Professional Certification in Applied Football Sciences and Sports Management
La ciencia en fútbol al servicio del Director Deportivo para la construcción de una estructura profesional de club
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Duration:
12 months
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Start Date:
10/12/2025
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Dedication:
6–8 hours per week
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Program Type:
Professional Certification (executive education)
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Modality:
Online, asynchronous
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Language of Instruction:
Spanish/English
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Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
The goal of this Professional Certification is to provide technical directors, coordinators, and other managerial figures within football institutions with a solid and comprehensive understanding of the key areas that determine player performance, injury prevention, and treatment. The program seeks to develop “hybrid competencies” in sports executives, enabling them to understand the specific needs of their environment and make knowledge-based, informed decisions.
The certification begins with an exclusive focus on tactical and conditional performance—aspects highly specific to football training—while incorporating player performance assessment to help coaches and directors determine whether their team or individual players are operating within expected performance parameters.
Next, the program explores youth training, providing essential knowledge about the developmental stages of soccer players and offering tools to understand and support their progression. This section concludes with content focused on training strategies to enhance player performance.
Following that, the certification delves into key areas for designing and implementing injury prevention plans, addressing injury incidence within specific sports environments, associated risk factors, and injury biomechanics. This structure is fundamental, as injury occurrence currently has a major impact on both the health and financial stability of clubs, as well as their overall performance outcomes.
Finally, the program examines the technological resources available for improving training, performance assessment, and injury treatment, equipping professionals with a modern, evidence-based approach to football management and decision-making.
This Professional Certification consists of 12 one-month courses, grouped into 4 three-month blocks. It grants— to those who meet the defined requirements— its corresponding online diploma, as well as the diplomas for the four “Expert Programs” that form part of it. The Professional Certification may be completed continuously or by blocks, according to the participant’s preference, with up to 24 consecutive months available to complete it from the time of enrollment.
1. Fundamentals and Technology of Player Assessment
2.Methodology and Technology of Strength Training in Football
3. Sports Training and Immersive Reality
4. Development of Youth Football: From Potential to Sporting Excellence
5. Neuromuscular Control for Injury Prevention and Sports Performance
6. Complex Speed Training
7. Injury Incidence and Injury Management in Football
8. Injury Risk Factors in Prevention and Rehabilitation
9. Injury Biomechanics in Football
10. Technical and Tactical Fundamentals of Football
11. Small-Sided Games: Integrating Tactical and Physical Training
12. Methodology of Performance Assessment and Injury Risk Factors
What includes this program?
Access to the Innovity® Method: Science, Methodology, and Application
Expert Mentorship: testimonials, best practices, and insights from experts—directly from the field
Access to materials anytime, anywhere, and from any device
24/7 Support, synchronous or asynchronous, according to your preference, provided by the Innovity professional team
Case Method: effective use of learned tools and concepts
Self-Assessments to measure learning progress
Comprehensive final exam
Certificate of completion or attendance, as applicable
Pricing
€ 720
€ 60 per month - 12 months
Our Experts
Marc Madruga Parera
PhD in Sport Sciences from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Girona. Official Master’s Degree in Integrative Physiology (University of Barcelona). In the academic field, he has worked at various universities. As a researcher, his work focuses on the study of injury risk factors in athletes and on improving sports performance. He has coached athletes for more than 30 years, particularly football players, and served as strength and conditioning coach for the second football team of FC Barcelona.
Andrés Darbyshire
Adam Kiefer
Dr. Adam Kiefer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), where he is also a core member of the Matthew Gfeller Center for NeuroHealth and an affiliate of the Sports Medicine Institute. Dr. Kiefer is Co-Director of the STAR Heel Performance Laboratory (Simulation, Training, Analytics & Rehabilitation), a translational research group focused on leveraging immersive technologies, artificial intelligence, and behavioral science to address critical challenges in the prevention and rehabilitation of sports injuries.
