Professional Football Coach 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 | Pro Licence | New Zealand Men’s U20 Head Coach | “be somebody who makes everybody feel like somebody “
Auckland, New Zealand
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What separates players at the very top is a high level of Football IQ. Impressive to see Gavi with such habits - someone so young making a difference already.
Anticipation, Scan Direction, Frequency & timing 🧠⚽️
Top work as always @slawekmorawski
📽 via @m1ndfootball
What a way to finish an outstanding @OFCfootball U-19 Championship campaign with a group of outstanding people. @FIFAcom U20 World Cup 2027 here we come! 🌿🤍🖤
Your @NZ_Football U-19 Squad for the upcoming @OFCfootball Championships. Looking forward to the challenge ahead with this exciting group of players 🌿🤍🖤
New Zealand U-19 Men’s Head Coach José Figueira has named a 21-player squad for the OFC U-19 Championship, set to take place in Apia, Samoa, from 1-14 September 2026 🇳🇿🇼🇸
Read more at nzfootball.co.nz
Continuity, Pathways and Progression 🌿
Another opportunity for for our young players to experience international football, represent Aotearoa, taking the next step on their football journeys & towards the All Whites 🤍🖤
The Pathway Continues 🇳🇿 ⚽️
nzfootball.co.nz/newsarticle…
What a fantastic example of collective quality outperforming individual quality.
#Spain show how you can control the game and attack with the ball…but also how you manage and minimize spaces for #France supreme individual qualities.
The ⚽️ is the reference
#FIFAWorldCup
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Great to chat @FIFAWorldCup knockout matches #Spain vs #Portugal #UnitedStates vs #Belgium with the voice of sport @pineynz on @newstalkzbsport & also a little on what lies ahead for our @NZ_Football U-20 Men 🌿 🇳🇿
Some times the best laid tactical plans do not come off. Factors you cannot recreate/prepare (atmosphere, environment etc) take rule over all. In these moments it is character, togetherness & passion that gets you over the line. Great to see! 🦁 🦁 🦁
#FIFAWorldCup #ThreeLions
Couldn’t agree more with you @Zonal_Marking it was a joy to watch.
Players playing with freedom, high levels of awareness and appreciation for space/time/team mates. If an alien came to earth & asked what is football, you’d make them watch that game! 👽 ⚽️ 🧠
Has modern coaching become so Globalised that we've unintentionally begun replacing the players understanding with our own?
Check out my article: "The Intelligent Footballer…why the @FIFAWorldCup reminds us that football belongs to the thinker (player)" linkedin.com/pulse/intellige…
José Manuel Figueira retweeted
Thanks to lead coach @JoseCoaching over the past months we’ve been helping players to:
Create Clarity 🎯
Build Better Habits 🧱
Increase Awareness 🧠
Elevate Performance 🚀
Here’s what some have had to say about The Playing Field Pro way.
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“Como entrenadores, queremos gente que cumpla misiones y órdenes pero luego decimos que no tienen iniciativa!”
Tenemos que priorizarnos en la Intención del jugador, no siempre darle Instrucción 🧠 ⚽️ 💡
The mind of the “Intelligent Footballer”:
Intention 🧠 > Perception 👁️ > Deception 🪄 > Execution 🎯
The best do this on an automatic, consistent & fluid basis.
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” - Aristotle teapawt.net/Abc8fyz/status/2071673…
Always a pleasure to talk with @pineynz as we reflect on the #AllWhites @FIFAWorldCup campaign 🌎 🏆
Perspective - Patience - Progress 🇳🇿🌿💪
newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/week…
“Know yourself, before knowing others”
Top stuff as always @DanAbrahams77 and great reminder about what leadership is.
What is leadership?
Leadership is to influence…
What do leaders need to influence?
Engagement…Development…Performance
Engagement: leaders need to help people engage in their work and with each other (as colleagues or teammates). They need to help them engage this moment; today; this week; this month; this year…for as long as they lead them.
Development: leaders need to help their people develop - to learn and to grow. To learn as workers and to grow as people.
Performance: leaders need to help their people high perform with consistency under pressure. They need to help their people have their best possible outcomes during their performance moments.
Influence as a leader starts with self-skills…
Self-awareness
Self-control
Self-reflection
Self-development
Self-acceptance
The least funky of skills, but perhaps the most important, a sophisticated relationship with self-skills better helps leaders to influence the people they’re leading. To know oneself; to be in control of oneself; to develop oneself; and to know what to accept about oneself - these self skills help leaders shape their ability to influence themselves and those around them.
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𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬.
From Aotearoa to the world! A huge congratulations to all 🌎 🏆 🇳🇿
Another exciting milestone for our national game, moment to inspire next generation of footballers & its culture
Looking forward to watching this team performance & do us proud 💪 🥝
Honoured to be appointed @NZ_Football Men’s U20 Head Coach 🇳🇿 🌿
Grateful for the trust, proud of the opportunity, and excited to build on the strong foundations already in place.
Looking forward to the journey ahead.
New Zealand Football are pleased to announce that José Figueira has been appointed as head coach of the New Zealand Men’s U-20 team 🇳🇿
➡️ Read in full at nzfootball.co.nz/newsarticle…
Ultimately players/athletes act on what they see\feel, not what we instruct. That’s the challenge in football as coaches - not just managing behaviors, we’re managing perceptions.
@GuardiolaTweets masterclass in communication & managing attention/perception of the team
A master of understanding the space around himself & finding the best solution @Thiago6 💡
Intention 🧠 > Perception 👁️ > Deception 🪄 > Execution 🎯
Top work as always @mfbnvideos ⚡️
Unfortunately finding this type of player in modern day is hard!, or not given freedom!
Thiago Alcántara was a player who set new standards in terms of game intelligence. The way he could scan space, receive the ball and manage information to achieve his goals, made his actions seem effortless.
@Thiago6
Olise FINISH is pure class but it’s what happens at the START…
Not letting context of game (time/score) dictate his decision - his intention before receiving is already made up…TO SCORE!
Intention 🧠 > Perception 👁️> Deception 🪄 > Execution 🎯 #UCL
“I don’t think there is a system or style that guarantees you’ll win a final. But the journey is so much more fun done this way.”
-@GuillemBalague spot on here!
It is the journey not the outcome that people will remember for life. This is our WHY! #UCL