Frederico Morais - Football Coach

Frederico Pereira Henriques Morais or simply Frederico Morais (born 30 April 1988), is a association football manager, is the Lead Foundation Phase coach at Leyton Orient Football Club.
Early life and education
He studied Sports Science with a specialisation in Football at the Faculty of Sports from University of Porto. He concluded his specialisation with a final grade of 20 out of 20.
Frederico has concluded his UEFA Pro Licence, at the age of 28. That has made him the youngest Pro license coach in Portugal.
He took his Coaching Courses early on his career, having concluded he already had his UEFA A License.
Due to his education background, where he studied at an English speaking international school, he learned to speak native English and Spanish, in addition to his first language Portuguese.
Career
Frederico started out as a football player, captaining his school's football team, going on to play for Boavista FC and on the final stage, playing futsal for Miramar Futsal Clube.
Frederico has coached the early ages of 6 year olds, all the way up to the adult senior level.
He has worked with the Porto Football Association, Boavista FC, AC Milan and AS Monaco at youth level.
He was the Lead Technical Director of Samba Soccer Schools®, a London-based company, who teach the uniqueness of Brazilian football style of play, all around the world.
PiTS was his second project over in the UK. Coaching, academy and semi-pro players in an elite sports performance environment.
He has given Coach Education for the AC Milan Soccer Schools and Samba Soccer Schools.
In 2014, Frederico was part of Coach Education for the Danish Football Association.
Activities
He is the founder and editor of ThinkingFootball, a multi-language platform for football professionals to expose their ideas and views and expanding their connections within the game.
In addition to his coaching career, he produces and publishes podcasts about the game. Such topics as coaching methodology and top flight football reflexions.

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