#32 COACH Dario Vidosic - "The Transition from Player to Coach"

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Intro:
Women’s Super League Head Coach and former Socceroo Dario Vidosic is this week's guest on STRIVE 365.

Having played professionally for more than 13 years in the Australian A league, German Bundesliga, the Swiss, Chinese and Korean premier leagues, as well as representing Australia, Dario shares a lot of experiences and advice to aspiring athletes.

At only 38 years old, he is now the head coach of Brighton & Hove Albion in one of the best women's football leagues in the world. Having cut his teeth as a youth coach in the City Football Group, Dario provides us lessons he had discovered as a young coach learning his craft.

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Athlete:
o Brisbane Roar (2006 - 2007)
o Australian Institute of Sport (2006)
o FC Nurnberg, German Bundesliga (2007 – 2011)
o Adelaide United (2011 - 2013)
o FC Sion, Switzerland (2013 - 2015)
o Western Sydney Wanderers (2015 - 2016)
o Liaoning Whowin, Chinese Super League (2016)
o Seongnam FC, Korea (2017)
o Wellington Phoenix (2017)
o Melbourne City (2017 - 2019)
o ATK, Indian Super League (2019)
o Australia Socceroo’s (23 Caps)
o Australia U20s
o Australia U23
Coach (38 years old):
o Melbourne City (2021– 2024)
o Academy boys head coach
o A league women’s assistant coach
o A league women’s head coach
o Premiers 2023/24
o PFA coach of the year 2023/24
o Brighton & Hove Albion, Women’s Super League (2024 - present)
o Head Coach

Chapters -
0:20 Gareth & Dario’s connection story
1:25 Head Coach of Brighton & Hove Albion in the WSL 
o Management of squad & competitions
o Match day travel preparations
o Weekly periodisation
o Dario’s coaching philosophy
o Recruitment into the role
o Young and Australian stereotypes in the UK
35:00 Dario’s time at Melbourne City 
41:00 How has being an Ex ex-professional athlete accelerated your coaching?
47:00 Struggles as a young athlete at the AIS
55:00 Advice from Dario’s support network
1:01:40 Moving aboard / the first big step 
1:08:00 Advice for support people 
1:14:25 Quick Fire Questions 

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