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Paco De Miguel |
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Job Title: Fitness
Coach with 2007 |
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Date of Birth: 19.02.1973 |
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With the Reds: 2007- |
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Former clubs as staff:
Atletico Madrid, Valencia CF |
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Birthplace:
Madrid, Spain |
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STAFF PROFILE
Paco De Miguel is the first-team fitness coach based at Melwood.
His main role is to devise and implement a fitness plan to keep the senior players
in top condition throughout the season.
The Spaniard works closely with assistant manager Sammy Lee and technical analyst
Angel Vales in drawing up training programmes. Though they work in two-week micro-cycles,
patterns of training are planned an entire season in advance.
De Miguel's responsibilities are not just confined to the training ground. He and
assistants Gonzalo Rodriguez and Gerard Nus also coordinate the work the squad carries out
in the gym. You'll also see him warming up the players alongside Sammy Lee on matchdays.
"Rafa contacted me and asked me to come to Melwood and work with the
first-team staff and I didn't hesitate," said De Miguel.
"It is a seven-day-a-week job but my family understands. It is a fantastic
experience for me to be here at one of the biggest clubs in the world.
"Our target is to win titles and, when we do, it makes it all
worthwhile."
De Miguel's CV includes coaching at Atletico Madrid at the time when a 10-year-old
striker by the name of Fernando Torres was coming through the junior ranks.
In 2005 he became fitness coach at Valencia before arriving on Merseyside in 2007.
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