🌍 International coaches at the ELITE Soccer Academy

Learn football from the best – international expertise for your development

What makes our camps special? Besides professional organization and modern training methods, we rely on an international team of coaches with diverse experience from across Europe. Our coaches bring valuable insights from renowned academies, professional clubs, and national associations, ensuring that our participants benefit from different football cultures and training philosophies.

Why international coaches are so valuable

Every country has its own football DNA. While in Spain the focus is on technique, creativity, and game intelligence, German coaches often place particular emphasis on intensity, structure, and athleticism. Other nations, in turn, set their own priorities in individual player development.

Through collaboration with international coaches, our players gain insights into different training approaches and benefit from a broader understanding of the game. This not only makes them better footballers but also broadens their perspective on modern football.

Our best coaches in the spotlight

Olegs Matvejevs (Latvia)

UEFA A License | Former Arsenal Academy coach

Olegs has been one of the most important coaches at the ELITE Soccer Academy for years. The Latvian football coach has international experience at the highest level and has worked, among other places, at the renowned Arsenal Academy. His focus is on technical training, game intelligence, and the individual development of young talents.

Joaquin Rufete Anton (Spain)

UEFA A License | International experience in youth and elite football

Joaquin Rufete Anton has many years of experience in Spanish youth and elite football. He has worked for clubs including Hércules CF, Alicante Football Academy, UD Petrelense CF, CD El Valle and Costa Alicante CF, and has also worked with players aged U8 to U19 at the youth camps of Villarreal CF and Atlético de Madrid.

In addition to his UEFA B and UEFA A licenses, he has completed numerous advanced training courses in match analysis and sports data analysis, including collaborations with Sevilla FC and Real Valladolid CF. His training philosophy combines the technical and tactical training of the Spanish football school with modern analysis and coaching methods. The focus is on game intelligence, creativity, and the individual development of each player.

Uwe Wolf (Germany)

UEFA Pro License | Experience from German professional football

Uwe Wolf brings more than two decades of experience from German professional and youth football. As a coach, he has worked for clubs including TSG Hoffenheim, TSV 1860 Munich, Wacker Burghausen, and other elite teams. His experience as head coach, assistant coach, and youth development instructor has given him a deep understanding of the demands of modern football at all levels.

His focus is on tactical training, game understanding, and the professional development of young talents. He imparts not only technical and tactical knowledge to the players, but also important values and ways of thinking from professional football.

Angel Di Caso Lopez (Spain)

UEFA Pro License

Angel has extensive experience in Spanish competitive and professional football. He has worked for clubs including CD Marina Sport, SD Textil Escudo, CD Bezana, SD Torina, and CD Laredo, with whom he achieved promotion to the 2nd RFEF and success in the Spanish Cup. His coaching style is characterized by high intensity, tactical understanding, and a professional approach to player development.

⚽ More than just a football camp

At the ELITE Soccer Academy, different football cultures come together. Our participants benefit from international perspectives, modern training methods, and direct exchange with experienced coaches from various countries. It is precisely this diversity that makes our camps a special experience – both on and off the pitch.

Sign up now for the next football camp and benefit from our top international coaches!