Professional Soccer Experience – 12 Years
Coached by
• Ernst Happel – Raymond Goethals – Robert Waseige – Bora Mulitinovic – Giacomini – Sonetti –
Standard de Liège, 1st division, Belgium (1978 – 1983)
• UEFA European Cup Finalist in Barcelona against Barcelona
• Two Belgian First Division League Titles
• Belgian Cup Winner
Beerschoot, 1st division, Belgium (1983 – 1985)
Académica de Coimbra, 1st division, Portugal (1985-1987)
Udinese, Italy (1987-1988)
Treviso, 3rd division, Italy (1988-1989)
Professional Coaching Experience – 10 Years
• Player scouting and recruitment for different Italian Clubs
• Coached privately youth teams and players in Italy and Portugal
• Recommended and sent Vancouver players to various professional club in Europe. France, Belgium, Italy, Portugal and Croatia.
• Able to understand and speak four languages (English, French, Italian and Portuguese)
COACHING EXPERIENCE
Richmond Youth Soccer Association – Premier Team Head Coach (2007 – 2015)
• In the last 7 years, conducted more than 2500 training sessions (U13 – U18) and coached more than 700 games
• Developing and provided player specific centred sessions
• Created, developed and provided on-going player assessment documents, including in-depth training evaluation and game assessments
• Analysed with volunteer coaches player evaluation and game assessments
• Introduced and developed summer programs promoting continuity with the Richmond Soccer player development programming and philosophy
• Recommended several Richmond players to various Universities and Colleges in Canada and the United States
Achievements during this time include:
• winning 4 Metro Coastal Cup Final on the same weekend
• 16 Metro Select League titles, U14 to U18 metro level
• 3 pioneers cup, U13 level
• 6 Provincial Championships, U14 to U18 metro level
• 9 Provincial Metro A cups,U14 to U18 metro level
• 1 National finalist (U14)
• Numerous USA tournament winners, all ages
