FNX Magokiler Posted November 9, 2023 Posted November 9, 2023 For just over a month, the position of Barça F sports director has been vacant. Markel Zubizarreta announced on September 26 that the time had come to end his time at the culé club to seek new challenges, coinciding, furthermore, with the hurricane that occurred in the women's soccer team. For this reason, everyone pointed out that it would be the former Barça player who would land in La Roja, but that was not the case. At least, for now. However, the Blaugranas have made a move and have already announced who will take over as sports director of the women's team. This is an old acquaintance of Aitana Bonmatí, as well as other Barcelona players. Marc Vivés is the person who has chosen Barça F as the new sports director. "Now, with the help of Vivés, FC Barcelona incorporates a football professional from the elite, an academic and at the same time a football researcher with a long career in which over the last twenty years he has formed a profile "that the entity has understood that it fits perfectly with the needs it was looking for," reads the statement released by the club. To which they add: "The Barcelonan must be a promoter of the maintenance and improvement of one of the most valuable and successful sections that FC Barcelona has, the Women, current champion of Europe and the League, a tournament that continues to lead this year." And Vivés has an impeccable resume both in training and experience. Regarding his knowledge, he has a degree in Physical and Sports Education and a Doctor in this same area; He has the UEFA PRO title and the title of sports director organized by the RFEF. His professional career has also been linked to the academic world, since he is a university professor of the subject of football at the INEFC, director of the Professional Master's Degree in Football, organized by FC Barcelona; director of the Performance Master organized by the INEFC; pedagogical coordinator and professor of the FCF Coaching School; and technical director of the Soccer project at the University of Monterrey (Mexico). Facet as a selector and coach Although throughout his career, he highlights his role as a coach and selector. Between 2008 and 2011 he was the senior coach of the under-16 category of the Catalan Football Federation, and between 2012 and 2015, he made the jump to the under-18 team. Between 2015 and 2018 he was technical assistant of the Spanish U-17 and U-19 National Team, as well as technical director of the Catalan Football Federation. In this last stage, he coincided with Barça F players with whom he will now share a dressing room, such as Aitana Bonmatí, Patri Guijarro, Claudia Pina and Ona Batlle. Then, in 2018, his career took a 180-degree turn and he moved to Japan to serve as technical director of Vissel Kobe's Grassroots Football. For the following two seasons (19/21), he served as assistant coach of Vissel Kobe, and then He became head coach, a position he held until 2023. In addition, at the Japanese club he coincided with Andrés Iniesta and Bojan Krkic. https://www.infobae.com/espana/2023/11/09/quien-es-marc-vives-nuevo-director-deportivo-del-barca-f-viejo-conocido-de-aitana-bonmati-y-otras-jugadoras-azulgranas/
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