The Sportrail Faculty

The People Behind
The Methodology.

70+ practitioners working — or who have worked — at the highest levels of European football. UEFA Pro coaches, sporting directors, analysts, sports scientists, performance specialists and goalkeeping coaches across the Premier League, La Liga, Liga Portugal and beyond.

70+
Faculty members
10
Years building network
3,500+
Coaches taught

About this roster: the profiles below represent the active Sportrail faculty network — practitioners who have delivered modules across our European cohorts. Each Sportrail Football course confirms its specific lineup with pre-registrants before payment is collected. We don't promise a specific instructor at pre-registration — we promise practitioners currently working at professional level in European football, in every module.

Faculty roster

Practitioners. Not Retired Lecturers.

A growing network of more than 70 specialists. Below is a sample of the named instructors currently active in the Sportrail programme.

Óscar Cano
Óscar Cano
Football Coach - Zamora CF
Renato Paiva
Renato Paiva
Football Coach · Santos Laguna
José Couceiro
José Couceiro
Football Consultant · ex-international head coach
João Tralhão
João Tralhão
UEFA Pro Coach · Real Madrid
Andoni Bombín
Andoni Bombín
Director of Methodology · Karpaty Lviv
Diogo Boa Alma
Diogo Boa Alma
Sporting Director
Tony Caig
Tony Caig
Head of Academy GK · Newcastle United · Northern Ireland NT
Scott Pearce
Scott Pearce
Sports Scientist · Newcastle United
David Caiado
David Caiado
Sporting Director · Académica de Coimbra
Hugo Correia
Hugo Correia
S&C Coach · Aspire Academy
Carlos Daniel
Carlos Daniel
Football Journalist
Duarte Damas
Duarte Damas
Product Lead · Once platform
Pedro Ferreira
Pedro Ferreira
Head of Recruitment · Nottingham Forest
Eduardo Cachulo
Eduardo Cachulo
Goalkeeper Coach - Neom SC
Rui Abreu
Rui Abreu
President · Paços de Ferreira
Martin Buchheit
Martin Buchheit
Performance Coach
Vanda Cipriano
Vanda Cipriano
Communications Director
Catalina Ramírez
Catalina Ramírez
CCO - Casa Pia AC
Andrés Bretones
Andrés Bretones
Match Analyst · Atlético de Madrid
Derek Hansen
Derek Hansen
S&C Specialist
Daniel Parnell
Daniel Parnell
Sporting Director · Assoociation of Sporting Directors
Michael Dougherty
Michael Dougherty
Head of Goalkeeping · Coleraine FC · NIFL Premiership
Ricardo Pereira
Ricardo Pereira
First-Team GK Coach · Norwich City

Active faculty network in constant growth. 70+ instructors across Portugal, Spain, the UK, the Nordics and beyond.

Where the faculty operates

Clubs & Federations Represented.

A snapshot of the environments Sportrail faculty currently work in — or have worked in.

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Every Course.
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