Part Time Academy

Leandro had his first experience in the Brazilian youth football playing for Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense. In 2007, he moved to Canada to pursue his football career, however was soon after invited to play in the U.S.A for a period of five years.

Following this experience, football took him to places that he never expected, such as Malta, in 2013 & finally Australia in 2014.

Coming to Australia was a decision following the special request from his brother Leonardo Pinto who has been extremely successful in his football-coaching career in Sydney.

Leandro is passionate about coaching, inspiring, and motivating players for a brighter football future as well as being a positive role model.

“It’s all about development and has always been. It’s football and that’s what we live for. We love what we do and it is the kind of feeling that never gets old and motivates us to be on the field everyday”

 

 

 

Leonardo had a similar childhood as his brother as they rarely did one thing without the other. Leonardo’s first experience with the Brazilian youth football was playing for Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense. In 2007, he moved to Canada to pursue his football career, however was soon after invited to play in the U.S.A for a period of five years.

Coming to Australia was a decision made prior to his university graduation. Arriving in Australia in May 2013, Leo started working with football from day 1, which has become a career that is growing through experience and passion.

Leonardo holds a FFA/AFC “B” Licence and has vast experience with youth football being recently announced as the Technical/football director at ELLË Football Academy.

Leonardo is passionate about coaching, inspiring, and motivating players for a brighter football future as well as being a positive role model.

“Creativity is one of the most important tools that a football player must have, as well as never being fearful of expanding their ability to succeed in the football field”

 

 

 

Joel left Brazil by the age of 18, chasing a dream of playing football in Austria.

Joel holds a FFA/AFC “C” Licence and has vast experience with youth football being recently announced as the technical director in Adelaide at ELLË Football Academy.

“I see football like a game of opportunities, where the creativity is essential to achieve effective decision making. The more creative the player is the better he can come up with wise and quick solutions to resolve the problems of the game during the game. I believe that the creativity should be always stimulated during the development phase of a footballer by their coach. The more the player is exposed to these type of environment, the bigger are the chances for this player to succeed in each respective stage of their development journey”.