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Leicester Mercury - Leicester City assistant manager Bruno Oliveira reveals link with Jose Mourinho
Bruno OliveiraWhen it comes to modern football coaching, City's assistant manager Bruno Oliveira has written the book – quite literally. Paulo Sousa's Lisbon-born assistant may be relatively young in coaching terms at just 32, but he has been a student of the game for more than 10 years and, when it comes to qualifications, he has the lot, writes Rob Tanner.
Oliveira, in partnership with three fellow coaches, has even written a book on a new methodology of football coaching which was written in conjunction with, and adopted by, Jose Mourinho.
The self-proclaimed 'Special One' has had huge success with the system, which was printed around the world, but not in Britain. It was devised by Oliveira and his colleagues at university, and Paulo Sousa is now initiating the very same system with City.
After his own career was cut short when aged just 21, after two cruciate knee ligament injuries, Oliveira went to the University of Porto to study for a degree and Masters in sports science and football coaching, where the new coaching methodology was first drawn up.
He then embarked on coaching internships across Europe, spending time at Italian club Lazio, Real Madrid, Manchester United, AC Parma and Fiorentina of Italy.
"In my university we had a couple of coaches and professors who have studied the game for a long time and they created a new methodology of training," explained the softly-spoken, thoughtful Oliveira in perfect English.
"Everyone who comes out of the university follows this methodology.
"This methodology has a big impact when Mourinho chose one of my mates from the university, who is still his assistant now at Inter, Rui Faria. Mourinho adopted completely this training methodology.
"Taking the opportunity of Mourinho's success and being the first coach to use that methodology 100 per cent, we systemised the information and wrote a book with three other coaches, based on this methodology, along with Mourinho.
"It is published in several languages but not here in England. When we wanted to publish it here in England they wanted to add some things to give it some extra spice.
"We didn't want that because it is purely a coaching and methodology book and not like the News of the World. That wasn't the idea."
Oliveira, whose father is also a successful coach in Portugal, first encountered Sousa when the City boss was on loan at Parma during his illustrious playing career.
Oliveira revealed Sousa had no initial intention of going into management.
"Paulo was with Inter Milan and was on loan with Parma," said Oliveira.
"I was at Fiorentina and I wanted to go to Parma to watch training. We are both from the same town, Viseu, so through a friend I got his number from his parents and I called him. I asked him to help me go to Parma for a couple of weeks to watch them train.
"He called me back and sorted it. Paulo was living in Milan and we travelled every day and that is how we built up our relationship.
"He didn't want to be a manager at the time. He said when he finished with football he would finish. He didn't want to know any more about football.
"A year or so after his career finished he called me and said he had tried to do other things, but football was his life. He wanted to get back and we started working from there."
Oliveira did some coaching for Sousa while the two-time Champions League winner worked with the Portuguese FA and the duo then linked up for a brief, but enlightening time at Queens Park Rangers.
"It was a big experience and after that you can handle almost anything," said Oliveira.
"At first it was brilliant because we really wanted to come to England and work in this environment with this passion. QPR gave us this opportunity and the players were amazing, fantastic."
After just five months at Loftus Road, Sousa was sacked, but the duo were hired by Swansea City and they just missed out on taking the Welsh team to the play-offs last season.
Now they are at City and Oliveira is relishing the challenge of trying to get the club into the Premier League.
"The club's structure is ready," he said.
"The facilities are good and the staff are well-prepared. Everyone is very qualified.
"We have a great stadium and the fan base is huge and passionate about the club.
"What more do we need?"
www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/sport/special/article-2548573-detail/article.html
Leicester Mercury - Leicester City assistant manager Bruno Oliveira reveals link with Jose Mourinho
Bruno OliveiraWhen it comes to modern football coaching, City's assistant manager Bruno Oliveira has written the book – quite literally. Paulo Sousa's Lisbon-born assistant may be relatively young in coaching terms at just 32, but he has been a student of the game for more than 10 years and, when it comes to qualifications, he has the lot, writes Rob Tanner.
Oliveira, in partnership with three fellow coaches, has even written a book on a new methodology of football coaching which was written in conjunction with, and adopted by, Jose Mourinho.
The self-proclaimed 'Special One' has had huge success with the system, which was printed around the world, but not in Britain. It was devised by Oliveira and his colleagues at university, and Paulo Sousa is now initiating the very same system with City.
After his own career was cut short when aged just 21, after two cruciate knee ligament injuries, Oliveira went to the University of Porto to study for a degree and Masters in sports science and football coaching, where the new coaching methodology was first drawn up.
He then embarked on coaching internships across Europe, spending time at Italian club Lazio, Real Madrid, Manchester United, AC Parma and Fiorentina of Italy.
"In my university we had a couple of coaches and professors who have studied the game for a long time and they created a new methodology of training," explained the softly-spoken, thoughtful Oliveira in perfect English.
"Everyone who comes out of the university follows this methodology.
"This methodology has a big impact when Mourinho chose one of my mates from the university, who is still his assistant now at Inter, Rui Faria. Mourinho adopted completely this training methodology.
"Taking the opportunity of Mourinho's success and being the first coach to use that methodology 100 per cent, we systemised the information and wrote a book with three other coaches, based on this methodology, along with Mourinho.
"It is published in several languages but not here in England. When we wanted to publish it here in England they wanted to add some things to give it some extra spice.
"We didn't want that because it is purely a coaching and methodology book and not like the News of the World. That wasn't the idea."
Oliveira, whose father is also a successful coach in Portugal, first encountered Sousa when the City boss was on loan at Parma during his illustrious playing career.
Oliveira revealed Sousa had no initial intention of going into management.
"Paulo was with Inter Milan and was on loan with Parma," said Oliveira.
"I was at Fiorentina and I wanted to go to Parma to watch training. We are both from the same town, Viseu, so through a friend I got his number from his parents and I called him. I asked him to help me go to Parma for a couple of weeks to watch them train.
"He called me back and sorted it. Paulo was living in Milan and we travelled every day and that is how we built up our relationship.
"He didn't want to be a manager at the time. He said when he finished with football he would finish. He didn't want to know any more about football.
"A year or so after his career finished he called me and said he had tried to do other things, but football was his life. He wanted to get back and we started working from there."
Oliveira did some coaching for Sousa while the two-time Champions League winner worked with the Portuguese FA and the duo then linked up for a brief, but enlightening time at Queens Park Rangers.
"It was a big experience and after that you can handle almost anything," said Oliveira.
"At first it was brilliant because we really wanted to come to England and work in this environment with this passion. QPR gave us this opportunity and the players were amazing, fantastic."
After just five months at Loftus Road, Sousa was sacked, but the duo were hired by Swansea City and they just missed out on taking the Welsh team to the play-offs last season.
Now they are at City and Oliveira is relishing the challenge of trying to get the club into the Premier League.
"The club's structure is ready," he said.
"The facilities are good and the staff are well-prepared. Everyone is very qualified.
"We have a great stadium and the fan base is huge and passionate about the club.
"What more do we need?"
www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/sport/special/article-2548573-detail/article.html
