READ THE GAME
Identify the decisive behaviours, spaces and moments behind performance.
UEFA PRO FOOTBALL COACH
Aitor
van den Brule
International first-team experience across Europe, Asia and Africa.
BOTOLA PROCHAMPION2025/26
01About the coach
A coach built
across contexts.
UEFA Pro football coach with first-team experience in Spain, Equatorial Guinea, South Africa, Saudi Arabia and Morocco.
I combine coaching, tactical preparation, opposition analysis, set pieces and individual player development with a clear understanding of the role I occupy inside each staff.
Working across different football cultures has sharpened my ability to read a context quickly, solve the right problems and translate detail into action.
“The aim is not to occupy every space. It is to understand where the team needs value — and deliver it with precision.”
02Coaching identity
Clarity. Detail.
Collective impact.
MAKE IT ACTIONABLE
Convert complexity into clear training priorities, feedback and match plans.
MULTIPLY THE STAFF
Bring ownership, trust and role clarity so the head coach and every department work better together.
A multiplier effect built through standards, reliability and shared purpose.
03Career timeline
Professional
experience.
2025—2026
MAS FÈS
Assistant Coach · Pablo Franco staff
Morocco · Botola Pro
League champions
2024—2025
AL-FAISALY FC
Assistant Coach
Saudi Arabia · Yelo League
First-team football
2023—2024
AMAZULU FC
Assistant Coach & Director of Recruitment
South Africa · PSL
Premier’s Cup champions
2020—2022
CF TALAVERA
Director of Football & Head of Recruitment
Spain
Promotion to Primera RFEF
2019—2020
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Assistant Coach
Senior National Team · CAF
International football
2018—2019
AD ALCORCÓN
Assistant Coach
Spain · Segunda División
Copa Federación champions
Earlier head-coach roles: CF Torrejón (2017—2018) and AD Colmenar Viejo (2015—2017).
04Selected achievement · Morocco
History restored
after 41 years.
Part of Pablo Franco’s coaching staff as MAS Fès won the 2025/26 Botola Pro — the club’s fifth Moroccan league title and its first since 1984/85.
2025/26Botola Pro champions
41Years since the previous league title
Defined responsibilities across opposition analysis, defensive post-match review, set pieces, positional feedback, performance workflows and recruitment support.
05International experience
Five countries.
Three regions.
EUROPESpain
Coaching, sporting leadership and professional development.
AFRICAMorocco · South Africa
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea
Champion staff, PSL recruitment and senior national-team football.
ASIASaudi Arabia
First-team coaching in a demanding Gulf environment.
Spanish · NativeEnglish · ProfessionalFrench · WorkingArabic · Basic
06Methodology & expertise
From insight
to performance.
First-team coaching
Training design, on-pitch delivery, tactical detail and daily support to the head coach.
Opposition & match analysis
Turning video, data and observation into clear priorities for training and competition.
Set pieces
Planning, communication and review of attacking and defensive strategic situations.
Individual & positional development
Role-specific feedback connecting player decisions with the collective game model.
Recruitment
Context-led talent identification and squad-needs analysis across Europe, Africa and Asia.
Staff coordination
Alignment of analysis, physical performance, GPS processes, reporting and shared standards.
07Development & education
Improve the player.
Improve the environment.
Structured coaching and feedback have contributed to the progression of more than 30 players towards professional football. Individual technical-tactical projects have included work with elite players such as Marc Cucurella and Marco Asensio.
- Coach Instructor · Royal Madrid Football Federation
- Co-Founder & Director of Football Education · BeMagistral
- Academic Director · International Coaching Master’s
- University Degree in Law · Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
08Coaching in action
The work.
The touchline.
The standards.
Real moments from the training ground and matchday: communication, detail and intensity inside the first-team environment.
09Media & profiles
Follow the
work.
10Next challenge
Let’s build
the next chapter.
Available to speak with clubs, head coaches, sporting directors and representatives about the right professional project.