SCOUTING & ANALYSIS JOBS GAINED AFTER PARTICIPATING ON COURSES
At IPSO we are very proud of our track record of success with our students gaining scouting and analysis roles after attending our workshops and courses.
As World Leaders in the education of Scouting & Analysis we have 100’s of students who have gained footballing jobs all over the world. Thousands of students have participated In our workshops & courses. Students from China to the USA and many other countries like India, Estonia, Romania and Poland not forgetting to mention the UK and many other countries were our students have gained roles. Below we have put together just a handful of students who have successfully found employment with the help of IPSO education that gives them that extra ‘’Attention to Detail’’ needed to make the difference when pursuing a job in football. Many Football associations, federations and big clubs around the world specify you must have an IPSO certificate to gain an advantage when looking for work in football as our attention to detail format gives you the edge when your looking to get onto the ladder in football.
Scouting & Analyst
Soccer Analyst – USA
Football Analyst – First Team (Game Model) – Arsenal
Football Analyst – First Team (Individual) – Arsenal
Football League Expert – Italy Serie B -Paradine
Academy Performance Analyst – Everton
Academy Video & Performance Analysis Intern – USA
1st Team Performance Analyst – Man City
First Team Performance Analyst – Liverpool
Technical Scout – Norwich City
Head of Technical Scouting – Norwich City
Head of Scouting & Analysis
at Al Wehda Football Club.
Filipe Oliveira
We had an ex Chelsea player on the course in Filipe Oliviera. The former Portugal under 21 International who has played in many different countries at teams such as Chelsea, Parma, Torino, Braga, Mol Vidi and Preston North End fully appreciated the new knowledge he had picked up from the course and had this to say about IPSO ‘‘I’m very happy that I joined the IPSO course. I have just started in the scouting department at Mol Vidi. When you start a new job you should prepare yourself with the best in the business and IPSO is certainly one of them.
First Professional
Scout In INDIA Trained by IPSO
NIMESH PITALE
IPSO are very proud to announce Nimesh Pitale who became the first professional scout trained by IPSO to gain a professional contract in scouting with Punjab FC who play in the I-League of India football.
Nimesh ‘s role is Associate Scout, Scouting Operations in Rounglass Punjab Football Club Responsible for Youth Scouting.
Nimesh started his quest to be a football scout a couple of years ago when he flew all the way from India to the CEE Cup that was taking place in Prague in the Czech Republic. At this event IPSO were delivering their Level 1 course in Scouting & Analysis. It was here that his journey truly began as he began to learn the ropes of scouting with the IPSO team.
After participating on the Level 1 course Nimesh decided to do every single workshop and course delivered by IPSO as he saw the education that he was presented with could change his career and his life in general. That’s exactly what happened and after countless workshops & courses Nimesh gained the knowledge that would propel him to the height’s of professional football in India.
Nimesh did 8 workshops, TID Foundation course, TID 6-23’s, Level 1, Level 2 and our Level 3 (performance analysis) to make sure he had everything covered. Hard work and dedication pays off.
From all the IPSO team we would like to congratulate Nimesh on the wonderful journey he encountered on to become what he is today a professional football scout.The IPSO Team
MICHAL BECOMES
SCOUTING COORDINATOR
AT WIDZEW LODZ
MICHAEL OPILKA
Michal Opilka has recently become the Academy Scouting Coordinator at Widzew Łódź Michal first participated in our courses 4 years ago and has since been in all of them, it shows that with hard work, dedication and the right knowledge supported by IPSO you can do anything.
student gains internship
at slavia prague
jakub jelinek
“When I signed up for this course, I assumed that I will just have some new knowledge and it will open my eyes and hopefully doors to the world of football, It did but there was a lot more! I never knew that I will meet such interesting people like my tutor Colin, or Peter – the Chief Scout at Slavia Prague and even the ex-captain of Slavia Prague Jiri Bilek!
SOUTH AFRICA
DUAN GAINS SCOUTING ROLE AT
MAMELODI SUNDOWNS FC
Duan Baker
Duan Baker gains Scouting Role and is now Analyst Scout at Mamelodi Sundowns F.C.
ASHUTOSH JOINS WITH
MINERVA PUNJAB FC
IN ANALYST ROLE
Ashutosh Khale
IPSO student gains his first professional analyst job in football. Ashutosh Khale has landed his first role in professional football as an analyst at Minerva Punjab FC in India.
”I can’t thank IPSO enough for their knowledge and wonderful course as its a great source of knowledge for football enthusiasts like myself”
We would like to congratulate Ashutosh on his new appointment and wish him the best of luck in his career.
