Martin Greening

Martin has over 15 years experience coaching in a professional capacity. He has spent 3 years coaching in America near New York City, 5 years working at The FA as part of the FA Skills Programme. He has  worked with Stoke City Girls RTC and is currently in his sixth season as Head Coach of Manchester United Girls U11s Academy. He is also the Technical Lead of the Manchester United Emerging Talent Centre

Relevant Qualifications – UEFA B License, FA Youth Award, FA Level 2 Futsal, FA Mentoring Adults, FA Disabilities Coaching, FA Talent ID, Multi-Skills Level 2, Afpe level 3

Meet the team

At Goal Coaching we have a fantastic team of coaches some of which have played professionally or coach at various professional academies,

Plamen Pantev

Plamen is a UEFA B Licensed Coach.

Relevant Qualifications – UEFA B License, Advanced certificate in Science & Football (Liverpool John Moores University), Prozone Level 3 Performance Analysis, BTEC Level 3 National Diploma in Sports Development and Fitness.

Plamen is currently working at Manchester United Girls Academy with the U12s team.

Mark is a retired war veteran turned football coach. He began his football journey when 2 of his 4 children joined Congleton Rovers JFC and Mark started as a volunteer coach, a role that he still maintains today. Mark is a Manchester United coach and works in their Street Reds programme around Greater Manchester. He is also a Head Chef at the BBC and as such is a great source of information for health and nutrition advice for young footballers.

Relevant Qualifications – FA Level 2 coaching football, Multi Skills Level 2, FA Level 1 Futsal, FA Level 1 Goalkeeper coaching

Mark has many football memories from his time in military service playing football all over the world. His most memorable moment as a supporter of his beloved Newcastle United was flying home from Gibraltar to watch Alan Shearer’s debut and witness his first one-arm salute in black and white.

Football runs in the family for Mark, his grandfather was Bill Curry, Centre forward for Newcastle United scoring 184 career goals. His Great-Uncle was Tom Curry who also played for Newcastle United and as a coach for Manchester United before becoming a tragic victim of the Munich Air Disaster.

Mark Curry

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