Nuno Leite
PhD in Sports Sciences from the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (Portugal). Bachelor in Physical Education and Sport from the same university, and Master in Sports Sciences from the Faculty of Sport of the University of Porto. He previously served as Director of the Master’s Program in Sports Performance Analysis, developed in consortium with Otto von Guericke University (Magdeburg, Germany) and the Lithuanian Sports University (Kaunas, Lithuania).
Azahara Fort Vanmeerhaeghe
PhD in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences from Universitat Ramon Llull (URL). Bachelor in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences from INEFC (University of Barcelona), Diploma in Physiotherapy from URL, and Master in High Performance Sport from the International Olympic Committee (IOC). She has worked for more than 25 years as a physiotherapist and strength and conditioning coach with elite athletes. Since 2008, she has been a strength and conditioning coach and coordinator of the health and performance area of the elite basketball program SIGLO XXI (Spanish and Catalan Basketball Federations).
Javier Jorge Vizuete
PhD in Sports Performance from the University of Barcelona. Bachelor in Sport Sciences from the National Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia (INEFC, University of Barcelona). He has worked as a strength and conditioning coach for high-level basketball clubs and players, including FC Barcelona, as well as for the field hockey team of the Real Club de Polo. In recent years, he has focused particularly on the training and development of young athletes, specifically on the understanding and development of complex speed in team sports.
Eduardo García Prat
Graduate in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences (INEFC, Lleida) and holder of a Master’s in High Performance Sport (INEFC, Barcelona) and a Master’s in Sports Rehabilitation (EUSES, Girona). He has developed a career of more than fifteen years linked to high performance, with a particular focus on professional football. He works as a technical consultant, designing performance optimization, injury prevention, and rehabilitation programs for elite footballers in European leagues, including Dani Olmo, Thiago Alcântara, Eric García, and Álex Baena, among others. He has supported internationally renowned players, as well as athletes from other elite contexts, including WTA tennis players such as Paula Badosa and Carla Suárez, and MotoGP riders such as Remy Gardner.
Eduard Alentorn Geli
PhD awarded by the Department of Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Barcelona. Master’s Degree in High-Performance Team Sports Training (INEFC, University of Barcelona, 2008) and Master’s Degree in Clinical Biomechanics of the Musculoskeletal System (Rovira i Virgili University, Reus, Spain). He has received numerous awards and recognitions and has a scientific output of more than 150 articles published in prestigious scientific journals. He completed two postgraduate fellowships at Duke University and the Mayo Clinic.
Adrià Millán Monterroso
Bachelor in Journalism from the Universitat de Vic – Universitat Central de Catalunya, and graduate of the “Specialist in Scouting and Analysis” and “Specialist in Individual Fundamentals by Position” programs at MBP School. He currently serves as the head of analysis for Girona B.
Alireza Rabbani
PhD in Exercise Physiology from the University of Isfahan (Iran) and Bachelor’s degree in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences from Najafabad University, with a Master’s in Exercise Physiology. He has served as a performance director, sports scientist, and strength and conditioning coach in elite football clubs in Iran, Portugal, Greece, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.
Diogo Coutinho
PhD in Sports Sciences from the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (Portugal), and Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Physical Education from the same institution. He has fifteen years of coaching experience, having worked as an assistant coach in the Portuguese Primeira Liga and Segunda Liga, and as head coach in the Campeonato de Portugal (Vila Real).
Felipe Manuel Clemente
PhD in Sports Sciences with a specialization in Sports Training from the Faculty of Sport Sciences and Physical Education at the University of Coimbra (2015, Portugal). His scientific output includes more than 300 articles published in journals indexed in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) of Web of Science (Clarivate).
Gibson Moreira Praça
PhD in Sports Sciences and Bachelor in Physical Education, both from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil. He is the author of more than 150 peer-reviewed scientific articles, two books, and 20 book chapters.