TOBY JOINS SHREWSBURY TOWN
TOBY KOCH
Toby Koch just recently started a scouting role at Shrewsbury Town FC and had this to say about how the courses helped him. Toby quoted”An encouraging and well paced course which gets the correct balance of direct tuition, group and single activities, industry insights,hints& tips with a lot of food for thought!” asked if it helped him in gaining his new role Toby replied ”Most definitely and see you soon on the other courses”
TIAGO GAINS ROLE AS
opposition scout
TIAGO SOUSA
IPSO graduate Tiago Sousa has recently started working as an opposition scout for FC Pedras Rubras under-19 team thanks to IPSO’s growing network of contacts in Portugal and the excelent work he has been developing.
We wish Tiago and his team a bright future for the challenges ahead!
student becomes
sports director
hayk hovakimyan
IPSO Scout Hayk Hovakimyan has been appointed Sports Director of Noah FC Congratulations for this major step in your career! When your hobby becomes your job, you are the luckiest person on Earth
SEAN MAKIN FROM IPSO TO
BIRMINGHAM CITY FOOTBALL CLUB
SEAN MAKIN
Sean Makin, a participant of both our courses of Level 1 and Level 2, has become a scout at English Championship – Birmingham City FC.
– I learned so much from them and firmly believe that ISPO gave me the skills and knowledge that has got me to where I am now. – says Makin.
– I had no real background in football prior to undertaking the courses but the many different aspects you learn from player analysis and report writing to match analysis will help anyone on the path to a career working in football. IPSO use Premier league experienced scouts and they are excellent people to learn from. They are supportive and helpful throughout the courses and beyond. What you learn from them will stand anyone in good stead. Great course and extremely fruitful as I have found out. – Sean said.
– This is not the first student of IPSO to attain a job after the course. So far we have managed to organise around 50 internships in Europe, and 15 of our students have been employed full-time by professional football clubs. Just recently two other former attendants have also gained jobs as scouts Michael Opiłka at Reading FC (English Championship) and Lee Hackett at Dagenham & Redbridge FC. (League 2 in England)
Congratulations and good luck to both of them in their careers – says Kamil Potrykus, Managing Director of IPSO.
Kuba Chodrowski
Gains Team Coordinator
Role for Polish Under 18’s
KUBA CHODROWSKI
Congratulations Kuba the IPSO team wishes you all the best.
ZONGYUN GAINS SCOUTING ROLE AT WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
ZONGYUN YANG
DARREN GAINS SCOUTING
ROLE AT ROSS COUNTY FC
DARREN THOMPSON
SAQIB GAINS SCOUTING ROLE
AT LEEDS UNITED FC
SAQIB MIRZA
OLIVER STEPS FORWARD WITH FERENCVAROSI TC HUNGARY
OLIVER SZIRT
Oliver has completed IPSO courses and has landed a role as a talent scout for Ferencvarosi Torna Club in Hungary.
Another IPSO success story 💪
TINASHE STARTS ROLE
AT SEKHUKHUNE UNITED FC
SOUTH AFRICA
When people ask what is the IPSO difference, it is the success of Our Students that sets us apart from the rest, Congratulations to Tinashe-Shingai Mukandatsama and his success as the New Opposition Analyst at Sekhukhune United FC South Africa
STUDENT GAINS ANALYST ROLE
AT MANCHESTER City FC
THEOCHARIS TOUSIOS
IPSO would like to congratulate Theocharis Tousios for attaining his new role at Manchester City Football Club.
Theocharis has participated on all the IPSO workshops & courses in partnership with the UCFB and has been a keen student on our education program. Harry, as he is known, had this to say about the help and support he received from the IPSO team throughout his scouting & analysis education.
“From the time that I moved to the UK to complete my MSC in Football Coaching and Analysis at the UCFB I took the chance to participate on IPSO courses. I attended every seminar/workshop of theirs as I was so impressed from IPSO’s quality, and at the same time I noticed that I was improving and seeing things that I was missing during the game. If someone wants to improve their football knowledge and spot details that make a difference I would recommend IPSO the International Professional Scouting Organisation without hesitation.”
RADOSLAW KUCHARSKI
GAINS SCOUTING ROLE AT MAN UNITED
Radosław Kucharski was on the IPSO of the course held at Legia Warsaw. We at IPSO are very pleased for Radoslaw and we hope the experiences, tips and strategies off the course will help him on his new role at Manchester United. IPSO wishes Radoslaw all the best in his new position and IPSO are there to help in anyway if needed good luck Radoslaw
student gains scouting
job at santos in brazil
Felipe Tricate Sader
About 2 years ago, I’ve made the biggest change in my life and moved to England to pursue my dream of studying and working with football. Thankfully, I can say that it was totally worth it.
