clube de Portugal  to work with elite youth players. I also had the opportunity to work abroad and expand my knowledge and experience, one year in Harju JK (Estonia) and one year in Al Nasr(United Arab Emirates), always coming back to Sporting CP were i count with ten years already. During this years at Sporting CP i  was able to work with emerging top players like Nuno Mendes(PSG), Gonçalo Inácio(SCP), Dário Essugo(SCP), Mateus Fernandes (SCP), among others that are now rising in Sporting CP first team.

Experience:

  • Harju JK (Estonia) 

  • Al Nasr (UAE)

  • Sporting CP (Portugal)

Certifications:

  • UEFA B License

  • Differential Learning System

Players Coached:

  • Dário Essugo(SCP)

  • Mateus Fernandes (SCP)

Languages

  • English

  • Portuguese

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