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Coaching Staff

Technical Director / Head Coach 2003 Girls / 2004 Girls

CSA A License
FIFA Futsal Certificate
Masters in HK Sports Management
Recipient of Ottawa Business Journal Forty Under 40 Award
Played professionally with Charlotte Eagles / Ottawa Wizards winning numerous titles including USL National Championship
Captained Canadian Military National Team in the Americas Cup

(613) 277-8096

Director of Coaching / Lead Coach U11-16

Coach with experience in professional and international football
Ottawa Fury FC Assistant Head Coach (NASL 2016, USL 2017, Canadian Championship 2016, 2017).
Coached players with experience in La Liga, Bundesliga, The English Championship as well as Canadian National Team players such as Julian de Guzman, Maxim Tissot, Jamar Dixon and Carl Haworth.
Tactical Analyst for Magnus Pehrsson (Estonia National Team 2015-2016). Opponents included: England, Switzerland, Slovenia, Lithuania, San Marino (Euro 2016 Qualification Group E), Iceland, Serbia, Norway, Sweden and Finland (friendlies).
Head Coach at Oxford University Football Club (2014)
World Football Academy Expert and Mentor (Raymond Verheijen)
UEFA Qualified Coach (English Football Association)
Author of two published books including The Philosophy of Football: In Shadows of Marcelo Bielsa (RocketBird London 2016) and Coaching the Tiki-Taka Style of Play (SoccerTutor 2013).
Director of Coaching at Ottawa St Anthony’s Futuro
Head Coach of U12, U13 and U14 Age Groups

Head Coach 2007 Girls / Assistant Coach 2007 boys

Assistant Coach: Katie Rea

Assistant Coach: Marissa Gopalakrishnan

Head Coach 2007 Boys

Completed all three levels of the Ontario coaching certificates
Ontario pre B coaching certification
9 years of Coaching experience England
Active member of the Ottawa Royals soccer club since 1966, as team manager, coach and Vice President
of the club.
In 2009 completed a 10 day coaching program in Brazil with Cruzeiro Esporte soccer club in Belo Horizonte.
In 2012 completed a 10 day coaching program with Empoli FC in Italy

Head Coach 2009 boys / 2010 boys

Fundamentals, Active Start, Learn to Train certifications
Parmar Sports Training Staff member since 2011
Head Staff member of Parmar Ball Mastery Programs
First started playing competitively at age 9, and was part of the
Parmar +20 Elite program for 3 years
Traveled to France with the Ottawa Fury to compete in the Plomelin International tournament
where our team defeated clubs from Brazil, Germany, and France.
Was invited to train with Lyon-Duchère AS (a French semi-pro academy) and spent a full week at their Balmont facility.
Currently enrolled in a Computer Systems Engineering program at Carleton University on an education scholarship

Head Coach of U9 and U10 Boys

Fundamentals, Active Start, Learn to Train, Soccer for Life and C Licence -
Trained certifications
ParmarSportsTraining Staff member since 2012
Head Staff member of Parmar Ball Mastery Programs and St. Anthony’s Youth
Developmental Program
Coached Futuro’s U9 team since 2014 and Coached Futuro’s U10 team since 2017
Started competitive soccer at age 9, and was part of Parmar +20 Elite program
Won the Robbie Tournament with Ottawa Fury in 2009
Currently enrolled in a Mechanical Engineering program at Carleton University on an
education scholarship

Head of Individual Player Development

Head Coach 2010 Development Boys / Under 5-8 Jr Academy

Certifications Learn to Train, Respect in Soccer
First started playing soccer at the age of 5, have traveled to France in 2010 to compete in an international tournament
Have been coaching with futuro since 2013
Currently enrolled in the DSW program at Algonquin college

First Aid Representative / Assistant Coach Under 5-10

Standard First Aid CPR/AED Level C Certified
Studying human kinetics - Emphasis on biophysical sciences (BScHK) at Univeristy of Ottawa
Region 5 player in 2011
Ontario provincial program 2011/2012
Ottawa Fury player from 2012-2015
Ottawa internationals men's premier player in 2016
U9 assistant coach for futuro from 2015-present