Paul Shaw

Calm and respected leader of people. Enjoy working with people, giving people an opportunity and help them succeed. Enjoy helping to educate young footballers. Seeing players develop over a period of time is very rewarding knowing that you have helped a little in that players growth.

Continuously played for 20 years as a professional footballer in UK and Hungary and US, Experience of playing in the English Premier League with Arsenal FC under Arsene Wenger, Also played for Sheffield United, Burnley, Millwall, Cardiff City, Peterborough, Gillingham, Rotherham Utd, Chesterfield and Oxford United and overseas with Ferencvaros (Hungary) and FC New York(US), Previous Managers incl Arsene Wenger, George Graham, Neil Warnock, Alan Knill, Bobby Davison and Craig Short, Played over 450 First Team games, International honours when representing England at Youth Level, Voted Player of the Season at Gillingham (2001) and Millwall (1998), Achieved promotion to Hungarian Premier League in 2009 with Ferencvaros as Champions, Played in all of England's top 4 professional Divisions, Coached in the famous Ferencvaros Academy, UEFA A and B qualified, USSF A youth and B licensed, Technical Director Woodhaven soccer club, 11/2011 - 2012, Boys Director of Coaching, 2012 - 2017, Orlando City Youth Soccer, U-23 [PDL] Head Coach, 2013 - 2015, Orlando City, U-18 Pro Academy Head Coach, 2013 - 2015, Orlando City, Technical Director Orlando City Youth Soccer, 06/2017 - Present, Oversee 65 teams and 34 coaches, Design and deliver curriculum for all the coaches to follow, Helped develop many current professionals that started with OCYS as youth players, Helped develop many coaches move into professional, Determine individual coaching salaries in line with the clubs coaching budget, Organize coach education for all coaches, Responsible for player and coaches evaluations twice yearly through zoom reports, In regular contact with college coaches to help our players with placement into college, Liase with Orlando City MLS Academy on curriculum and the promotion of players from OCYS to Orlando City, Work closely through email, phone and in person with parents, answering any queries as soon as possible. Demonstrating a high level of customer service, Work as TV color analyst on Fox 35 covering all Orlando City MLS games for the 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 seasons. Giving my expertise on the Orlando City MLS team. In game analysis/commentary. Tactically breaking down the games., In 2016, 2020, 2021 worked for Real radio 104.1 as an expert analyst covering the Orlando City MLS games. My job was to give my expertise on the team and players., In 2015 started the Paul Shaw Striker School. This has been incredibly successful with over 200 players attending per year. This is aimed at helping young soccer players in the Central Florida region become better strikers. Passing on my experiences as a former striker at the professional level for over 20 years., 2017 started the Paul Shaw Elite Skills School. This is aimed at developing very technical young players who are able to play fast progressive possession style soccer., Chosen in 2016 to mentor a coach as part of the 30/30 NCAA national program. Only 30 coaches were chosen in the country to mentor an up and coming coach under the age of 30. Duties included helping with short and long term goals for the coach and to develop a plan for how to achieve those goals. Helping deliver training sessions for his players.

UEFA 'B' Coaching Qualification (05/2009), UEFA 'A' Licence (complete 12/2013), USSF 'B' Licence (complete 08/2014), USSF 'A' Licence (complete 01/2018), First Aid Certification, 5 GCSE's, Currently taking Club Technical Leadership Part 2 License

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• Possess excellent work ethic: honest, dependable, punctilious and conscientious
• Desire to seek and explore new challenges, opportunities and responsibilities (e.g. was the first English player to play professional soccer in Hungary)
• Have sound planning and organisational skills (e.g. planning training, coaching sessions)
• Sympathetic listener, patient and tolerant; excellent interpersonal skills; ability to communicate and work with people of all ages from diverse backgrounds (e.g. football academy players and parents)
• Good man-management qualities; ability to motivate self and others
• Good communicator, positive role mode
• Experienced in dealing with all forms of the media

• Radio Analyst Covering Orlando City MLS Games

• Date of Birth: 09/04/73
• Marital Status: Married with 2 sons

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• Coaching