Daniel has worked in the football industry for over 15 years and has a vast amount of experience working with all different age groups from U4 – Adults.
Daniel’s journey started by working for West Ham United Community Scheme progressing up the ladder from a Coach to a Development Officer. In 2009, Daniel was successful in gaining a role with Chelsea Football Club Foundation as a Football Development Officer. Within this role, Daniel worked for Chelsea Football Club Academy as the Head Coach for their Development Centres in Essex and London, as well as working with their U13’s with Michael Beale as the head coach. Daniel represented Chelsea Football Clubs international department abroad to South Korea, Mexico, Japan and Spain. These trips provided Daniel with an opportunity to work with different nationalities and observing how their different football philosophy.
From 2018, Daniel created his own company called EssexEPD that became very successful over a short amount of time in the delivery of Football & Futsal session across Essex, with over 200 children participating weekly. Daniel has also been successful in achieving funding for the delivery of Adults Futsal and Wildcats Girls only programme. Daniel has delivered many successful partnerships with ‘elite’ clubs and provided the opportunity for players to play with ‘elite’ players.
Over Daniel’s coaching journey, he has gained many qualifications to ensure his knowledge keeps increasing when working with players. Daniel’s qualifications include a Coaching for Performance in Football BSc (Hons) UEFA B Football and Futsal accreditation. Additionally, Daniel worked for his local FA (Essex) as FA Mentor in supporting Grassroots Coaches and FA Futsal Level 1 tutor.
“I have had the opportunity to work with many great people, partners and players throughout my career. This Is an opportunity I am really excited about. Being led and working with a former Premiership Footballer will enable us to give the players a fantastic insight of achieving their goal of trying to play at their highest level possible. Personally, my aim is to create the correct pathway’s for our players in our programmes; whether you’re an elite footballer or just starting on your football journey. In addition, at FFG our focus is not just football- It is to be the biggest deliverer of different diverse projects across the country and this falls correctly under our company slogan ‘Everyone’s Game’.”
