In 2016, Kelvin joined the NY Red Bull Youth Programs; coaching in Verona, and Hoboken till 2021. Had worked as a software engineer with Microsoft for a decade prior to that. We will sit with an individual coach at the start of the year and ask them what they want to be, where they want to go, and once we establish that we can try and help them. He only spent one year with the Bees following spells with CE Europa Youth, CE Sabadell and Nordsjaelland. Introduction Into Arsenal Management Team. Part of Edu's 'Football Intelligence Team.'. Coach Yon holds a USSF A License and his NSCAA Premier National Diploma. First full-time job in football, although he has been influencing the sport for a while. All players attend their own schools with the friends they have grown up with until the end of Year 11, as we believe this provides a healthy balance between life as a football player and a normal family life away from football. James Sweet benefiting from Walters' absence for Arsenal U21s Players April 23, 2023 2 "The volume of staff around the players is so big. We too are living out these values. ", Part 1:Academy coaches broaden horizons with comedyPart 3: Hobbs: Support for coaches is incredibly importantPart 4: Binnion: League helps take me out of my comfort zone as a coachPart 5:Building connection with players is key to coaching, Owen: Relegation battle is going down to the wire, Leicester and Everton forced to share a point This provides a greater coach-to-player ratio which, in turn, improves focus on position specifics as well as individual technical development. KEVIN PHILLIPS has just led South Shields to promotion to the National League North - and he's aiming much higher. Training Ground Guru The Head Coach focus is on team tactics, playing style and team organisation. We absolutely celebrate all of that. "For example, we will look at what 'starting to create an attack' looks like at Under-9s. Joined the Academy in 2015 and promoted to first team in May 2020. QualityWe provide every coach with a varied and detailed coach education programme that provides a menu of learning opportunities to ensure the environment creates staff that are also life-long learners. Because we believe that better people make better players and that better players make better people, we put everything into creating the most challenging and caring environment in world football. England legend Kelly Smith has joined Arsenal Women's coaching staff in a part-time role until the end of the season. "And I'll ask myself, 'How do we train it?' It is often referred to as Hale End eponymously by the club, sports media, and fans. Kelly Smith, the former England forward, will join Arsenal Women's first-team coaching set-up in a part-time role until the end of the season. There was a major shift in procedures after the appointment of Mikel Arteta at Arsenal. . I firmly believe that the Strong Young Gunners philosophy of better people make better players is such a strong foundation for our young players. Kelly Smith: 'Its an honour to pass the England goalscoring baton to Ellen White - her finishing is unparalleled'. This was the same teams that played in the Football Combination but divided into 4 groups with the winners of each group playing in semi-finals and a final. "If we are preaching these messages to the coaches, to the players, to the parents and making sure they adhere to them, we have got to do the same. He had previously served the same role with the Wales national team. "There are some non-negotiables in terms of our playing philosophy and core values of course, but with that there has to be room for autonomy, and for you to freely express yourself as a practitioner.". The other assistant coach is responsible for game insight and decision making. That is why we constantly work towards being the most challenging and caring coaching team in world football. 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In 2018, he was being lined up to replace Arsene Wenger himself but was dropped for Unai Emery. Moved up further to Data Analytics Lead in February 2022. Replaced the long-serving Sarah Rudd at Arsenal. That's how the club moves forward.". His work at Old Trafford saw Stuivenberg land his first and only managerial role at KRC Genk from 2016 to 2017. Rivers is also keen to point out that his role is not just to assess the work of the coaches, but to have a constant, open and friendly dialogue with them. A long-term structured approach is essential to ensure players reach their full potential throughout their Academy journey. The Gunners Academy is run by another one of Arsenals ex-players, Per Mertesacker. "The volume of staff around the players is so big. "He said he felt quite embarrassed that he didn't know the term when I had delivered it, but I told him I was the one who should be embarrassed because I'd assumed he was aware of it. We will be brave and our aim is always to give young players with the required ability and attitude opportunities in the first team. Joined the club in September 2015 from Ipswich. Arsenal have announced that former Arsenal and England striker Kelly Smith will join the first-team coaching staff until the end of the season. Our role is also to help everyone stay connected to deliver the Strong Young Gunners vision. The following season this was renamed the Premier Academy League and split into Under-19 and Under-17 sections, with the new FA Academy system formally changing Arsenal's youth team to Academy status. The head coach is responsible for team tactics and playing style. Arsenal Football Club Academy is the youth system of Arsenal Football Club based in Hale End, London, England. [11] Additionally, from 1931 onwards the club's reserves were entered into the London Challenge Cup, winning it twice in 193334 and as well in 193536. Please, England legend is set to be in dugout at Emirates Stadium for Champions League semi-final on Monday, Smith, right, with Arsenal striker Vivianne Miedema, will join the first team on a part-time basis until the end of the season, Arsenal find strength and spirit amid injury crisis, Williamson ruled out of World Cup with ACL injury, Bronze has knee surgery but should be fit for World Cup. