The CFA’s first ever UEFA PRO LICENSE course came to a successful conclusion on 30 April after a year of hard work by the candidates.The course started in May 2009, with 15 of our local coaches participating in to this elite coaching course.
The coaches had to complete five stages in all in order to meet all the requirements of the course.
The fourth stage consisted in a study visit to Premiership and Championship clubs in England, which came to fruition thanks to the personal efforts of the two English instructors of the course, Mr. John Bilton and Mr. Martin Hunter.
The fifth and final stage took place from 26 to 30 April, run by Mr. Jerzy Engel, a member of Football Development and Technical Assistance Committee of UEFA, with Mr. Martin Hunter.
Talking to the Cyprus F.A. web side, Jerzy Engel expressed his full satisfaction at the top standard maintained for CYPRUS UEFA Pro course:
«There is a great support from the Cyprus Football Association and I have to credit coach education department for their hard work because, thanks to their huge efforts, the coaches taking part in such a top coaching level course as the UEFA PRO received the guidance they needed».
