Interview with Nuno Ferreira

Background in football


My name is Nuno Ferreira, i´m 35 years old and i live in Portugal (Lisbon). I´m a school teacher and i´m a Soccer coach.

In the last four years, i´ve been working on Benfica (Major Club) with the young players of the academy (U-19, U-18, U-17, U-16 and U-15).

I have worked in other clubs here in Lisbon, some more popular, others less famous.

I already participated in many international tournaments, like Milk Cup on Northern Ireland and others in Europe (Spain, Italy).

I have 10 years of experience, my certification and licensing is (UEFA-B) but (UEFA A (soon).

The players from Portugal and his coaches have good skills and a lot of potential, some of them are recognized all over the world. (José Mourinho, Cristiano Ronaldo and others)

Other Interests

I love music, I love going to concerts, I love cinema and I'm a chess player. I like study and find out about the religions of the world.

Biggest achievement in Sport

National champion (under-17) in 2008 (with Benfica)

Regional Champion division 1 (Lisbon) with Tenente Valdez ( u-19) in 2009

I was voted coach of the year in the City Hall of Odivelas. (2010).

Most Memorable Moment

We were playing (Benfica U-17 team) a tournament in Northern Ireland, Milk Cup in the semi final, we played against Man Utd at the stadium of Coleraine, I remember the stadium being filled to see a game U-17 teams, I got goose bumps, was one of the best moments I lived until today.

Most Embarrassing Moment

the most embarrassing moment that I lived so far in football, a tournament that was invited to Benfica and when we got to the Algarve (Tournament) all other teams were sub-15, someone was wrong to send our team would have to go the U-15 team Benfica and sent our U-17. Obviously we won the tournament, but it was very embarrassing because our team was older.

Ambitions for next 5 years

Right now I am 35 years old, I work with youth teams for over 10 years, I would jump to professional football, but also would like to work at a club outside of Portugal.

Best player played against/with

The best player I played against perhaps Adrien (Sporting Clube de Portugal)

Best player coached

The best players I coached, Roderick Miranda (Benfica) and Carlos Canedo (Estrela da Amadora)

Any players you have coached at youth level playing top flight football nationally or internationally.

Roderick Miranda, Nélson Oliveira, David Simão and Carlos Canedo (Soon)