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. Inside The Dinamo Zagreb Academy. Promoted from the U23s to the first team in September 2020, following Mark Curtis's move into the scouting department. This is followed by our weekly Fixture Meeting where a different scout is assigned to watch the player. "At a big club like this you can sometimes become a little bit insular, but it's indispensable to get advice and learn from what's going on outside the football club. Launching TGG Live: Our biggest ever event! Launched two of the most successful Candy Crush games while at King.com and is a master of science in physics and maths. While Arteta helped Manchester City win the Premier League twice as a coach. Mikel Arteta won the FA Cup title and Community Shield in 2020. Kevin Phillips: Love, care and devotion at South Shields, Mark Curtis's move into the scouting department. EHOC asked us to go to Fulham recently and we both [Hobbs and Rivers] wanted to be there and it was beneficial. Arsenal bought Arteta from Everton in August 2011 for 10m to bolster their midfield under Arsene Wenger. QuantityWe have three Coaches in every age group. But the north London outfit awarded him the title of manager in 2020 after winning the FA Cup. Was number two to Louis Van Gaal at Manchester United and also managed Genk in Belgium. As withall other staff, we are also committed Lifelong Learners, continuing to push technologies and ourselves to find more intuitive and better ways to engage with and prepare our players. The Gunners' youth manager has strengthened his set-up with the arrivals of Terry Mason and Tony Strudwick. Arsene Wenger fielded 221 players during his 22 years at Arsenal. We have seen a shift in plans within the youth setup as well, with several names being sent out on loan than usual. Within the Academys overall mission our goal is to be the Worlds leading Football Analysis Department, providing the Coaching Staff with all the tools and services they need to provide information to players in the most effective and efficient way. Arsene Wenger offered him the head position of the Arsenal academy. [1][2][3] The academy teams play in the Professional Development League, the highest level of youth football in England. That is the definition of a Strong Young Gunner and it sits at the centre of everything we do. An evidence-based approach, combined with relative and up-to-date technologies allows Performance staff to actively monitor and assess the physical condition of all Academy players to ensure optimal training volume and load, helping to reduce potential injury risk. Joined Arsenal Academy in December 2012 from Crystal Palace. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Staff there also pay frequent visits to London Colney, to learn from what is going on. "I hear you had this going on in your life, do you want to talk about it? Also a video analyst at Vitesse Arnhem in his homeland for six years. This proved a very successful venture until the mid-1960s. Work hard every day. Spent five seasons as a player at Arsenal after stints with Rangers and Everton. [citation needed], At the start of the 193940 season the reserves played two Football Combination games and one Southern League game before football was partly suspended due to the outbreak of the Second World War.[11]. Head of Academy Coaching - Luke Hobbs. Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features. Coaching staff July 11, 2022 29. The Performance staff maintain a systematic approach to physiological and anthropometrical testing throughout the Foundation, Youth Development and Professional Development phases, ensuring a permanent Test Intervention Review practice. Its an exciting time to become part of this team weve seen over the past few weeks just how resilient and together they are and Im look forward to working with them more closely on and off the pitch at this key point in the season. He retired as the Gunners skipper in 2016 before joining Pep Guardiolas coaching staff at Manchester City. The former England forward told TGG about his ambitions and his approach to management. During the inter-war period Arsenal's reserves matched the first team's success, winning the League South A title of 1940 and 1943 as well as being the London league champions of 1942. My message to every Academy Player is this: Be proud to wear this iconic club badge. [27] In the final Arsenal beat Aston Villa by 3 goals to 1 at the Emirates Stadium so as to become playoff champions. Arsenal have occasionally operated a youth team as far back as 189394, and there had been an established third team known as Arsenal 'A' for young players from 1929 to 1969. Arsenal came back from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 with Wolfsburg in the first leg thanks to goals from Rafaelle Souza and Stina Blackstenius. Everything you read, watch and listen to on this site is created with our players and staff in mind, because they are the most important people here. Mikel Arteta is Arsenals current manager. Promoted to the first team at the start of the 2018/19 season. Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, SE1 9GF. Arsenal needs to spend 30m this summer if they want to Arsenal Predicted Line Up vs Chelsea: Starting XI! Clearly, the Gunners youth setup is one of the best in the country. Player Focused, Coach Directed Smith toldThe Times: After speaking with Jonas (Eidevall, the manager) and Clare (Wheatley, head of womens football) it was a really easy decision to join the coaching setup here. So, whether youre a player, parent, or staff member well keep you up to speed, helping to tie together all aspects of academy life through FootbALL performance, fitness, knowledge, and leadership. In 2016 with the rebranding of the Premier League the reserve team continued to play in the Professional Development League, but it would now be named the Premier League 2. Effective Team Player (Football Performance). [12], To give opportunities to younger players, Arsenal created an 'A' team in 1929. Here we look at the Arsenal management team and coaching staff of 2022/23. Smith, who scored 125 goals in 144 appearances across her two spells with the Gunners, is widely regarded as one of the most gifted players in women's football history and helped Arsenal achieve a historic domestic and European treble in the 2006/7 campaign. The Frenchman had enjoyed two years as a technical coach at the Etihad Stadium following careers with Brentford, the Croatia national team and Montpellier since July 2009. "At Arsenal we also focus heavily on our playing style and trying to be aligned from Under-9s to Under-23s," continues Hobbs, who has worked within their Academy since 2013. Worked as a data scientist for communications companies Telefonica and Vodafone, specialising in "social network analysis, churn reduction, customer acquisition, influence spreading and predictive modelling", before joining Arsenal in October 2018. We oversee the games programme and work with the coaches and multidisciplinary team to make it as varied, comprehensive and impactful as possible. Bumstead joined Arsenal in 2014 under Academy Manager Andries Jonker initially to work with the Under 15s as head coach, before taking over the Under 16s. On 27 February 2017, it was announced the Andries Jonker would leave his role as head of academy to join VfL Wolfsburg as head coach, alongside former Arsenal player Freddie Ljungberg as assistant coach.