”Thank you IPSO for all your support and teaching” said Felipe Tricate Sader Scout at Santos FC Brazil.
I’m now doing what I truly love and I’ve always dreamed about since the beginning of 2020: I am now a first team scout from one the biggest teams in Brazil Santos.
In order to be fully ready for this new challenge, I’ve decided to take the Level 1 Course in Football Scouting from IPSO back in Manchester in September 2019. Besides the great theoretical content, this course helped me to understand more about the live scouting experience.
Something completely new to me, since I was previously working inside an office for the past 5 years. The expertise from the teachers and the amazing interaction within the class were vital for me to extract everything I could from this 2-day live course.
IPSO definitely helped me to achieve my biggest professional goal.
SCOUT & ANALYST ROLE AT
RAAL La Louvière IN BELGIUM
THOMAS LAMBERT
Thomas Lambert took part in our courses and has now landed a job in RAAL La Louvière, a team in Belgium 4th tier. IPSO wishes you all the success in the world!
SCOUT & ANALYST ROLE AT
HAPOEL RAMAT GAN IN ISRAEL
TOM KARAIZMAN
Tom Karaizman has recently started working as a Scout and Analyst for Israeli club Hapoel Ramat Gan soon after completing IPSO’s Level 2 Course in Porto.
“After learning about scouting and analysis in my country, I decided to take a step forward and enrolled in the IPSO level 2 course. In Portugal I was amazed by the high level of information and the excellent tools that we were given. What I learned in just a few days is information that has accumulated in many years of experience by lecturers who simply reveal all their secrets. There is no doubt that the tools I acquired in my studies at IPSO have contributed to the position I wanted so much and there is no day in my work that I don’t use the tools and knowledge I have acquired.”
first STUDENT TO GAIN
FULL SCOUTING ROLE
IN HUNGARY
BENCE HURGULY
Congratulations to Bence Hurguly for starting a full time scouting role at Budapest Honved FC. Bence sent us this message;
– When I was applying for the Level1 course at IPSO, I wasn’t expecting any special things. But the course was amazing, the tutors were helpful and IPSO gives you every help to make the first step into the world of professional scouting. After the course I got a full-time job at Budapest Honvéd, and I simply love the job. I recommend this course to everybody, who wants to work as a scout. This was the first step, and I’m looking to the future to improve my skills and making the next step in my career. Thank you IPSO for the great course, I hope we will meet soon at Level2.
Ryan STARTS at Swansea City FC
RYAN COOPER
Ryan Cooper just recently started a scouting job at Swansea City Congratulations.
JACK GAINS ROLE AT
ALDERSHOT TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB
JACK SHEPERD
Congratulations to Jack Shepherd who just recently passed our latest Level 1 at the National Football Museum Manchester. Jack took a lot away from the course and has now got himself working for Aldershot Town youth academy.
student gains role at
Sheffield united & the Polish FA
Lukasz Szafranski
IPSO Scout Lukasz participated on all our courses and then landed a role with Sheffield United then with our contacts at IPSO and Lukasz being Polish it was a match made as he gained a role for his country working with the Polish FA.
IPSO STUDENT
SEBASTIAN PAULUS JOINS
VSL WOLFSBURG
SEBASTIAN PAULUS
Congratulations Paulus the IPSO team wishes you all the best.
IPSO student gets job as Scout
ERNESTO PEIXOTO
STUDENT GAINS ANALYST
ROLE AT CLUB BRUGGE K.V.
NICOLAS STILL
IAN JOINS PRESTON NORTH END FC
IAN WILKIE
DAGENHAM &
REDBRIDGE FC
HIRE LEE HACKET
LEE HACKET
Lee Hackett, a participant of both our courses of Level 1 and Level 2, was hired as a scout at Dagenham & Redbridge FC. Congratulations!
‘‘I have always enjoyed football since as long as I can remember. I heard about IPSO through a mutual friend and decided to go onto the IPSO course. I always wanted to be a football coach until I went on this course, It was then I changed my mind and I am now more interested in scouting and analysis.
Throughout both Level 1 and Level 2 courses I learnt a wide range of football knowledge that I never had before, such as, looking at a player from a different perspective and assessing a players attributes clearer, noticing different abilities in players that are more suited to different shapes and formations thus making your analysis and opinion more accurate. Match reporting of how a team attacks and defends. The good thing about the course is that it isn’t just for scouting, it’s also beneficial for football managers and coaches at any level. Because of IPSO I now scout for Dagenham and Redbridge 1st team.
I would like to thank the IPSO team for their time and effort in helping me become a professional scout.’’
Thanks IPSO. Lee Hackett
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