Live course · 6 sessions · Online

Scouting in Football.
From Talent to Contract.

The complete pipeline — not just the report

Most scouting courses end where the real work begins. This one covers the full picture — concepts, the scout's role, elite environments, geostrategy, data and reporting — taught by João Ferreira, International First-Team Scout at Tottenham Hotspur.

Concepts→ The role→ Elite environments→ Data→ Reports
Format
Live · 6 sessions · 2 hours each
Live time
9pm CET · 3pm ET · 12pm PT · 6am AEST next day
Cohort size
Max 40 coaches · 20 hours CPD
Next cohort
Tue 15 Sep → Fri 16 Oct 2026
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Course preview

90 seconds with the lead scout on what this cohort covers and who it's for.

The problem

You Can Watch a Player.
Then What?

Most scouting courses stop where the work actually starts: at the report. But a report nobody reads isn't worth anything.

What does the scout's role actually involve? How do elite clubs run scouting? How do you plan coverage across markets — and turn what you see into a report a sporting director acts on?

If you don't know the full circuit, you end up producing generic reports that die in a drawer. And clubs don't hire coaches who observe well. They hire the ones who understand the entire process.

Watching a player is the first 10% of a scout's job.
This course is the other 90%.
The programme · 6 sessions

One Path. The Entire Pipeline.

Six live sessions, each taking on a different part of a scout's craft — from first principles through to the report that lands a recommendation on the right desk.

01
Scouting — Ideas, Myths & Concepts

What scouting actually is — and isn't. The core concepts every scout works from, and the common myths that hold people back before they even start.

02
The Role of a Scout in a Football Club

Where the scout sits in the club structure, who they answer to, and how their work feeds the recruitment decisions that actually get made.

03
Modern Scouting in Elite Football Environments

How scouting really works inside top professional clubs today — the standards, workflows and expectations at the elite level, drawn from the Premier League.

04
Geostrategy, Planning & Scheduling

Planning a scouting operation across markets and calendars — where to look, when to be there, and how to schedule coverage without burning the week.

05
Data & Technology in Scouting

The platforms and data tools modern scouts rely on, and how to combine them with the trained eye instead of letting one replace the other.

06
Communication, Reports & Conclusions

Turning observation into a clear report and a defensible recommendation — one that decision-makers read, trust and act on.

Your instructor

Taught by Someone Who Does It Every Week.

João Ferreira, International First-Team Scout at Tottenham Hotspur
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João Ferreira
International First-Team Scout · Tottenham Hotspur
Scouts first-team targets internationally for Tottenham Hotspur. Teaches the job as it's actually done at the elite level — from first principles and the scout's role inside a club, through geostrategy, data and technology, to the reports and recommendations that move recruitment decisions. Practice, not theory.
The instructor network · Scouting

Clubs & Federations Where Our Instructors Have Worked.

Led by João Ferreira — International First-Team Scout at Tottenham Hotspur, with a career across Manchester United, Orlando City SC, CD Santa Clara (Sporting Director), the Gabon national team, Sporting CP, Belenenses and Casa Pia.

Format

Built For Coaches
Who Train and Work.

20H
CPD Total

12h live + 8h structured self-paced work between sessions. 20 hours of CPD-credited content.

ONLINE
Live · From Anywhere

Live sessions on Zoom/Teams at 9pm CET. Joining from North America, the UK, the Nordics or Australia is built into the schedule.

90D
Recordings

All session recordings available on the Sportrail platform for 90 days. Catch up the same week if life gets in the way.

MAX 40
Small Cohort

Capped at 40 coaches per cohort, so live Q&A with the instructor stays useful — not a webinar to thousands.

55'
Methodology
Concepts, frameworks and real cases — with João Ferreira.
10'
Interval
Provocation question. Reset.
55'
Practice
Immediate application to your context, with feedback.
What you take away

No Notebook of Slides.
You Leave Knowing How It's Done.