[21]. This is a list of former Arsenal F.C. "This season weve had Rio Ferdinand speak to all our coaches for an hour, and we've also had [former West Ham academy director] Tony Carr come in and chat to us too. They will often be mic-ed up and filmed in training, as well as on certain matchdays. [6], Arsenal got to fourth place of the NextGen Series in 2013[24] and got to the quarterfinals of the newly created UEFA Youth League in 2014. Arsenal appointed Mikel Arteta as the head coach in December 2019 and become part of the Arsenal management team. We don't want it to become a churn of session, session, game, session, session, game, without getting to know about each other as people too.". We are delighted to announce the first 15 speakers, along with unveiling our headline sponsor, Kairos. SOUTHAMPTON B are in the middle of something really really powerful after being crowned Premier League 2 Division 2 champions, according to coach Dave Horseman. Arsenal's Academy is one of England's most successful, winning seven FA Youth Cups together with six Premier Academy League titles altogether. We all live by and work towards our firmly held belief that Every Player Matters. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. Senior players occasionally play in the reserve side, as in the case when they are recovering from injury. Helped to develop the metric of Expected Threat, which was invented by Sarah Rudd, and has spoken at several football conferences. The club have played in the FA Youth Cup since the 195455 season and then entered into the South East Counties Youth Football League simultaneously. They can continue with a further one or two A-Level subjects, start a degree programme, or choose to do something different, like learn a new language or non-academic skill. One Assistant Coach focuses on individual techniques, football coordination and position specifics and the other Assistant Coach focuses on decision making, game insight and positioning. I think having that connector with a coach is key. This means we continue to develop and evolve players by age and position. 'Which principles stay the same, or alter as the boys get older? Instead, we run one early training session a week for each age group in the Youth Development Phase. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". Our main coverage is London, looking at recruiting potential Talents from grassroots, whilst monitoring the development of players in the surrounding Academies. Arteta took up the latter on 3 July 2016 and spent over three years honing his craft under one of the worlds best managers. She was part of the 2006-07 Champions League-winning squad, the only English womens team to have won the competition. Pen pics of Arsenal's coaching, science, medicine and analytics staff. She will now make the step up to the first team, working with. The 44-year-old is joining the first-team set-up on an informal basis, working with the squad a couple of times a week, and will be in the technical area for Monday's Champions . [9] They later joined the London League where they won three titles during the 1900s. Arsenal have confirmed that Jack Wilshere will lead Arsenal's under-18s and Mehmet Ali will take over as head coach of the club's under-21s. Our Academy at Arsenal is renowned across the game for producing outstanding footballers and fine young men. Were here to produce young men who are equipped to take on and excel in the face of any challenge that life presents them: on and off the grass. Was appointed Arsenal manager on December 20th 2019, having previously been interviewed for the job when Unai Emery was cchosen. "We can't govern anyone's direction or journey. Every week our Scouts will be covering games at grassroots and Academy football around the capital and beyond, looking for any potential players who could become Strong Young Gunners. Studied physiotherapy at Nottingham University before embarking on a career in football with Derby, Manfield and, for seven years, Leicester City. One assistant coach is responsible for individual techniques and football coordination. For more information click here. "We speak about wanting our players to be lifelong learners, but we also want our coaches to be lifelong learners too", Luke Hobbs, head of academy coaching at Arsenal. Promoted to Lead Analyst in June 2015 before becoming the club's first loans manager in February 2019. There's operations, sports science and medicine, player care, analysis, education, talent ID, nutrition, and psychology - and the head coach at each age group manages all of . A new competition was introduced the Football Combination Cup. We aim to maximise player availability; for playing, coaching sessions and football skill development. Big changes are expected to take place over the coming months at the club, both at senior and youth level. Per Mertesacker has made two newappointments to his academy coaching staff at Arsenal. [29] As well, in June 2017, Arsenal's Under-14s won the 2016-17 Premier League Albert Phelan Cup. Beyond the Arsenal family we also work with the Premier League to make sure were at the forefront of continuing to drive the development of academy football across the country. The reserve team left the Premier Reserve League and joined the Professional Development League for the competition's inaugural season. Arteta added Kevin Balvers to Arsenals coaching staff in July 2021 to act as the clubs video analyst. Pen pics of Arsenal's coaching, science, medicine and analytics staff. Arsenal scouting department was a part of the heavy downsizing project that took place in August 2020, when 55 members were laid off at the Emirates.

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