Marpole Soccer | Player Development

The MSCS Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Dino Anastopulos as the MSCS Technical Director.

Dino is a Canada Soccer Association registered FIFA agent with over 20 years of coaching experience. Dino has been successful in the development of players from the grassroots to the professional level and we look forward to Dino’s implementation of a long term player development program which will benefit our players.

Dino has a strong focus on player development and his goal is to implement a football development program to help players develop their game skills while nurturing the players’ athletic development and allowing the player to enhancing his/her skills in an enjoyable environment. Dino feels this will give players the football skills, game intelligence and confidence to play at the highest level they are capable of playing.

Dino Anastopulos

has been involved with coaching soccer for over 20 years
licensed coach with his provincial C certification (under the old certification standards)
licensed FIFA agent
partner Football Talent Shop – www.footballtalentshop.com
regularly overseas to attend professional and academy training to educate and further his professional development
continually in contact and discussion with professional coaches to further enhance his football knowledge
has been sending players to play professional in Europe and to the US since the mid 90′s
currently has players playing in Europe (one of which who participated in the World Cup with the national team of Portugal. It should be noted that Dino has trained, coached and placed this player)
currently in the midst of contract negotiations with another placement announcement coming soon for a player Dino has trained and coached
trains players to enhance their skills and chances when sending them overseas and to the US for tryouts with professional clubs
has personally trained and continues to work with the players he has solely placed abroad
coached the 2002 Zone 5 BC Summer Games boys soccer team
coach of the 2012 Zone 5 BC Summer Games boys soccer team

The following are two links published in local media that give a brief insight in to some aspects of Dino’s work: