Daniel Fieldsend: Football Vagabonding from Benfica to Bayern Munich

Josh Schneider-Weiler
Oct 15, 2017
2 min read

Our guest today is Football Consultant and Author, Daniel Fieldsend. Fieldsend is the author of the book the European Game: The Secrets of European Football Success, a book about his travels over the course of three months to more than 10 of the best football academies in Europe. In the book, he speaks with all sorts of interesting characters, from revolutionary coaches, powerful to video analysts to understand what makes each of these clubs so unique and successful.

In our conversation, he talks about observations from his book, how British teams could incorporate tactics from continental teams, psychogeography and how it shapes clubs and several cases that were powerful to him such as Athletic Bilbao, Bayern Munich and Benfica.

You can follow Daniel on twitter @danfieldsend and buy his book the European Game here.

Timeline

Psychogeography and its importance in football 6:15

3 + 4=1, How Athletic Bilbao create pride with their players 11:15

How teams train cognitive ability 19:06

Players coaching players 24:25

The most underrated job in football 29:20

How Vitor Frade revolutionized football 37:20

The coaching pathways in Italy vs the UK 43:09

Differences between Bayern Munich and PSG 46:22

How Italian teams find Italian players in South America 49:42

The difference in how UK vs Spain select captains 58:20