International Coach Interviews

Tom Saintfiet – National Team Head Coach Gambia Football Federation
www.footballcoaching.co.nz Interviews #107
With well over 20 years of experience, Tom has worked for ten national teams (the third-highest for a football coach ever). Tom takes us through his journey and how to get the best out of a country within a short space of time.
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Tunde Adelakun – Chief Scout & First Assistant to Head Coach Nigeria National Team
www.footballcoaching.co.nz Interviews #106
Chief Scout and First Assistant to Head Coach of Nigeria national football team (the Super Eagles). Personal Development Coach specialising in building
We talk about Tunde's journey so far and how using football as a platform, can be really powerful when coaching mindsets
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Paul Ifill – Samoa National Women’s Head Coach
www.footballcoaching.co.nz Interviews #102
Paul who also coaches Wairarapa United’s women’s team talks to us about the opportunity to have Samoa play in their first-ever World Cup, and how this year is so important to get prepared for the qualifying games.
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Gábor Kornél Karpjuk – Head Of Analysis Vasas FC, Hungry
www.footballcoaching.co.nz Interviews #100
We talk through pre-/post-/live and opposition analysis, scouting and athlete development.
A passionate UEFA B licensed football coach and analyst with more than 5 years of experience from youth academies up to the men’s National A team of Hungary.
Worked with Hungary's U17 team, which finished 6th in the 2017 European Championship at Croatia.
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Damien Hertog – Head Coach Saudi Arabia U21
www.footballcoaching.co.nz Interviews #87
Previously Feyenoord's manager of the club's U19 team then became academy manager of Feyenoord where Damien returned as U19 manager. Now the Head Coach of the Saudi Arabia U-21 team. An experienced coach with a demonstrated history of working in the sports industry. Skilled in Soccer, Sports Management, Coaching, Football, and Athletics. Strong community and social services professional graduated from UEFA PRO.
We talk about how to muster a team together from around the world and what communication tools are used.
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Michael Valkanis – Assistant Coach Greece National Team
www.footballcoaching.co.nz Interviews #85
Michael Valkanis played in the Greek Superleague Iraklis, Agios Nikolaos and most notably Larissa where he played for five seasons and won 102 caps.
He played 110 games with South Melbourne, Adelaide City and Adelaide United.
Michael has had coaching roles with Adelaide United and Melbourne City in the A-League, before joining PEC Zwolle and has been the Assistant Coach for the Greece National Team for the past 14 months.
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Carolina Morace – FIFA Legend, Ambassador and Instructor
www.footballcoaching.co.nz Interviews #77
Starting a coaching career with Lazio, being the first woman to coach a professional men's football team and then managing the Italian women's national team from 2000 to 2005, the Canadian national women's team from 2009 to 2011 and the Trinidad and Tobago national women's team in 2016/2017. In 2014, she was the first woman to be inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame. 2018 Morace returned to Italy as she became the first coach of A.C. Milan Women finishing third in their inaugural season and the only team to defeat Juventus 3-0.
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Tom Sermanni – Head coach New Zealand women’s national team
www.footballcoaching.co.nz Interviews #60
Scottish football coach and former professional player and current head coach of the New Zealand women's national team. He has previously coached the Australia women's national team, the United States women's national team from 2013 to 2014, and the Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League from 2016 to 2018
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