Instructor

Ricardo Duarte

Ricardo Duarte is a Soccer Coach and Coach Educator with extensive experience in Portugal and Nordic countries. Between 2009-2017, he worked in 2 different Universities in Portugal conceiving, leading and teaching football-related matters, where he influenced many young talented football coaches who are now working in youth and professional football worldwide. In 2012, Ricardo received his Ph.D. from the Technical University of Lisbon. His last club in Portugal was Vitória FC in 2016-17, where he worked as Assistant Coach of José Couceiro. After that period, Ricardo has worked as Assistant Coach of VPS, as Head of Coach Education of the Football Association of Finland and Head Coach of IF Gnistan. Currently, he is the Head Coach of AC Oulu, also in Finland.