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It's not football.
It's LaLiga.

LaLiga Academy is a soccer school that delivers the highest standards of Spanish soccer training and methodology to all youth soccer players from 5 to 18 years old.

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WHAT IS LALIGA ACADEMY?

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WHY LALIGA ACADEMY?

The main goal is bringing the knowledge gained through the years, by the most talented of the Spanish Football League - LaLiga - professionals, to the worlds countries and continents

Our mission is to provide the best football training methods to young players in order to allow them to attain sufficient skills and a competitive professional level through a long term integral training process.

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INTERNATIONAL SCOUTING

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BEST SOCCER FACILITIES

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UEFA PRO COACHES

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LALIGA CLUBS METHODOLOGY

LALIGA ADVANTAGES

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LALIGA METHODOLOGY

LaLiga's innovative training method teaches not only soccer techniques, skills and fitness to prepare players for competitive matches, but also emphasizes the importance of highstakes decision making, physical, emotional cognitive and personal development.

 PSYCHOLOGICAL-MENTAL

  PHYSICAL-CONDITIONAL

TECHNICAL-COORDINATE

TACTICAL-COGNITIVE

MEET THE TECHNICAL DIRECTORS

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Coach Pablo
Technical Director

Born in Madrid, Spain. With a degree in Physical Education and a Masters in Sports Psychology, Pablo has been involved in soccer for over 10 years. With a UEFA PRO License, he started his coaching career in Soria, where he coached the U8 and U10 teams in a local town. From Soria, he went back to Madrid to coach four years, after which he moved overseas to continue coaching. He spent a year in Sydney, Australia, coaching a U18 Girls team (Redlands) and a U18 Boys (Monte). He moved to China in 2019 to work with LaLiga in Beihai, coordinating over 3,000 players in his time there. After China, he moved to Jakarta, Indonesia, to lead the first year of LaLiga Academy Indonesia as a Technical Director. Coach Pablo arrives now in Dallas to be a Technical Director for LaLiga Academy Dallas, working with the LaLiga Grassroots team in Madrid to supervise the methodology and reporting of the program.

Get in touch at ppena@laliga.es!

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Coach Hector
Technical Director

Born in Redondela, Spain. With a degree in Fitness and a postgraduate in Soccer Management, Hector has been involved in soccer for 25 years. With a UEFA PRO License, he started his coaching career in his hometown club, from where he jumped to RC Celta de Vigo Youth Academy. In Vigo, he coached LaLiga, Premier League and Spain National Team players such as Denis Suarez or Jony Castro. He transferred to Mexico, where he developed the official RC Celta de Vigo Academy from scratch. Later on, he participated in different LaLiga projects in Romania, China and Hungary, where he was also the Director of Coaching for a 1st division club academy.

Get in touch at hector@laligaacademydallas.com!

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MEET THE COACHES

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Coach Estefania

Qualifications: UEFA A Coach. Masters in Elementary Education and Fitness.

Coaching Experience: 10+ years. Coach for Atletico de Madrid Academy in Spain and FC Boulder in US. Estefania built her own academy in her hometown, Alcala de Henares, Madrid.

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Coach Angel | Academy Director

Qualifications: UEFA A Coach. Masters in Sports Management and M.Ed in Education.

Coaching Experience: 10+ years. Technical Director for Real Madrid Foundation and Coach in CD Leganes in Spain, and Coach in North Texas ODP and LaLiga in US.

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Coach Maria

Qualifications: UEFA B Coach. Masters in Elementary Education and Fitness.

Coaching Experience: 5+ years. Maria played for Levante FC in Spain's Women's First Division. She also represented Spain in U17 and U19 levels. After retiring, she began her coaching career in schools in Spain and China and now the US.

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Coach Juanjo

Qualifications: UEFA B Coach. Masters in Elementary Education and Fitness.

Coaching Experience: 20+ years as a coach in Spain (Granada CF, Andalucia State Team). Juanjo has been a P.E. Teacher since 1999, both in Spain and US.

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