The Football Coaching Life: Michael Valkanis

Michael Valkanis was most recently the Assistant to John van’t Schip as the Greece National Team Coach. His coaching journey began at Adelaide United with the youth team and then as an Assistant Coach with the first team. A new opportunity took him to Melbourne City to work alongside John van’t Schip and then a brief spell as head coach before joining John in Holland with PEC Zwolle. This was followed by the move to Greece with the National Men’s Team. He firmly believes that there are many Australian Coaches that are good enough to work overseas.

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Hosted by Former Socceroo Gary Cole, these are the conversations, the stories and the insights of Australia's Football Coaches. We dig down into the coaching journeys of the men and women who help grow and develop our players and teams. In the main, these stories have not been told - so sit back, listen, and enjoy. About the host: Gary Cole is a former Socceroo, a Heidelberg United FC great, and a football leader with a diverse background and extensive leadership experience in football at Melbourne Victory, Sydney FC and Football Victoria. He coached at the AIS with Dr Ron Smith, was Assistant Socceroos Coach to Frank Arok, and also coached with success in the National Soccer League and the Victorian Premier League. Gary also serves on the Executive Committee of Football Coaches Australia - the official association of Australian football coaches.