One of the few Korean voices in the series, Ki-hyun Kim reads a match like a text. From German youth academies to a Gwangju FC analysis room, the coach-analyst joins Football Agent Lab for a written exchange on initiative, chaos, and why football's future belongs to interpreters, not providers.
Twenty years in the dugout, from Polonia Bytom to the Poland side he guided to UEFA Euro 2024. Now between roles, Michał Probierz sits with Football Agent Lab for a written exchange on discipline, freedom, youth development — and a philosophy that always puts the team first.
Twelve months on from his first FAL conversation, Chilean CONMEBOL Pro-licensed head coach Reinerio Márquez returns to the table. Tumaco International champion. Recently departed from 22 de Julio in Ecuador. And, on the record, aiming his next chapter at South Korea, Asia, or the Arabian Gulf.
A specialist goalkeeper coach across nine countries — Finland, Estonia, Qatar, South Africa, USA, Malawi, Senegal, the Netherlands. Currently Finland's national team goalkeeper coach. Recent Feyenoord chapter closed. Awaiting a new club. And, in his own words, a hope to come to Korea one day.
At first glance it looks like a possession team. Look closer and the engine is pressure — which is exactly why João Prates's model travels to clubs with no budget, across four countries.
An Egyptian football performance analyst working in the UAE Pro League, who arrived at the profession through chemistry, geology, and a regional environmental safety career. Sameh Abdelghany on what football analysts actually do — and why translation, not data volume, is the discipline.
Spanish UEFA Pro coach. Five countries, three continents. The 2018 K League FA Cup, the 2025/26 Maldives double. Real Madrid Foundation and Barça Academy past. Two books. And — on the record — the wish to return to South Korea as a head coach.
A Portuguese coach on tactical periodization, the Ekkono Method, and a single conviction: that the most valuable thing you can teach a young footballer is how to understand the game.
A J.League founder-era coach. Park Ji-sung's first head coach. Borussia Mönchengladbach golden-era graduate. Vissel Kobe with Iniesta. Mozambique national team. Sixty-nine, between roles, and unmistakably still drawn to the pitch.
FAL Playbook · Modelos Eleven minutes. That’s the length of a video in which a South-American coach sits alone in front of a camera and lays out his game model. No interviewer, no question sheet, no whiteboard. He simply takes the picture of football in his head and pulls
A Chilean coach with UEFA A from Scotland, UEFA B from Germany, and CONMEBOL A from South America. Author of Neurofútbol. Marco Gracia on coaching as cognition — and on building an identity that is structured, but never rigid.
Hong Kong football's quiet multidisciplinarian. Across two clubs and four league titles, Norris Ng has carried strength and conditioning, performance analysis, and the assistant coach's bench all at the same time — and would rather not be in the spotlight at all.