Simon Clifford

Simon Clifford
Personal information
Full name Simon Darcy Clifford
Date of birth 1970 (age 53–54)
Place of birth Loftus, England[1]
Managerial career
Years Team
2004–2009 Garforth Town

Simon Darcy Clifford is an English football coach, pioneer, and a businessman most commonly known for introducing Brazilian training techniques into the UK with his Brazilian Soccer Schools,[2] being the very first of their kind.[3]

Clifford has worked in football for the last 30 years, from youth to senior and non-league to Premier League, with a number of clubs and individual professional players.[4]

Clifford currently works with a group of highly talented youth football players through his one-to-one coaching company, Integer Football. This company is based in Harrogate/Leeds and has had some great success in producing professional players over the recent years.

  1. ^ "Youth Development: Making a Splash". FourFourTwo. Haymarket Media. September 2007. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
  2. ^ Broadbent, Rick (31 July 2023). "Children are in a league of their own, and that's just where they should stay". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Secrets of Samba football". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 23 April 1999. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
  4. ^ "Making the next Cristiano Ronaldo: meet the man with a masterplan to create the ultimate footballer". inews.co.uk. 12 June 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2021.