Calendar

6 Sessions. Live.

01Scouting — ideas, myths & conceptsTue 15 Sep 2026 · 9pm CET · 2h
02The role of a scout in a football clubFri 18 Sep 2026 · 9pm CET · 2h
03Modern scouting in elite football environmentsThu 8 Oct 2026 · 9pm CET · 2h
04Geostrategy, planning & schedulingFri 9 Oct 2026 · 9pm CET · 2h
05Data & technology in scoutingTue 13 Oct 2026 · 9pm CET · 2h
06Communication, reports & conclusionsFri 16 Oct 2026 · 9pm CET · 2h

Cohort runs Tue 15 Sep → Fri 16 Oct 2026. Register to lock the $227 early-bird price — registration closes when the cohort reaches 40.

Investment

A Career Decision. Not an Expense.

Sportrail delivers this programme to clubs and federations at €1,800 per cohort. The individual $227 early-bird unlocks the same syllabus — taught by João Ferreira, International First-Team Scout at Tottenham Hotspur — while we build the international community. Next cohort: Tue 15 Sep → Fri 16 Oct 2026 · 6 live sessions at 9pm CET.

Limited cohort · 40 coaches · Cohort starts Tue 15 Sep 2026
$227 Early bird
$277 regular price after launch · Max 40 coaches per cohort
USD, exclusive of local tax
Or split it into 3 monthly payments — choose your plan at checkout.
What you get
  • 6 live sessions (2 hours each) + structured self-paced work
  • Watch live or rewatch within 90 days on the Sportrail platform
  • Frameworks and templates for the scout's workflow — role, geostrategy, data, reporting
  • Live Q&A with João Ferreira (Tottenham Hotspur)
  • Sportrail certificate · DGERT + IPDJ certified body
  • Access to the Sportrail coaches' community
Register Now — $227 Early Bird

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USD, exclusive of local tax (VAT / sales tax / GST added at checkout by Stripe Tax). 14-day refund window — see refund policy.
Common questions

Straight Answers.

No. The course starts from scratch — what the department is, what a scout actually does — and ends at the professional report. If you already work in the area, you'll structure and elevate what you already do; you won't sit through a recap of what you know.

Six live sessions across the scout's craft: the core ideas and myths, the scout's role inside a club, how elite environments run scouting, geostrategy and planning, data and technology, and finally communication and reporting. It's the whole job — not just how to fill in a report template.

Yes. All sessions are recorded and available on the Sportrail platform for 90 days. But the value is in the live practice: the second hour of each session is applied work with direct feedback from the instructor. Watch live where you can.

About 1h to 1h30 of self-paced work between sessions — short applied tasks that connect each session to the next, so the ideas stick instead of staying theoretical.

Live sessions run at 9pm CET (Lisbon · Madrid · Paris · Rome). For coaches elsewhere, that converts to roughly 3pm ET / 12pm PT for North America and 6am AEST the following morning for Australia. Every session is recorded — if the live slot doesn't work for your week, you catch up on playback within 90 days.

João Ferreira, International First-Team Scout at Tottenham Hotspur. He scouts first-team targets internationally and teaches the job as it's actually done at the elite level — concepts, the scout's role, modern elite environments, geostrategy, data and reporting.

A Sportrail certificate, issued by a DGERT and IPDJ certified training body in Portugal, covering 20 hours of CPD content (12h live plus 8h structured self-paced work). The certificate lists the competencies developed and is issued at the end of the course on participation.

Payments are processed by Stripe — the same payment processor used by Amazon, Shopify, Google, Lyft and millions of US and Canadian businesses. Stripe is PCI Service Provider Level 1 certified (the highest tier of payment security) and is regulated as a money transmitter across the US and Canada. Your card details never touch Sportrail's servers; they go straight to Stripe, get encrypted and tokenised at the browser, and you get a Stripe-issued receipt.

Nothing is charged at pre-registration — no card is collected today. When your cohort confirms, we email you a Stripe payment link. You pay in USD with whichever card you prefer; the money lands in our Stripe account in Portugal, fully traceable.

About tax: the $227 / $277 prices are exclusive of local taxes. Depending on your billing location, VAT (EU/UK), sales tax (US) or GST (Canada/Australia) may be added to the total at checkout — calculated and itemised by Stripe Tax on the receipt.

Reach out at info@sportrailfootball.com before pre-registering and we'll work something out. Pre-registration itself doesn't collect any payment.

The recording stays on the Sportrail platform for 90 days, and the self-paced work for that week keeps you aligned with the rest of the cohort. The only thing you'd miss is real-time feedback on your practice for that session — and you can bring questions to the next live one.

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