Head of Goalkeeping - Alessandro Barcherini (Sunderland) #30

Initially born in Italy, Sandro moved to the UK at a young age and had to learn the language. After playing academy football, he eventually turned to coaching and has had some great experiences so far in his career. After spending a lot of time in University sport, he spent time at some different academies, and then ended up at Leeds United working with Marcelo Bielsa. After gaining promotion and eventually seeing Bielsa sacked, Sandro moved on to Sunderland where he currently overseas the whole GK department. He discuss the use of video, how he prepares for games and much more in between. He even tells us his 3 favourite goalkeepers of all time! ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ 0:00 - Introduction 2:33 - Sandro joins and gives background 4:18 - Sandro's playing career 6:54 - University, plan to work in sport, intro to coaching 8:37 - Video Analysis and how he uses that now 12:11 - Working in University Sport 15:16 - Moving to Stoke City 16:28 - Coaching Role Models 18:42 - Leeds United & Marcelo Bielsa 24:00 - Joining Sunderland and Sandro's current department 28:06 - GKs going out on loan 30:34 - Match prep & set plays 33:58 - An average working week 39:53 - Working at big clubs, fan bases 42:02 - Best GKs of all-time 44:23 - Quick fire Sunderland questions 46:18 - Book Recommendations Books that Sandro spoke about: Sports Gene - https://amzn.to/3XUDnQ5 Bounce - https://amzn.to/3JZ8l42 ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ USEFUL LINKS 💻 Video Analysis Software - https://www.in-playsports.com/software/individuals ⚽️ Football Analysis Education (Use code Gill10 for 10% off) – https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/ 📊 Get FREE sports data by learning web scraping – https://mckay-s-site.thinkific.com/?ref=3f7c5c FREE RESOURCES 📝 My downloadable CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/download 📚 The ultimate list of sports analysis/coaching books - https://books.chris-gill.com/download MY OTHER SOCIALS 🌍 My Website – https://www.chris-gill.com 🆇 X/Twitter – https://www.twitter.com/chrisgill_UK 👨🏼‍💻 LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgilluk